Music 101 for Saturday 30 August 2025

13:15 The Beths on their new album, Straight Line Was A Lie

The Beths are back with their fourth album Straight Line Was A Lie.

Kara Rickard went along to their studio on Karangahape Road in Auckland to talk with them about the album, the journey it took to get here and the importance of finding meaning in the maintenance of everyday life.

 

14:10 Going Global Music Summit 2025

This week, international music specialists have congregated for the Going Global Music Summit 2025.

The evenings were a showcase of our vibrant emerging talent, and the days were full of the nitty gritty of what it takes to get known as an Aotearoa artist overseas. 

To find out what it does take, Tony Stamp went along to ask the experts.

 

15:15 Mild Orange on their new album, The Glow

Mild Orange are a band who met early in life - in fact two of them went to kindy together. They started in Dunedin, then after their first album Foreplay became successful in 2018 - getting tens of millions of streams after attention from American YouTubers and bloggers - they relocated to England. 

The fourth Mild Orange album has just come out. It’s called The Glow, made by the same lineup, including singer, guitarist and producer Josh Mehrtens. 

While visiting Wisconsin, Josh Mehrtens calls home and talks to Tony Stamp about the new album.

15:40 Mim Jensen is out of the shadows

Shadow of the Gift is the name of an EP that came out earlier this year by Ōtautahi Christchurch singer-songwriter Mim Jensen. It’s just her second, but she’s already gaining acclaim - she’s supported The Beths and Shihad at shows around the country, and Shadow of the Gift got great reviews, including on The Sampler.

Mim Jensen talks to Tony Stamp while in Auckland to perform at the Going Global Music Summit, and gives us an exclusive preview listen of upcoming unreleased track Sidekick. 

 

16:10 The Mixtape: Martyn Pepperell

Music journalist, DJ and broadcaster Martyn Pepperell's thoughts on music have been published globally. Hailing from Wellington, Martyn has created mixes and audio documentaries that have been played across radio stations worldwide.

We get an insight into a music connoisseur's mind with Martyn Pepperell's favourite songs this week on The Mixtape.

 

Songs Played:

1pm-2pm

• The Funkees - Abraka

• Voom - Trouble

• Pavement - Harness Your Hopes

• The Beths - Roundabouts

• The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie

• Radiohead - Let Down

2pm-3pm

• Adrian Sherwood - The Collapse of Everything

• Barry Can't Swim - All My Friends

• Jens Lenkman - Your Arms Around Me

• Falle Nioke - Say Say Say

• Del The Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina

• Natalie Bergman - Keep Those Teardrops from Falling

• Beth Torrance - Tiny Flowers

3pm-4pm

• The Skatalites - Fidel Castro

• Eloise Laws - Love Factory

• Spoon - Guess I'm Falling in Love

• Mild Orange - Right or Wrong

• Mild Orange - My Light

• Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block

• Mim Jensen - Past Life

• Mim Jensen - Sidekick

4pm-5pm

• Arooj Aftab - Diya Hai
• Susumu Yokota - Saku
• Surly - Thirteen
• Joanna Grauer - Inside Outside
• Suzanne Menzel - I Feel It Starts Again
• Cy Timmons - The World's Greatest Unknown