Music 101 for Saturday 14 December 2024
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Best albums of 2024 - Colin Hogg
1:20 PM.Colin's favourite album of 2024 is Blue Dreams by Holly Arrowsmith. Audio
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Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago: The muso with misophonia
1:40 PM.It's been 35 years since Doolittle, and now 20 years into their second life after a hiatus and still Pixies remain a force to be reckoned with. The prolific band continues to churn out new music, tour… Read more Audio
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Best albums of 2024 - Kiran Dass
2:15 PM.Kiran's choice is Uncollected Noise New York from Galaxie 500. Audio
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Best albums of 2024 - Nick Bollinger
2:30 PM.Nick's pick for best album of 2024 is A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs. Audio
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Best albums of 2024 - Sam Robinson
3:20 PM.Sam's favourite album from 2024 is Imaginal Disk by California-based duo Magdalena Bay. Audio
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Resistance EP by Tali
3:40 PM.The drum n bass producer and vocalist is celebrating the 20 year anniversary of her first single, and has released a defiant new EP. Audio
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The Mixtape: Comedian Kura Forrester
4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is comedian, actor and writer Kura Forrester. The Billy T Award winner has just finished a sell-out run of Camping - a hilariously risque play with friends Tom Sainsbury… Read more Audio
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Essential Albums: The Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo
12:03 PM.Buffalo was the album that lifted the profile of Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation both here and internationally. It saw their collective approach reach new heights - in the sophistication of the… Read more Audio
1:40 Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago: The muso with misophonia
It’s been 35 years since Doolittle, and now 20 years into their second life after a hiatus and still Pixies remain a force to be reckoned with.
The prolific band continues to churn out new music, tour widely and shape the sound of alternative rock around the globe.
A huge part of that sound is world renowned guitarist Joey Santiago. Maggie Tweedie spoke to Joey about his phobia of crunchy sounds, his christmas brisket recipe and trying his hand writing lyrics for the band's album The Night the Zombies Came.
Town Hall, Auckland , Sunday November 23, 2025
Town Hall, Auckland, Monday November 24, 2025
St James Theatre, Wellington, Sunday Nov 23, 2025
St James Theatre, Wellington, Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Pixies Photo:
2:30 Essential Albums: Phoenix Foundation - Buffalo
Buffalo was the album that lifted the profile of Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation both here and internationally. It saw their collective approach reach new heights – in the sophistication of the songwriting, the intricate detailing of the arrangements and production, and the manipulation of mad ideas into a singularly imaginative piece of work.
Nick Bollinger peels back the sonic layers with the group’s three main songwriters – Sam Scott, Luke Buda and Conrad Wedde.
Photo: Supplied
3.30 Review: Resistance by Tali
The drum n bass producer and vocalist is celebrating the 20 year anniversary of her first single, and has released a defiant new EP.
TALI Photo: Chris_Cuffaro
4pm The Mixtape: Comedian Kura Forrester
Our guest picking the music is comedian, actor and writer Kura Forrester.
The Billy T Award winner has just finished a sell-out run of Camping - a hilariously risque play with friends Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker and Brynley Stent.
As well as stand up comedy, Kura had a three-year stint on Shortland Street’s playing the adored receptionist ‘Desi’ and starred in The Educators, Golden Boy, The Breaker Upperers and many other local productions.
2024 was a big and wonderful year for New Zealand comedian and actor Kura Forrester. Photo: Supplied
Songs played on the show
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Nathan Haines - Love You More
Christoph El Truento - Performer Dub
Aaradhna - Mango Tree
Delaney Davidson - Out of My Head
PJ Harvey , Tim Phillipps - Love will tear us apart
Holly Arrowsmith - Night Flight
Bill Callahnan - Keep Some Steady Friends Around
The Cure - A Fragile Thing - RS24 Remix
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Aroha - Let Her Rip (toitu Te Tirititi)
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Galaxie 500 - Maracas Song
Fazerdaze - Soft Power
Mel Parsons - Offer Down
The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years
Jessica Pratt - Life Is
Te Kaahu – E Te Tau O Taku Ate
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Chaos in the CBD, Nathan Haines - Emotional Intelligence - Mixed
IDLES - Grace
Tami Neilson - I Never Cared For You
Louisa Nicklin - Thick
Fontaines D.C. - Here's the Thing
Magdalena Bay - Killing Time
Louis Baker - Fools Expectation
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Song of the Lake
Hannah Everingham - Maria
Arooj Aftab - Bolo Na (feat. Moor Mother & Joel Ross)
Kura's Mixtape songs:
Bic Runga - Hey
Kimbra - Settle Down
Lil Simz - Two Worlds Apart
Fugees - Ready or Not (clean)
Finley Quaye - Even after all
Olivia Dean - Dive
