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3:00 PM.Despite dying more than 10 years ago, Michael Jackson still has far-reaching influence. Everyone from Beyoncé to Justin Bieber has taken a page from the entertainer’s songbook. Perhaps more… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.The three members of Camp Cope have been fighting sexism in the music industry since they formed in 2015, while all the while creating unique and well-crafted music. Drummer Sarah Thompson talks to… Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.UK band Public Service Broadcasting's last two albums have been concept records based around archival footage of human progress and space exploration. For their third, Every Valley, bandleader J… Read more Video, Audio

1:00 PM.Kimbra's third album Primal Heart has just been released. She spoke to Music 101's Alex Behan about collaborating with Big Boi, Janelle Monae, Thundercat, and Pino Palladino. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Headless Chickens’ principal songwriter Chris Matthews joins Tony Stamp for the RNZ Music Mixtape, and reminisces about his life in music. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Tom Cunliffe performs two songs from his new album Template For Love. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The RNZ Music team look back on a bumper year for music festivals. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.On the fourth album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ruban Neilson combines dystopian visions with a complex musical imagination. Nick Bollinger listens. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.It's been a couple of years since we heard from Princess Chelsea, but her third studio album The Loneliest Girl is nearly upon us. Chelsea speaks with Melody Thomas about new singles 'I Love My… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.To mark the release of new album Invisible Lines, Michael Cathro of Dunedin band Ha The Unclear talks psychology, religion, fatherhood... and music! Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's Pocket Edition, Alex Behan guides us through the financial dealings of music streaming giant Spotify. Melody Thomas and Ruban Nielson talk 'Sex and Food'the new Unknown Mortal Orchestra… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Alex Behan gives us a sample of the music nominated for the prestigious Taite Music Prize, including tunes from Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid, Teeks, Fazerdaze and more. Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.New South Wales surf-rockers Hockey Dad join Tony in the RNZ Studios to perform and have a chat. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.In this instalment of RNZ Music's Headquarters, where we meet bands in their creative spaces, Yadana Saw catches up with electro-emo-synth trio Groeni, who are keeping things super local. Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Unknown Mortal Orchestra's new album Sex & Food is prompting Melody Thomas to think about the apocalypse. She asks the band's founder and frontman, Ruban Nielson if that's what he intended. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.Alex Behan looks at the latest moves from streaming giant Spotify. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger tunes into two-man band, and ex-Supergroove horn section, Hopetoun Brown, aka Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.For Boarding House Reach, Jack White goes heavy on the funk and synthesisers, but has he over-reached himself? Nick Bollinger takes a critical listen. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Los Angeles based songwriter Chelsea Jade charts her music career from busking in Botany town mall to writing a chart-topping hit for EDM pop duo Chainsmokers. This year she'll release her own solo… Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.Whangarei-born Melbourne musician Tom Lee-Richards brought his looping pedal into the RNZ studio to perform two songs. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Playing with the Auckland Philharmonia is a big deal, and the traditionally laid-back R&B five-piece Leisure, aren't treating it lightly. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Gin Wigmore has a beautiful six-month-old boy, a brand new album – Ivory, and she's just started a 'girl gang'. Read more Video, Audio

1:10 PM.Founder of English dub label On-U Sound and champion of global bass culture Adrian Sherwood shares his theories on the universal appeal of reggae music. Read more Video, Audio

7:30 PM.Wellington band Eb and Sparrow peer into some dark corners but also find places of comfort and hope on their third album. Nick Bollinger has a listen. Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger discusses the bloody, gutsy songs of 20-year-old Sophie Allison, otherwise known as Soccer Mommy. Read more Audio