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3:16 PM.Kanye goes gospel - but is he just cashing in on the Christian dollar? Plus a woozy missive from Frank Ocean, a powerful message from Onehunga's SWIDT, and more.  Read more Video, Audio

5:03 PM.Some dreamy new local releases, thirsty soul, desert blues and Tibetan meditation music feature on Song Crush this week. Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Homegrown guitar fuzz, classic New York hip-hop beats, dancehall riddims from France, and noisy Nashville country-rock are a few of the sounds you’ll hear on Song Crush this week.  Read more Video, Audio

2:24 PM.Nick Cave is at peace with his ghosts, Björk is cut up by The Knife, and New York indie-rockers Vivian Girls are back in business. Kirsten Johnstone and the Song Crush team are back with new songs to… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Schools out and the kids take over! Teenage music fans Oscar Horner and Benny Lindsay Williams explain the listening habits of the young and share their new favourite songs. Honorary adolescent Mark… Read more Video, Audio

4:02 PM.There's music for driving, running, dancing, and dreaming this week in Song Crush: A 96 year old Ethiopian nun, some techno legends, a Tongan finding his groove in Berlin, and a lo-fi bedroom producer… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.The song crush team have sonic whiplash this week, veering from orchestral bombast to old-school hip-hop to scandi-avant-techno to Chinese opera meets Jamaican rocksteady. Read more Video, Audio

4:07 PM.Septuagenarian Iggy Pop has a new set of jazz inflected songs - some silly, some profound; Octogenarian bluesman Bobby Rush gets frisky with 'Sweet Lizzy', SiR fills some sweet 'boudoir RnB' with the… Read more Video, Audio

12:02 PM.Lana Del Rey releases her strongest songs ever five albums in, Lizzo hits the top of the charts with a song released two years ago, King Princess is riding a big gay wave of queer pop - here's the… Read more Video, Audio

2:43 PM.Nashville to K-Pop to K-Rd to DC Hardcore - Song Crush spans the global gamut this week. Hold on tight, it’s a bumpy ride.  Read more Video, Audio

12:06 PM.Songs of love lost, frustration, and oxygen particles feature in Song Crush this week.  Read more Video, Audio

3:12 PM.Some veterans of music are back in fine form, and The Song Crush team are here for it.  Read more Video, Audio

12:04 PM.Why is Chance The Rapper’s album getting such terrible reviews? We find out, and hear some new goth-pop from Angel Olsen, a banger from newcomer Georgia, something special from Race Banyon and more. 

11:33 AM.Song Crush this week has songs about self-empowerment and drowning in sorrow, in equal measure. Read more Video, Audio

2:02 PM.The Song Crush team play remedies for your mid-winter maladies, including songs from Thelma Plum, Bob Dylan and David Kilgour.   Read more Audio

5:38 PM.The Song Crush team this week play some tracks you should listen to instead of the new Ed Sheeran record Read more Audio

1:00 PM.On this week's Song Crush we dabble in disco, flirt with funk, and indulge in some capital 'P' pop. Read more Video, Audio

4:02 PM.Some songs can articulate an experience so well that it feels as if the writers have actually read your mind. The Song Crush team this week have a couple of those songs, from rapper NF, Radiohead's… Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.Make a cuppa, pull up the blankies, Kirsten Johnstone and the Song Crush team serve up toasty new tunes to warm you up. This week's show includes The Comet is Coming, Iron & Wine and Calexico and… Read more Video, Audio

5:01 PM.The Song Crush team this week has new music ranging from scandipop to jazz. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by RNZ Afternoons producer Emile Donovan, Inside Out host Nick Tipping, and RNZ Music’s… Read more Video, Audio

11:01 AM.It’s almost the middle of the year so we’ve got a large handful of our regular selectors in the studio to pick our favourite songs of the year so far - or at least, eight of them. Read more Video, Audio

5:06 PM.The Song Crush team this week listens to Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker's evolution, new songs from Sleater-Kinney, Purple Pilgrims, Lower Dens and more. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by Tony… Read more Video, Audio

4:29 PM.The Song Crush team have comebacks from alt-rock greats Sebadoh and Bill Callahan, an educational jam from Jamila Woods, and more fresh musical treats.   Read more Video, Audio

1:57 PM.Is Tyler the Creator the Brian Wilson of this generation? The Song Crush Team consider his new album Igor, and rave about new music from Kelsey Lu, SJD, and more. Read more Video, Audio

10:48 AM.The Song Crush team listen to the feminine flecked new songs from indie-rock veterans The National, and a minimalist cover of Cher’s 1998 hit ‘Believe’ amongst other great new releases. Read more Video, Audio