Rock
White Lung
Canadian group White Lung have a new album, Deep Fantasy. It's more melodic than their last album Sorry, and also much more metal. The group is fronted by Mish Way, a howling, take no prisoners front… Audio
Popstrangers
Moving to London is a rite of passage for New Zealand guitar bands. After some local attention, releasing an EP or two to local acclaim, and playing local support for international acts, many bands… Audio
Under the Influence: Nirvana
We go behind the scenes of a history-making concert: Nirvana live in Auckland, 1992.
Bandmates Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic played at the Logan Campbell Centre on Sunday 9 February… Audio
Beastwars live 2013
Wellington sludge-metallers belt out a set of songs live at Auckland's Kings Arms. Audio
Liam Finn
If you've witnessed one of Liam Finn's seat-of-the-pants live performances, chances are you've also seen his long-time collaborator Eliza-Jane Barnes riding shotgun, providing backing vocals and… Audio
The Verlaines Live at The Kings Arms
On 14 December 2013, Dunedin troubadours The Verlaines played their 1985 album Hallelujah All the Way Home in it's entirety at Auckland's Kings Arms, a performance that reunited the original '85 line… Audio
Serj Tankian
System of the Down frontman Serj Tankian talks to Sam Wicks about performing his Elect the Dead and Orca symphonies with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. A night that sees System of the Down fans… Audio
SxSW 2014
South by Southwest 2014 sees some 2,200 official performers and bands - plus a ton of unofficial ones - squeeze into the many venues that dot the Texan capital, from hungry young guns looking to get… Audio
Clap Clap Riot
Auckland indie rockers Clap Clap Riot got Kody Neilson (Mint Chicks) to help record their second album Nobody/Everybody and now they've grown the band adding ex-Artisan Guns drummer Alex Freer and… Audio
Essential NZ Albums - The Human Instinct Stoned Guitar
Since its release at a budget price in 1970, The Human Instinct's Stoned Guitar has become recognized as a classic of psychedelic rock. Nick Bollinger discusses how it came about in this instalment of… Audio
Pete Townshend: The Who
The guitarist, principal songwriter and creative force behind rock band The Who has just published his autobiography, "Who I Am". Audio
Essential NZ Albums: Sunshine - Dragon
Dragon was a New Zealand band that lived life in the fast lane of Australian rock'n'roll. The 1976 album Sunshine tells a slice of the story. Nick Bollinger discusses the disc in detail in this… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: Hello Sailor - Hello Sailor
The release of Hello Sailor's first album was a sign that local rock had lost its innocence. In this episode of Essential New Zealand Albums Nick Bollinger discusses this smart and seedy Kiwi classic.
…Shihad: Killjoy - Live 2010
Recorded by Radio New Zealand at The Powerstation, Auckland, 6 August, 2010. The songs from the 1995 album Killjoy include: You Again, Gimme Gimme, The Call, Envy, Debs Night Out, Bitter, For What You… Audio
Between Glam and Glory
Keith Newman completes the story of New Zealand family folk band The Clevedonaires, who became prog rock stars overseas as Bitch. Audio
The Clevedonaires from Clevedon
The Clevedonaires were a harmonious little family folk group from South Auckland which, after some local chart success and regular TV appearances, headed to Australia where they became a sought after… Audio
Access All Areas: Dr Tree - Once More With Feeling
Back in the mid 1970s Auckland jazz-rock legends Dr Tree shook the foundations of local jazz and took it to the rock bars and clubs, winning a devoted audience with super tight performances that… Audio
The Cure's Robert Smith
Robert Smith has been at the helm of The Cure for forty years, steering them from the early days as a 'school band' through new wave, gothic psychedelia, inventive electro-pop and on to being a… Audio
Pretty Things Down Under
Make sure you've got your seatbelt buckled because we're taking a wild ride back to 1965, when visiting British band The Pretty Things apparently threatened to tear apart the moral fabric of our… Audio
Joni Mitchell: Part 6 - the '90s onwards
"It's life's illusions I recall, I really don't know life at all"
Rebecca Blundell looks at Joni Mitchell's recordings from the '90s up to the present day (circa 2006), a time where Mitchell was… Audio
