Songwriting

Mt Maunganui's Alexander Wildwood introduces his single Bad Blood. Audio

RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week it's Marlon Williams' 'Bloodletter' Audio

RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week it's Marlon Williams' 'Bloodletter' Audio

Anatomy of A Song gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - in this episode The Phoenix Foundation unpack 'Black Mould'. Audio

Ha the Unclear's Michael Cathro has overseen a long migration with his project - from Dunedin where he started the band under another name, to Cork, Ireland, and finally to Auckland. The migration has… Audio

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

Bernie Griffen and his new band The Thin Men have just released his sophomore LP Salvation, recorded in Auckland's The Lab recording studio, Trevor Reekie meets up with Griffen, his partner and… Audio

Grant Smithies rounds-up the five finalists for the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll, the only peer voted songwriting award in New Zealand, with the winner decided by over 10,000 fellow songwriters from the… Audio

Black metal horde Bulletbelt are set to release Rise of the Banshee this week, their new album that features the Wellington-based band's new vocalist Joelene Tempest. Craig Hayes sits down with… Audio

Interviews and performance high-lights from Kimbra, originally from Hamilton, and Norwegian born artist Ane Brun. Audio

Professor Azzan Yadin-Israel from Rutgers University in New Jersey runs a course for first year students called Bruce Springsteen's Theology. The course analyses Springsteen lyrics for their biblical… Audio

In late June 2014, Auckland based singer-songwriter Simon Comber flew to San Francisco to record the debut Herriot Row album at Tiny Telephone Studios with John Vanderslice, renowned producer for… Audio

Jol Mulholland, the eldest of the Mulholland brothers, is following up his solo debut, Eugene Told Me You Were Dead, with a new album, Stop and Start Again. The record finds the prolific producer and… Audio

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

After a hiatus that could easily have been permanent, Wellington-via Christchurch group Wet Wings have returned with a new mini album of experimental pop duets. We talk to core members Darian Woods… Audio

The Swedish born vocalist and Floating Points collaborator tells Emma Smith how she hand picked the production talent on her debut Yellow Memories. Audio