The Clean
Tiny Ruins & Hamish Kilgour
Tiny Ruins, Hamish Kilgour and Gary Hunt perform live in session. Audio
Cheap Thrills Magazine
Cheap Thrills is a new, Christchurch-based music publication filled with essays and interviews by musicians and fans, with a strong focus on South Island-content tying it all together. Zac Arnold… Audio
1981: The Lost Scroll
For reasons now forgotten, no APRA Silver Scroll was handed out in 1981. Nick Bollinger has a listen to the contenders and takes a look at their history. Audio
Feature album - Boodle Boodle Boodle
The feature album today, is a 1981 classic from one of our finest Dunedin bands, The Clean. Audio
Playing Favourites with Sean Donnelly
Auckland musician who records and performs as SJD, and this month releases his seventh album, Saint John Divine. He is joined in the studio by collaborators Victoria Kelly and Sandy Mill. Audio
Dunedin Sound goes operatic
Is adapting those sparse, dark and brooding Dunedin Sound songs from the 1980s into operatic versions genius or sacrilege? Arranger and member of The Verlaines Graeme Downes reckons it's the former… Audio
Anatomy Of A Song - The Bats 'Up To The Sky'
RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week it's The Bats, with 'Up To The Sky' Audio
The Clean talk solo material, longevity and their 10-date U.S tour
The Clean's Hamish and David Kilgour and Robert Scott are just finishing up a run of North American shows. Gemma Gracewood met up with the trio during their New York stop to talk about their three… Audio
The Bats In Session
Now in their 32nd year of peddling sweet and sour country-inflected jangle pop, The Bats' Robert Scott, Malcolm Grant, Kaye Woodward and Paul Kean have recently been digging through their back… Audio
Bailterspace: Trinine
The Clean's Hamish Kilgour talks with Alister Parker and Brent McLachlan in New York about bringing the original line up together on their latest album Trinine, and Emma Smith catches bassist John… Audio
Extended Play: The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle
Recorded in a tiny hall in Auckland on Chris Knox's 4-track, The Clean's first EP Boodle Boodle Boodle ended up in the New Zealand charts for almost a year. In the 31 years since its release, it has… Audio
The Clean - Live at The Kings Arms
The songs are At The Bottom, Two Fat Ladies, Wipe Me I'm Lucky, Flowers, In The Dream Life U Need A Rubber Soul, Getting Older, and Tally Ho. Audio
Part 5 - Under the Influence
Pop music and its industry have changed almost beyond recognition, but as Flying Nun celebrates its 21st, international success again beckons. Audio
Part 2 - Getting Older
Flying Nun runs as a cooperative, with profits spent on new recordings. Lessons are learned about contracts and initial international forays. Audio
Part 1 - Anything Could Happen
It took a bright idea, $50, and a lot of good will for Flying Nun Records to start documenting NZ's South Island music scene in 1981. Audio
The Clean's Bob Scott
Emma Smith talks to indie rock legend Robert Scott about The Clean's first studio album in eight years, 'Mister Pop', and his other band The Bats. Audio
The Clean - Live at San Francisco Bath House
Iconic Kiwi band The Clean, recorded live during their Bangers And Mash tour of New Zealand. The songs Jala and Point That Thing were recorded at San Francisco Bath House, Wellington by Tex Houston… Audio