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7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger considers an upbeat pop set by Beck, and wonders if this is his Let's Dance? Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Martin Phillips of The Chills revisits the iconic venues where the 'Dunedin Sound' came to life. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Skiffle was a youth cultural revolution that has been downplayed in histories of British rock, says singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg - and he’s written a book about it. He talks to Nick… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Beat-maker Jennifer Lee (AKA TOKiMONSTA) was left unable to speak, walk, or make music after a struggle with a rare brain disease. She spoke to Tony Stamp about her recovery, and the resulting album… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Jordan Rakei was born in Tokoroa and raised in Brisbane, but moved to London in his early twenties to combat a lifelong struggle with anxiety. Now twenty five, he's signed to prestigious label Ninja… Read more Video, Audio

1:40 PM.Six years since her last solo album Julia Deans is back with an absolute banger. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Dave Dobbyn speaks from the fields of Passchendaele after performing at the centenary commemorations of the day New Zealand lost 845 soldiers in battle in just a few hours. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Linking the political axis of Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine and Cypress Hill, the new supergroup Prophets of Rage has drawn together the back catalogues of all three bands with a whole new… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Seminal '90s dub merchants Unitone Hifi have been quiet in recent years, but they're re-energized and working on new material ahead of their appearance at Laneway 2018. Tony Stamp sat down with the… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Auckland musician Arthur Ahbez performs acoustically and tells us about his new album 'Volume 2'. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Indialucia is a musical project, formed by Polish guitarist Miguel Czachowski who grew up surrounded by flamenco music and saw him start playing the guitar at age 12. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Shannon Walsh from Deer Park tells us why the band's second album took seven years to complete. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Julia Parnell speaks about why it's so important to make the definitive documentry about The Chills and how close they are to realising the dream. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Melody Thomas talks to Yumi Zouma about their second record. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Katchafire are celebrating 20 years as a band with a 20-date tour of Australia. Lead singer Logan Bell speaks to RNZ Music about their year of celebration, their new single and upcoming album. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.They've been around for 25 years, which must make it hard to keep things surprising, but Mogwai's latest album, Every Country's Sun might just have delivered. Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Chris Heazlewood of King Loser, plays a tribute to his late bandmate Celia Mancini live from the Radio One studio in Dunedin. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.It's ten years since Anika's In Swings the Tide album was released and she's touring nationwide in support of the occasion. A lot in her life has changed since 2007. Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.Francisca Griffin aka Kathy Bull talks to Kirsten Johnstone about the band that stood alongside The Chills, The Clean and The Verlaines in defining the Flying Nun sound. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.To mark The Clean's induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame, Dunedin band Astro Children performed 'Getting Older' at the 2017 Silver Scrolls ceremony. We caught up with them in their Dunedin… Read more Video, Audio

2:20 PM.Nadia Reid talks about the heartbreak that led to writing her Silver Scroll nominated song 'Richard'. Read more Video, Audio

2:06 PM.The Clean were inducted into the NZ Music Hall Of Fame on Thursday. The day after we headed to the bass player's home in Port Chalmers, where he performed for us live. Read more Video, Audio