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While reggae and ska remain niche genres in the United States, they definitely have a home in California where ska's 'third wave' of bands like The Uptones, Fishbone and Operation Ivy keep the sounds… Audio

Before she became Ikonika, Sara Abdel-Hamid started out drumming in dirty garage rock bands but her beats based interests have wormed through hip-hop into the darkness of dubstep and then further… Audio

Nicolaas Oogjes is out to teach Australians that Funk isn't a dirty word. His solo project/band No Zu incorporates elements of no wave, afrobeat and smatterings of sitcom filler funk. Emma Smith… Audio

The Government is threatening to intervene further in regional councils if they do not police dirty dairying more vigorously. Audio

National correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, and author of the article, Dirty Coal, Clean Future, which looks at the use of technology by China and the US to develop sustainable ways of using… Audio

Dirty low-down sci-fi psycho-surf-rock'n'roll-a-billy quintet The Drab Doo-Riffs play hard and fast songs from their EPs: Bury Me In Drab and Postcard from Uranus at the sold-out Kings Arms in… Audio

The unveiling of Grinderman (a subset of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds doing dirty rock with hints of the Birthday Party) filled the band members with a nervous excitement they'd not felt for some time… Audio

We head to the UK to chat to expat journo Chris Parkin. The world's hottest chilli, cloned meat and dirty magazines. Audio

The unveiling of Grinderman (a subset of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds doing dirty rock with hints of the Birthday Party) filled the band members with a nervous excitement they'd not felt for some time… Audio

Paul Henry's insults go global; local election campaigns and covering Auckland's Super City; a claim of dirty tricks in Delhi; an alarming report of an addiction epidemic. Audio

Rarely in this country has the dirty laundry of a governing political party been so thoroughly aired as has happened to the ACT Party. Heather Roy was unceremoniously rolled as deputy at a caucus… Audio

The Australian Liberal Party is being accused of using dirty tricks to manipulate Google search results for federal election candidates around Australia. Audio

Picking over failed finance companies; proposals to curb the media in Fiji; sympathy for the poster boy of dirty dairying; strange reporting from the US. Audio

The dairy co-operative, Fonterra, is stepping up it's checks on dairy farmers as many have failed to meet targets to reduce pollution of rivers and streams. Audio

The Green Party co-leader has spent part of the summer on a Dirty Rivers Rafting Tour, in which he has been taking a first-hand look at the state of New Zealand's waterways. Audio

A company owned by the family, with a history of dirty-dairying, has again had to pay for its mistakes this time with a $65,000 fine. Audio

Kirsten's Laneway highlight was seeing Australians The Dirty Three again. She spoke to Warren Ellis. 6 February 2010. Audio

Spain's highest tribunal has ordered the extradition to Argentina of a pilot suspected of involvement in what were as death flights during Argentina's so-called Dirty War. Audio

The Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai in India's a world famous outdoor laundry that handles three-quarters of a million items every day. Meena Kadri reports. Audio

Is heritage becoming a dirty word in architectural circles? Audio

For many Kiwis, dairying has already become a dirty word with effluent running off farms and fouling waterways plus the untaxed greenhouse gas emissions being responsible for a large proportion of… Audio

The Labour Party has described the deal as quick and dirty - its climate change spokesperson Charles Chauvel is with us. Audio

The head of a Waikato cheese factory is alleging sabotage, as an industrial dispute gets dirty. Audio

The American actor Patrick Swayze, whose turn as a smoldering dance instructor made him one of the best known movie stars of the 1980s has died after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. Audio

Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into the public's hearts in"Dirty Dancing"and then broke them with"Ghost,"has died in Los Angeles. Audio

The Waikato Regional Council says the fines handed to a Waikato farming family are a clear sign that so called dirty dairying won't be tolerated. Audio

Dirty tricks in the UK, trial by jury, and Sharyn Steel talks about working in male-dominated newsrooms. Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews Dirty Money by Richard Stark. Published by Quercus. Audio

Regional councils say 'dirty farmers' are being caught out by a more vigilant inspection regime. Audio