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We bring you all the behind the scenes coverage from the Taite Prize 2024, including chats with nominees and winners across all categories! Dr Kirsten Zemke chats about speedy rappers on Travelling Tunes, brought to you by Drake Street Studios. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
The Streets - Good Old Daze
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming feat. Cate Le Bon
David Bowie - Magic Dance
Church - Fairytale
King Loser - Troubled Land
Look Blue Go Purple - Circumspect Penelope
Cindy Lee - Glitz
Dehd - Alien
Lady Shaka - E Tu
Voom - Martin Phillipps
milk - Sugar Glider
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Mokotron - HĪRERETIA RĀ (Akcept Remix)
Night Lunch - 1 MILLION PINES
Soft Plastics - Saturn Return
Jujulipps - Airplane Mode
Los Palms - From The Shadows
Princess Chelsea - Everything Is Going To Be Alright
Mо̄rena! Sofia and Joel have got your morning sorted this ANZAC Day. A chill start, with lots of kiwi artists, before ramping it up with some EDM/house. Whakarongo tonu mai!
Playlist
The Black Keys - Read Em And Weep
The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
Mermaidens - Sister
Mumm-ra - jeremy
Marlin's Dreaming - Showman
Street Chant - Pedestrian Support League (radio edit)
Joe Ghatt - Always Remember
Vera Ellen - Imposter
Pineja - Hard To Think
The Fuzzy Robes - Collect for Midday
Gretel Hänlyn - War With America
P.H.F. - Lack of Interest [Unplugged]
Reb Fountain - FASTER
Ben Bonetti - Halcyon
Thievery Corporation - Sweet Tides
The Chills - Pink Frost
And$um - Toon World (ft. Seb The Vegabond)
Overmono - Good Lies
Peter Cat Recording Co. - Floated By
The Phoenix Foundation - Beside Yourself (with Fazerdaze)
Te Huhu - Skipping Stones
Phoebe Rings - 아스라이 (Aseurai)
Byllie-jean - E moko feat. Marlon Williams
Two Shell - Talk To Me (feat. FKA twigs)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Slipped Disc
Max Graef - Jazz 104
Air - How Does It Make You Feel?
Caroline Polachek - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
Juno Is - Floating
Awning - Benevolent
Gnoomes - Ule (radio edit)
Jockstrap - 50/50
SG Lewis, Chloe Caillet - Costa
Everything But The Girl - Wrong
Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques You Body (Make Me Sweat)
Welcome back to another week on the b! Penelope Noir gives us a history of Kate Sylvester's legacy in Aotearoa on Fashun. On Loose Reads, Suri reviews Wandering Stars from Tommy Orange. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Flowerstream - Air Talk
Cindy Lee - Flesh And Blood
Sunny Morris - Mother, It's Not My Fault
Water From Your Eyes - Warm Storm
Ty Segall - Night of the Vampire [Roky Erickson Cover]
Beth Orton - Haunted Satellite
Goodie Train - I Got To Tell Somebody feat. Sam Frazier Jr.
Grace Cummings - Common Man
Jim Nothing - Hourglass
Khruangbin - Fifteen Fifty-Three
Babyteeth - Poser
Jonathan Bree - You're So Cool
Awning - Benevolent
The Cat's Miaow - Between The Stations and the Silence
Princess Chelsea - All The Stars [Live at Laneway 2015]
Marlin's Dreaming - Showman
Kolonel Djafaar - Phil’s First Tear
Lee Scratch Perry and Shaun Ryder - Green Banana
Program - Sparks
Blondshell - Docket feat. Bully
beet-wix - slug level standards
Gnoomes - Ule (radio edit)
Oceans Before Me, Mara TK - Rāhapa feat. Troy Kingi
Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary about the Resource Management Amendment Bill, Warner Brothers/ Stuff deal and the Wellington tunnel plan. Lucinda Bennett chats about feijoas on Breakfast Food. On Greening Out Jim chats about why autumn gives us so many colours! Beth Torrance speaks to Rachel about her new single Tiny Flowers, out via Particle Recordings. Whakarongo mai nei!
Playlist
Los Palms - From The Shadows
Martha Skye Murphy - Need feat. Roy Montgomery
Aoife Nessa Frances & Hollow Hand - Always Something
Molly Payton - Accelerate
Te Huhu - Skipping Stones
Mokotron - Decolonize Existence (Big Fat Raro Remix)
Fu Manchu - Hands of the Zodiac
Persimmon - True Crime
Repairs - LYLAS
Nia Archives - Cards on the Table
Bill Withers - Use Me
Princess Chelsea - I Love My Boyfriend (Live at Ellen Melville 19/10/18)
We check in with the leader of the opposition on What's Up, where Rachel speaks to Chris Hipkins about public sector job cuts, media sector challenges and closure of Newshub and the government's first Resource Management Amendment Bill. On The Mind Trench Rob Bollix chats about things animals (frogs and worms, specifically) can do, that humans can't. Turns out, it's heaps. Martin, James and Nicola from REPAIRS are in the studio to chat about their new album, Disappointing Sequel. Justine helps with your union and employment queries on Red Dead Redemption. Whakarongo mai nei!
Alex guesses a Nina Simone track with one hit of one second on Second Guessing. Liam Hoff from Night Lunch is dialling in to chat about their new single, 1 Million Pines. Stage Direction is with Ana Scotney (creator and performer) talking about ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko, a solo show from Silo Theatre. Robin Laven from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute is on Ready Steady Learn to talking about his research into breast cancer. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dan and Jordan of Khaki Department from Te Papaioea are dialling in to chat about their new single Boogie Boarding. On Loose Reads Jenna’s in the studio to talk about Vladivostok Circus, a new novel from Elisa Shua Dusapin. Whakarongo mai nei!
Dr Kirsten Zemke takes us on a trip to Ibiza on Travelling Tunes. Our Viewmaster Litia Tuiburelevu reviews Testify, streaming on TVNZ+. Cameron Cairnes, one of the directors of Late Night With the Devil is dialling in from Australia to talk about the film starring David Dastmalchian, which explores the satanic panic of the 70s through the format of a late night talk show. Whakarongo mai nei!
Max Harris gives us some Political Commentary about cuts to the public sector and disability funding, Winston Peters’ speech to the UN about Gaza, and popularity of the PM. On Breakfast Food, Lucinda Bennett chats tinned fish. The Hobby Goblins are back to show us their Tom Cruise marble runs and Natural Ange is in the studio to give holistic health advice. We recap your Top Ten. Whakarongo mai nei!
On What's Up with Marama Davidson, the co-leader of the Green Party speaks with Rachel about the fast track consents bill, public sector cuts by the government and Winston Peters' speech to the UN about Gaza. Rob Bollix takes us through The Mind Trench, discussing bacteria-created-faux-leather-shoes. Yes. Dbldbl is in the studio to talk about their new track Fakey featuring Randa and out via Sunreturn today. Human Resource chats about his new EP, The Slouch. Salene is back for A Room Of One's Own to help you wade through the renting landscape. Whakarongo mai nei!
Stella and Nick spent Tuesday evening hooning around Q Theatre, speaking to the wonderful nominees for NZ On Air Outstanding Music Journalist, NZ On Air Outstanding Music Journalist and the Taite Prize, as well as the rest of the alternative music community. Catch a chat with IMNZ Classic Record winners Look Blue Go Purple. Listen back for the behind the scenes to hear all the gossip and glam!
Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary about the Resource Management Amendment Bill, Warner Brothers/ Stuff deal and the Wellington tunnel plan.