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The Chills live at NZ Festival 2016
Dunedin Flying Nun band The Chills became known internationally in the early 80s for jangly pop songs 'Pink Frost', 'I Love My Leather Jacket' and 'Heavenly Pop Hit'. Frontman Martin Phillipps hasn't… Audio
The cost of botched surgical mesh implants
New figures from ACC show that it has paid out 10 million dollars in treatment injury claims from botched surgical mesh implants. But what do we know about the true risks? Patricia Sullivan is a… Audio
Ladyhawke Sees The Light
Pip Brown is in a good place right now. Sober, married, and living at the base of the Hollywood Hills, 'Wild Things' is her third album as Ladyhawke, and it reflects her positive frame of mind. She… Video, Audio
The Naked and Famous
global chart-toppers Alisa Xayalith and Thom Powers talk to Sam Wicks about settling in L.A., and readying album number three. Audio
Bonaparte returns to Cuba Street
Bonaparte is the moniker of Berlin-based electro-punk musician Tobias Jundt, who's known for bringing animal costumes and a sense of carnival to his high energy stage show. Video, Audio
The Verlaines live at NZ Festival 2016
Nearly 35 years after the Flying Nun record label helped take the "Dunedin Sound" to the rest of the country and then the world, the 2016 New Zealand Festival brings two of its most well-known bands… Audio
Bieber #1
Pop star Justin Bieber is dominating the music charts just as the Beatles did. Audio
Musical Siblings - Bic, Boh, and Pearl Runga
This time our Musical Siblings are the Runga sisters. Bic has an acclaimed career as a singer/songwriter. Boh made waves with pop-rock band Stellar*, is a solo act, released a collaborative album with… Audio
Luna
Dream-pop group Luna survived a seven-album run before splitting 10 years ago. Kiran Dass speaks to bassist Britta Phillips about the band reforming a decade later. Audio
K-Pop World Festival 2015
The annual K-POP World festival gives amateur, non-Korean K-pop performers, a chance to compete on a world stage in Changwon. Mava Moayyed meets the 2015 Kiwi K-popper finalists ahead of their onstage… Audio
Princess Chelsea live at The Kings Arms
On the back of the release of her second LP, The Great Cybernetic Depression, Princess Chelsea embarked on a tour that began at Dunedin's Chick's Hotel and finished up at Auckland's Kings Arms. Radio… Audio
Local vocal virtuoso, Marlon Williams
Local vocal virtuoso Marlon Williams has just released his first solo album, the culmination of his experience as a Christchurch Cathedral choirboy, frontman for his high school band The Unfaithful… Audio
On the road With The Courtneys
Flying Nun devotees The Courtneys made a pilgrimage from Canada to New Zealand to tour the North Island last month. Zac Arnold joined the band on the road, armed with a microphone for the sound… Audio
Stan Walker in session
Much-loved New Zealand R&B and soul voice, Stan Walker, is a triple-threat, starring in the 2013 film Mt Zion, judging The X-Factor NZ, and most recently knocking out Truth & Soul, an album that sees… Audio
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy's principle songwriter and band mouthpiece, Pete Wentz, talks to Sam Wicks about straddling the pop/punk divide. Audio
The Sampler: Pokey LaFarge, The Waterboys, Tyson Smith
Nick Bollinger reviews an American-tinged set from Celtic rock veterans The Waterboys; exploratory sounds from Wellington-based guitarist and singer Tyson Smith; and talks to visiting vaudevillian -… Audio
The Sampler Summit - Madonna
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger convenes a Sampler Summit to discuss Rebel Heart, the 13th album by veteran pop queen Madonna. Joining him are Jackie Clarke, Sophie Burberry (a.k.a. Little… Audio
Little Dragon at Laneway 2015
Zac Arnold caught up with Yukimi Nagano and Erik Bodin of the Swedish quartet to talk about creating their latest album, Nabuma Rubberband. Audio
Carl Wilson - 'Let's Talk About Love'
Freelance writer and Slate music critic Carl Wilson's 'Let's Talk About Love' is an exploration into the phenomenon of Celine Dion and wider discussion around the nature of taste, good and bad. He… Audio
Anatomy Of A Song - Lawrence Arabia, Apple Pie Bed
RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week he takes a scalpel to Lawrence Arabia's Silver Scroll Award-winning 'Apple Pie Bed'. Audio