DIY
Build your own electric bike
Electric bikes cost upwards of $2000, but if you are prepared to put one together yourself you can do it for a quarter of the price. Audio, Gallery
DIY backyard swimming pool brainwave
While New York froze, Auckland sizzled - but not everyone made a beeline for the beach. Audio
Caroles - Momentary Decline
Carole's Momentary Decline calms down the racket, with it's ten tracks experimenting with mood and atmosphere. Guitarist Reuben Winter joins Zac Arnold to talk about what inspired the change from… Audio
Dawn of Azazel
Craig Hayes talks to Dawn of Azazel frontman Rigel Walsh his path back to extreme metal. Audio
Woodcock Festival
Founded by Austin Cunningham and his promotion company, Tauranga Music Sux, the Woodcock Festival is an annual celebration of the local D.I.Y. scene. Frank Eggleton, on the bill with his band… Audio
1080p Collection
1080p Collection is a prolific record label run by Vancouver-based New Zealander Richard MacFarlane. Henry Oliver talks with MacFarlane about experimental dance music, the joys of cassettes and the… Audio
Emily Edrosa
On a difficult road to Street Chant's second album, Emily Edrosa overcame writer's block and internet addiction. She talks about her new self-recorded and self-released EP. Audio
The Sampler: Roy Montgomery, 324. E. 13th Street #7
Kiran Dass reviews the reverb-drenched melancholy of Roy Montgomery's 324. E. 13th Street #7. Audio
Ron Gallipoli
After a hiatus from fronting abrasive post-punk band Sharpie Crows, Sam Bradford has taken up electronic music and returned as Ron Gallipoli, with a new album titled Ron Gallipoli Loves You All. We… Audio
Audiophilia: The Secret Life of Audiophiles 2
"High fidelity" means being true to an original acoustic event; recreating music that is exactly as it sounded when it was recorded. In Audiophilia, Julie Hill talks to sound system, hi-fi and speaker… Audio
Kamandi
We speak to rising beat-maker Kamandi about collaborating with Brainfeeder's Azizi Gibson in Los Angeles, from his icy cold Christchurch garage. Audio
Seth Africa
Joe Sampson is usually seen weilding a guitar in Christchurch bands T54, Salad Boys and The Dance Asthmatics. After accidentally finding a way to turn an 80s 4-track recorder into a makeshift synth… Audio
The Surgery
The Surgery Studios, run by Lee Prebble, has been a hub for Wellington bands for over a decade.
Emma Smith caught up with Lee now residing in new premises, after the original Surgery, set up in a… Audio
Introducing - Tawahinga
Tawahinga, with the song Loosely from his EP Bedcat. http://tawahinga.bandcamp.com/album/bedcat-ep Audio
Misfit Mod's Electronic Music Workshop For Women
Christchurch musician Misfit Mod has been running a series of workshops designed to promote a supportive, fun and accessible environment for women wanting to learn more about starting their own… Audio
The Life and Death of Joe Meek
UK producer Joe Meek was a pop craftsman and a veritable wunderkind in the recording studio, forging a legacy as one of the most important record producers of all time in his short career. Trevor… Audio
White Lung
Canadian group White Lung have a new album, Deep Fantasy. It's more melodic than their last album Sorry, and also much more metal. The group is fronted by Mish Way, a howling, take no prisoners front… Audio
Patty Schemel
Live Through This, the breakthrough album for Courtney Love-Cobain's band Hole turned 20 earlier this year. Drummer Patty Schemel was in NZ this week with her new group Upset, and relived those crazy… Audio