Sam Wicks
Music 101 Pocket Edition 15
Chelsea Jade gets real, inside Arthur Russell with Prof. Tim Lawrence, the return of Jakob and musical robots. Audio
Chelsea Jade Metcalf
Dream pop proponent Chelsea Jade Metcalf has dropped her Watercolours moniker, but the soft-focus edges of her ethereal R&B remain. She talks us through her new EP Beacons. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 6
Kimbra live in session, INXS on "what Michael would have wanted" and Into The Void- a noisy new documentary. Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 5
Shihad and Jaz Coleman- together again, Die! Die! Die! on an easy SWIM, Kamandi with hot beats from a cold garage and the aesthetics of wine and sound with Jo Burzynska and the Auricle Sonic Arts… Audio
Opossom
Ex-Mint Chicks singer Kody Nielson steps out with Electric Hawaii - his debut solo record under the name Opossom. It features his partner, Bic Runga, another Mint Chick, Michael Logie, plus his… Audio
The Secret Life of Rock Photographers
You've seen them in the pit at the front of shows, expensive long lens cameras at the ready. Gig photographers always get the best spot in the house so that they can capture the energy of a live show… Audio, Gallery
Supergroove Crosstown Revue 2008
Supergroove took to the stage at Auckland's Civic Theatre, this time with Scribe, Hollie Smith and newcomer Gin Wigmore in tow. Sam Wicks dropped in on rehearsals for their Crosstown Revue earlier in… Audio
Musical Chairs - Improv 101
Improvised music includes the widest possible variety of sounds, it is a genre and a technique without rules beyond the inclination of the players. Free jazz players Chris O'Connor and Dan Beban, join… Audio
Musical Chairs - The Punk Gnome Project (Part Two)
In Musical Chairs, we return to the New Zealand punk gene pool for Part Two of The Punk Genome Project and look at a new generation of New Zealand noise makers. Kicking off with the inward-looking… Audio
Musical Chairs - The Punk Genome Project (Part One)
When punk arrived in New Zealand in the mid-1970s, it kicked open the door of popular music, allowing bold new sounds to flourish. 30 years on, musicians from The Mint Chicks to Coco Solid continue to… Audio
Musical Chairs - The Peace Boat
Thomas Voyce and Simon Rycroft are the masterminds behind the sun kissed sounds of Wellington roots, hip hop and soul collective Rhombus. Earlier this year the two set out on a multi-destination… Audio
Musical Chairs - Mike Nielsen
Ex-pat Mike Nielsen has built a distinguished reputation as an engineer and producer in the United Kingdom, working with artists as diverse as Jamiroquai, Underworld, Natasha Atlas and U2. Nielsen's… Audio
Musical Chairs - Dam Native
Rising from the ashes of Native Base in 1992, Dam Native was formed by Danny Haimona in the politically-charged mould of Upper Hutt Posse. With wordplay that twisted English, Maori and Hip Hop… Audio
Musical Chairs - Scott Towers
Horn player Scott Towers is one Aotearoa's leading alto saxophonists and has made a career with his horn of choice in a wholly unplanned way, connecting his jazz background with developments in dance… Audio
Musical Chairs - Splore (Part Two)
Splore ''06 was a three day multi-discipline arts and music festival, melding a strong music line-up together with visual arts, performance art, workshops and film screenings. This year was in the… Audio
Musical Chairs - Slave and Otis
From rocking parties as precocious hip hop youth to taking their tag-team camaraderie to New Zealand radio frequencies and television screens, Mark 'Slave' Williams and Otis Frizzell have made careers… Audio
Musical Chairs - Splore (Part One)
Splore 06 was a three day multi-discipline arts and music festival, melding a strong music line-up together with visual arts, performance art, workshops and film screenings. This year was in the… Audio
Submariner aka Andy Morton - Musical Chairs
Two essential albums in the Aotearoa hip hop canon, Che Fu's 2b.Spacific and King Kapisi's Savage Thoughts, have come stamped with the distinctive beat making skills of Submariner AKA Andy Morton… Audio
Musical Chairs - D.J. Mu
Producer and D.J. Mu's favorite creative outlet is within a musical collective - from 'Roots Foundation' to 'Bong Master' to 'Fat Freddy's Drop', Mu has always surrounded himself with bass-heavy… Audio
Amy Winehouse
When Amy Winehouse passed away at her home in London on Saturday 23 July 2011, news stories were quick to connect her to what Kurt Cobain's mother Wendy once called the "stupid club" – musicians like… Audio
