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3:20 PM.Tony Stamp is joined by RNZ's Danielle Street and Leilani Momoisea to sample new tunes from Lianne La Havas, Jonathan Bree and more. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.This week the Crushers have a listen to the latest from Beyoncé, Run The Jewels, Glass Animals, and locals Diggy Dupé and Soft Plastics. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.A beats and rhyme heavy show, with an interjection from a synth-pop artist whose music eerily reflects 2020's weirdness. It's host Kirsten Johnstone's last show, and she's joined by Yadana Saw and… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Golden washes of dream-pop, minimal new wave inspired by 80s Japanese pop, and a beautifully harmonised song for mothers everywhere - Song Crush have all bases covered.  Read more Video, Audio

1:42 PM.Zoom-made music videos, lyrics about levels and being locked in, anti-capitalist hip-hop, and a meditation on what comes next. ​Kirsten Johnstone, Brad Warrington and Yadana Saw have some new songs… Read more Video, Audio

1:38 PM.The Song Crush team this week have a listen to Fiona Apple banging on pots and pans, Chelsea Jade with another great song about being awkward, bass virtuoso Thundercat and more. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.The Song Crush team have everything from acoustic folk to gothic pop for your lockdown listening this week. Read more Video, Audio

3:27 PM.The song crush team this week have brought some uplifting anthems to the show, with touches of jazz, soul, cumbia, and reggaeton in there.   Read more Video, Audio

2:13 PM.In the first lockdown Song Crush, we hear a soul soother from ol' fave Four Tet, a living room dance-party starter from Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, and a newcomer currently stuck in Serbia. Hataitai… Read more Video, Audio

3:18 PM.The Song Crush team have some comfort-listening suggestions, as well songs echoing Krautrock, David Lynch, and Italian disco.  Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.The song crush team have another six new songs worthy of your ears. This week host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by Tony Stamp and RNZ Music's digital producer Alice Murray.  Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Host Kirsten Johnstone with six new songs you need to hear! This week's guests are Anji Sami from Auckland band She's So Rad, and Danielle Street, host of the new music show on Auckland's student… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Anti-capitalist disco, uplifting English indie-pop, Jamaican reggae soul and soul soothing ambient music are all part of the Song Crush mix this week.  Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.On Song Crush this week we sample everything from French pop to Lyttelton folk, before blasting off alongside sci-fi space operatics. Read more Audio

3:00 PM.The Song Crush team have self-empowerment anthems and songs that pose existential questions amongst their varied selections this week  Read more Audio

3:19 PM.Some sad-ass – but gorgeous - songs from the Song Crush team this week, as well as a long lost gem from the post-punk-funk scene in Melbourne, and an up and coming rapper from Dunedin. Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Ethereal Nordic classical-pop, retro yacht-rock, and Flying Nun-esque jangle are all part of the Song Crush team's high rotate this week.  Read more Video, Audio

3:00 PM.The first Song Crush of the year has some songs nostalgic for the 80s, as well as some up-and-coming local musicians and more. Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by Tony Stamp and Waveney Russ.  Read more Video, Audio

5:00 PM.RNZ is unable to publish any content with commercially-released music to podcast platforms, but Song Crush is available on our website at rnz.co.nz/song-crush Read more Audio

4:09 PM.Ballads for the end of the world, torch songs for broken hearts, political missives for everyone, and a glimmer of hope in them all. It’s Song Crush’s 2019 wrap of the (international) songs they’ve… Read more Video, Audio

2:38 PM.It was another strong year for music in Aotearoa, from the internationally acclaimed Aldous Harding and Tiny Ruins, to the grass roots DIY acts just bubbling up. The Song Crush team play some of their… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.Art-pop from Moses Sumney and FKA Twigs, a techno soundtrack from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, an afrobeat banger, some sad-boy-soul, and some Scottish minimalist dream-pop feature on Song… Read more Video, Audio

3:35 PM.All year the Song Crush team have introduced you to new songs they're loving, but this week host Kirsten Johnstone threw the call out to you the listeners, for your favourite tune of 2019. Here's a… Read more Video, Audio

3:30 PM.French For Rabbits find a new banging synth sound, British-Ghanaian rapper Kojey Radical shows his smooth side, and Wye Oak just keep on evolving - these songs and more on Song Crush this week.  Read more Video, Audio

3:38 PM.Doom folk, te reo Maori electronica, sample based soul and Jeff Goldblum's lounge album are some of the things discussed in Song Crush this week, but beware of tangents everywhere. Read more Video, Audio