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1:50 PM.Eddie Chacon had a worldwide hit as part of Charles and Eddie with 1992's Would I Lie to You, but them seemingly disappeared from the music industry.  Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Dallas Tamaira (Fat Freddy's Drop) returns to Kaikōura to write and record his first solo project in 20 years. A documentary crew captured his journey as he reconnected with his whanau and whenua… Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Our guest today picking their favourite songs and talking life is musician Anthonie Tonnon. Anthonie is a New Zealand songwriter, musician, public transport advocate and operator of Whanganui's… Read more Video, Audio

3:20 PM.Speech Act Theory is the Auckland based alt-electronica project of producer/musician Pete Hickman. Here is Pete introducing their latest single 'Next Time' Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Jen Cloher (Ngapuhi & Ngati Kahu) is a songwriter and performer who lives on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm (Melbourne)

Their latest album was released on Jen's own label Milk! "Ko au te awa, ko te… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Tony Stamp reviews the latest from Canadian wordsmith Andy Shauf, pop satirist U.S. Girls, and LA beatmaker Nosaj Thing. Read more Audio

2:12 PM.A long-time favourite with New Zealand audiences, Kurt Vile returns with his band The Violators for the first time since their 2019 tour. Charlotte Ryan talks to Kurt from his new home in Mount Airy… Read more Video, Audio

12:10 PM.Trevor Reekie speaks to Berlin brass band techno hybrid outfit Meute, ahead of their performance at Womad next weekend. Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.October 28 2022 marked the 21st anniversary of The D4’s critically acclaimed debut album, ‘6TWENTY’.  Read more Video, Audio

3:35 PM.Port Noise is a brand new festival happening in Lyttelton next Saturday 11th March featuring a wide array of genres, from improv noise legends The Dead C, to hip hop from Phodiso, Voom, Womb and a… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This week on Introducing its a fresh new band from Ōtautahi - Just another June. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.The Veils have just released their new album …'And Out Of The Void Came Love'  Read more Video, Audio

4:30 PM.Internationally acclaimed Florence + The Machine will return to New Zealand for the first time in four years with a show at Spark Arena next month. Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Our guest picking their favourite songs - and curating their mixtape the award winning writer, playwright and slam poet Nathan Joe. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Silk Cut is a project which began taking form in 2020. With the band's assistance, Andrew's creative smarts aim squarely at the sonic epiphanies of early nineties shoe gaze and indie guitar rock… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Te Matatini - Our national kapa haka competition has been held at Eden Park this week attracting teams from throughout Aotearoa. The finals are being held this afternoon - Shannon Haunui - Thompson… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Tony Stamp assesses new records from futurist RnB star Kelela, veteran indie rockers Yo La Tengo, and a collaboration between Senegal and Sweden called Wau Wau Collectif. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.90’s alternative indie band PAVEMENT are returning to NZ to perform 2 headline shows as part of their 2nd reunion tour - their first show in over a decade  Read more Audio

5:00 PM.Our guest picking their favourite songs is composer & percussionist Gareth Farr. Gareth has made a name for being one of New Zealand's most prestigious composers.

His pieces have been performed by… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This week on Introducing it's LuckyBoy, the musical project of Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent, a musician and songwriter from Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).

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2:30 PM.Tony Stamp reviews albums from American indie pop musician Grace Ives, Palestinian producer Julmud, and hip hop artist Oddisee. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Judith Hill is on her way to New Zealand to perform at the Auckland Arts Festival and her show sounds like something you don't want to miss. Read more Video, Audio

1:45 PM.Recorded Music NZ had planned to announce the winner at the 50th Auckland Folk Festival held over Anniversary Weekend (27th - 30th January), but due to the flooding in Auckland the announcement had to… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.After almost three years of cancellations and postponements Billy Bragg is returning to NZ to tour.

The English singer- songwriter and activist Billy Bragg has been a fearless recording artist… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Future Islands Frontman Sam T. Herring has had an interesting journey in music, starting out as a rapper before finding huge success with Future Islands and forming his latest hip hop project Hemlock… Read more Video, Audio