Grant Smithies

First released in 1968, the second album by Mississippi singer/ songwriter Bobby Gentry has just had the deluxe reissue treatment. Audio

Made over a period of 10 days during lockdown, new album Keep Your Distance! was strapped together online by Virtual Shadow Ensemble, a collective of musicians and spoken word artists from around the… Audio

The debut full-length LP by Straitjacket Fits, 1988's Hail was reissued last Friday by Flying Nun, with the weaker tracks substituted for rippers from the band's 1987 EP, Life In One Chord. Audio

Is The Stroppies the best band name ever? Grant Smithies reckons so, and he’ll play two tracks from the Melbourne band’s studio debut Whoosh today, alongside tracks from Birmingham electronic… Audio

Rough, raw, dirty and loud, the new compilation from Auckland's 1: 12 Records was released last week "just in time to kick-off your first Level 1 house party". We'll hear two tracks from that today… Audio

Grant Smithies blows the dust off "And Don't The Kids Just Love It", the classic 1981 debut album classic from influential London post-punk band, Television Personalities. We'll also hear gems from… Audio

Grant plays music from The Roulettes new EP, Rocket To You, and gems from Philadelphia experimental pop artist ARTHUR and the mighty Prince. Audio

Grant Smithies is having flashbacks to Aotearoa's early rave scene this week, playing a few dopamine-addled deep techno tunes from the new album by Wellington producer Borrowed CS. We'll also hear… Audio

British music writer Jon Savage is in love with the 7'' inch vinyl 45, and who could blame him? He's compiled a double vinyl album, The High Sixties on 45, in which each of the four sides is devoted… Audio

New Brighton's Blair Parkes has made another extraordinary album in his garden shed. Grant plays two tracks from that , alongside an early UK hip hop classic from Massive Attack, and some glorious… Audio

Music reviewer Grant Smithies joins Kathryn to sample some key tracks from Tame Impala's generously trippy fourth album The Slow Rush. He'll also have gems from Chicago soul act The Impressions and… Audio

One of the most thrilling live bands working today, San Diego garage rock trio The Schizophonics is descending on Aotearoa next week for an extensive tour. We hear two songs from their second album… Audio

Fresh back from a beach in Abel Tasman, Grant Smithies selects songs today that work well with sandy togs and a tan. We'll hear some righteous New York boogaloo from San Sebastian 152, a Jamaican… Video, Audio

Te Radar, Gemma Gracewood and Grant Smithies say farewell to 2019, with live Christmas carols sung in studio by Nota Bene. Merry Christmas everyone and thank you for being with us this year. Audio

The best punk compilation ever to emerge from Aotearoa's shining shores, AK79 was released on Ripper Records in December, 1979. A spanking new 40th Anniversary edition was released last week. We'll… Audio

Two key songs from American songwriter Bill Callahan's Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest is a double LP meditation on domesticity and love, and not nearly as boring as that probably sounds. Plus a funk gem… Audio

Anglo-French pop auteurs Stereolab are playing Aotearoa in March, for the first time in 10 years. Obsessive fan-boy Grant Smithies plays two of their classic tracks today, alongside a South African… Audio

Brace yourself for incoming bass as a new collection of early '80s Jamaican dancehall. We'll hear woofer-worrying tracks from singer Cornell Campbell and deejay Papa Tullo. After that, Auckland… Audio