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The Sampler Summit: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
24 May 2016On May 8th, genre-defying Oxfordshire quintet Radiohead released their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool. To explore its depths and details, Nick Bollinger has called a Sampler Summit with local…
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Love Letter For Fire by Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop
17 May 2016Nick Bollinger reviews a set of surreal and romantic duets by Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop.
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The Sampler for 17 May
17 May 2016In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger discusses the innovations and irritations of Canadian-born rapper Drake; a set of surreal and romantic duets by Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop; and a New York-inspired…
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Human Performance by Parquet Courts
17 May 2016Nick Bollinger digests a New York-inspired album from transplanted Texans Parquet Courts.
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Views by Drake
17 May 2016Nick Bollinger discusses the innovations and irritations of Canadian-born rapper Drake.
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The Sampler Summit: Beyoncé’s Lemonade
10 May 2016In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger convenes a Sampler Summit to discuss Lemonade, the new visual album by Beyoncé. Our panellists are ethnomusicologist Savali Andrews, musician and writer Jessie…
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Kiwi Garage Bands
3 May 2016Nick Bollinger reviews recent local garage rock releases from The Situations, The Raw Nerves, The Conjurors and The Cavemen.
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The Sampler for 3 May 2016
3 May 2016In this week’s Sampler, Nick Bollinger kicks off New Zealand Music Month with a slew of recent local garage rock releases from The Situations, The Raw Nerves, The Conjurors and The Cavemen; the epic…
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All Of The Above by Joe Blossom
3 May 2016Nick Bollinger delights in the existentialist groove-pop of Welllington's Joe Blossom.
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The Sampler: Hope For A Mourning by Mice On Stilts
3 May 2016Nick Bollinger surveys an epic first album from Auckland's Mice On Stilts.
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The Sampler for 26 April 2016
26 Apr 2016In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger discusses the front-line dispatches of PJ Harvey's The Hope Six Demolition Project; a lush 80s-style set from Austin alt-rock group Shearwater; and an album…
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A Sailor's Guide To Earth by Sturgill Simpson
26 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger delves into an album that combines soul horns and grunge anthems with classic country from Sturgill Simpson.
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Jet Plane and Oxbow by Shearwater
26 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger checks a lush 80s-style set from Austin alt-rock group Shearwater.
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The Hope Six Demolition Project by PJ Harvey
26 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger discusses the front-line dispatches of PJ Harvey's The Hope Six Demolition Project.
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The Sampler for 19 April 2016
19 Apr 2016In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews the homegrown soul of Hollie Smith and a debut that encompasses folk and feedback from American quartet Heron Oblivion, plus a historic set from…
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Fatteliku, Live in Athens 1987 by Youssou N’Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar
19 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger surveys a historic live set from Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour.
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Heron Oblivion
19 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger assesses a debut that encompasses folk and feedback from American quartet Heron Oblivion.
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Water Or Gold by Hollie Smith
19 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger delves into the homegrown soul of Hollie Smith.
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The Sampler for 12 April 2016
12 Apr 2016In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger talks to rodeo rider-turned-country rocker Ryan Bingham, and confronts the 48-year history of prog-rock originals King Crimson.
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Live in Toronto by King Crimson
12 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger confronts the 48-year history of prog-rock originals King Crimson.
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Fear and Saturday Night by Ryan Bingham
12 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger talks to rodeo rider-turned-country rocker Ryan Bingham.
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The Sampler for 5 April 2016
5 Apr 2016In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews a pop-tronic excursion from Scottish rockers Primal Scream; American heartland tales from Robbie Fulks; and the 'secular gospel music' of Birds Of…
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Real Midnight by Birds of Chicago
5 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger reviews the 'secular gospel music' of Birds Of Chicago.
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Upland Stories by Robbie Fulks
5 Apr 2016Nick Bollinger listens to American heartland tales from Robbie Fulks.
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