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2:30 PM.With its mind-bending mix of throbbing, funky basslines, layered psychedelic textures, skittering African rhythms and an agile tenor voice over surrealist lyrics, D.D. Dumbo's debut album Utopia… Read more Video, Audio

2:25 PM.Brooke Fraser is releasing A Sides this week, a collection of some of her biggest hits from the past 14 years. Read more Video, Audio

2:20 PM.Nikolai introduces their track 'qt'. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.In New Zealand for the first time for Laneway 2017, Glass Animals talk secret recordings, production wizardry and growing up with two radio stations. Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Named as 2016 'Breakthrough artist of the year' at the NZ Music Awards, Auckland rapper Kings talks about his self-produced debut EP, making tunes on the marae, and raising a daughter while trying to… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.The story of a 1966 New Zealand garage rock song by The Bluestars that went on to influence bands around the world. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

2:46 PM.South London singer-guitarist Lianne La Havas will be supporting Coldplay and playing her own solo show in Auckland in early December. Nick Bollinger speaks to her about her music and roots. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger samples a new album of mostly old songs from Bic Runga. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week, Victoria Kelly takes us through her C60 of beautiful music. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Psychedelic-pop crafter Connan Mockasin has a new collaborative album out under the name Soft Hair. It's a soundtrack to a film that hasn't been made yet, about a race of human-lizards living… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Andrew Penman from Salmonella Dub speaks about the artistic community in Kaikōura, the amazing legacy of music that's been created there, and the current challenges for the town. Read more Video, Audio

2:45 PM.Bandcamp's Chief Curator, Andrew Jervis gives us a user's guide in navigating the almost fathomless world of digital music through the online direct-to-fan music portal. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Opoteia Foa'i, frontman of long-running, pan-Pacific band Te Vaka has worked with Hollywood film composers to create music for the latest Disney animated feature - Moana. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.It is 40 years since The Last Waltz – the famous farewell concert of The Band.  The anniversary is getting its biggest celebration in New Zealand. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Much loved singer songwriter Bic Runga is about to be inducted to the NZ Music Hall Of Fame, and has a new album out on Friday. Close Your Eyes includes ten cover versions of songs close to Runga's… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Music 101 pays tribute to the life and career of Leonard Cohen. Poet Sam Hunt, Cohen's biographer Sylvie Simmons, and Professor of Religious Studies Paul Morris join Alex Behan to reflect on Cohen's… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Hamilton rock band Devilskin have just released their second album Destined For Whatever. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger explores the Nordic noir of Berlin-based, Danish-born Agnes Obel. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.This week's RNZ Music mixtape selector is the outgoing Saturday Mornings producer Mark Cubey. He speaks with Yadana Saw about his decade in the job and many other things he's turned his hand to. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Alex Behan delves into local drum and bass artists Tali and Shapeshifter. Kiran Dass meets with Flying Nun artist Bill Direen, and some new tunes by Bonobo and The… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.With their 1983 album Beatin Hearts, Bill Direen's 'The Builders' were the first group to release a long playing studio album on Flying Nun Records. Beatin Hearts has just been re-issued by Brooklyn's… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Crowded House is celebrating the 30th anniversary since their debut eponymous album - here's part two of their look back at the songs and their development. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:25 PM.One gets the feeling that Drum n Bass band Shapeshifter are either going through a fundamental crisis of confidence or, at the very least, some very confusing growing pains. Their lastest release… Read more Video, Audio