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1:45 PM.Nelson based artist Robinson introduces her debut single "Don't You Forget About Me". Audio

1:30 PM.Alt J have announced New Zealand shows to go along with their third album 'Relaxer' out June 2. Gus Unger-Hamilton speaks to Alex Behan about endless press, political protests and the similarites… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Johnny Barker (formerly the 'Ferndale Strangler') has just released his brand new album Sleepwalking. RNZ Music's Alex Behan chats to him about learning new instruments and living in Spain. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, we talk to Shihad's Tom Larkin about musicians' mental health, Robert Scott from The Bats, and Cosey Fanni Tutti from English industrial icons Throbbing Gristle. Read more Audio

7:40 PM.With the Nashville Symphony Chorus sounding like they are in Westminster Abbey, and John Darnielle singing about castles and batcaves, the opening track on Goths is gothic by definition, but... Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.There's a sense of theatre about Party, which subverts the typical notion of the singer-songwriter as confessor and beacon of authenticity. Aldous Harding seems to be giving herself permission to… Read more Video, Audio

4:05 PM.Tiki Taane is this week's mixtape guest. He shares his mix of protest songs and tales of wayward youth with Yadana Saw. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Luke Yeoward stops by to talk about going solo after the dissolution of King Cannons. Read more Video, Audio

3:05 PM.Cosey Fanni Tutti is a founding member of the avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, who pre-empted the industrial musical movement. Alea Balzer talked to her about her recently-released autobiography… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Annabel Alpers gained popularity with her solo act Bachelorette in 2005, and has since relocated to Baltimore. Jana Whitta caught up with Annabel at the American Visionary Art Museum, to get an update… Read more Video, Audio

2:10 PM.Balu Brigada perform live at the RNZ studios Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Songwriter Robert Scott describes the band's latest album as 'a deep set of songs, metaphysically'. He also talks about the naive folk art he creates, which includes the album's cover. Read more Audio

11:00 PM.Tami Neilson shares her musical history with Music 101 host Alex Behan, Kirsten Johnstone finds out where English shoegazers Slowdive were for the past two decades. Read more Audio

7:40 PM.Nick Bollinger explores the percussive peregrinations of Riki Gooch, who records as Cave Circles. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Invisible Threads introduce their song 'Isle Of The Dead'. Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Trevor Reekie talks to Grammy-winning world music producer Ian Brennan. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.English shoegaze band Slowdive just released a new album after a twenty-year hiatus, impressing old fans and new. Read more Video, Audio

2:15 PM.Tami Neilson delivers a history lesson in her upcoming tour as she sings the songs of sinners. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Winner of the international breakthrough award at the NZ Music Managers awards this week for her work with pacific fusion band Te Vaka, Julie Foa'i makes us a mixtape. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.Speakers at the New Zealand Music Month Summit convene in the RNZ studios to discuss the changing industry and how best to navigate a music career. Read more Video, Audio

7:00 PM.In this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition, we have a live performance from electro up-and-comers SoccerPractise, a chat with American musician Perfume Genius about his much lauded new album, plus new… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger discusses a retrospective set of devotional music from Alice Coltrane. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Elliott Childs samples new music from Canadian collective The New Pornographers. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.The RNZ Music team are all in the same city for once, sharing their favourite tracks from the first few months of 2017. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Mike Hadreas AKA Perfume Genius received rapturous acclaim for each of his first 3 albums, particularly 2014's Too Bright, which wound up on many Best Of lists. As his new album No Shape is birthed… Read more Video, Audio