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It's worth savouring the details of Chris Cohen's Paint a Room
4 Aug 2024The latest from an indie musician with an impressive CV.
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Auckland beatmaker SR Mpofu is chasing the perfect groove
28 Jul 2024Tony meets Auckland beatmaker SR Mpofu to find out how he released 12 projects in one year, learn about his childhood in Zimbabwe, and receive a lesson in music production.
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Rapsody's Please Don't Cry is littered with poetry and hard truths
28 Jul 2024Maggie Tweedie explores the latest from American hip-hop musician Rapsody.
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Cassandra Jenkins rubs against profundity on My Light, My Destroyer
28 Jul 2024The New York singer-songwriter presents a hyper-literate mix of indie-pop and found sounds.
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Still Here Season 2 is a warm reflection of Auckland's Pasifika community
27 Jul 2024The soundtrack to the web series focusing on Auckland's inner-city Pasifika community features music performed by members of Leao and Noa Records.
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1990s cult hitmakers The Folk Implosion return with Walk Thru Me
21 Jul 2024Lou Barlow's indie pop duo reunite for another mix of the heartfelt and experimental.
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The new album by UK collective SAULT is excellent... but you can't listen to it
21 Jul 2024The elusive UK soul collective present a one-track album that celebrates spirituality.
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Texan band Loma partly recorded their new album in an end-of-life centre
20 Jul 2024Tony Stamp chats to the art-rock trio over four timezones about their third album How Will I Live Without a Body.
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Clairo's Charm is tasteful and tightly controlled, but definitely worth your time
20 Jul 2024The soft-pop superstar reappears with an extra shot of soul on her third album.
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AMA-winner Amamelia on three favourite musical subgenres
14 Jul 2024The winner of Best Electronic Artist at the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards joins Tony to talk him through three of her favourite musical subgenres.
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Ghana Special 2 celebrates the music of the Ghanaian diaspora during the 1980s
14 Jul 2024The latest compilation from Soundway documents the burger-highlife music made by West-African emigrants.
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UK rapper Niko B navigates small town life in his early twenties on Dog Eat Dog Food World
14 Jul 2024The UK rapper's debut comes four years after he found viral success in his teens, and finds him somewhat more grown up.
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Songwriter: An album of previously-unheard Johnny Cash songs
12 Jul 2024The posthumous return of the Man in Black features a collection of demos recorded in the early '90s, discovered and repurposed by his son, John Carter Cash.
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Jess Coenelius: 'It’s not like there’s a huge canon of rock musicians singing about parenthood, you know?'
7 Jul 2024The NZ-born singer-songwriter is now based in Los Angeles after 18 years in Melbourne, and receiving glowing reviews for the first two albums released under her own name.
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Kaytranada is sonically sweaty on Timeless
7 Jul 2024The Grammy-winning producer returns with a dancefloor behemoth, crammed with special guests.
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Salvia Palth's follows the worldwide sensation of his debut with a surprise second LP
7 Jul 2024Eleven years after his incredibly successful first album, the Wellington-based musician returns with a slightly more hi-fi collection of bedroom pop.
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Auckland musician Joe Ghatt is endearingly aimless on Caper
6 Jul 2024Tony Stamp reviews the local guitar-slinger's psychedelic new LP.
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Interview: Rachel Ashby
30 Jun 2024A debrief with the former 95bFM Breakfast host about her five years in the role, and some songs she enjoyed along the way.
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Review: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again by The Decemberists
30 Jun 2024The Portland band's latest feels like a look back through their 24 year catalogue, but Colin Meloy's writing is still sharp.
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Review: Eight Pointed Star by Marina Allen
30 Jun 2024The Californian musician's third album is placid and pretty, but its lyrics pack a punch.
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Death and the Maiden plumb fraught depths while staying danceable on Uneven Ground
29 Jun 2024The Dunedin trio continue to produce 'dance music that's not afraid to be sad' on their third album.
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Ann Annie on his "epic and fantastical" aural landscapes
23 Jun 2024The Portland musician's new album is an inviting mix of ambient and neo-classical, involving acoustic guitar; upright bass; cello; and clarinet, all of which he taught himself.
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South Korean DJ Peggy Gou cops a lot of hate. But is it just sour grapes?
21 Jun 2024South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is phenomenally successful. Her social media feed can blur into a montage of beaches, restaurants, fashion shows, and adoring crowds.
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Jess Cornelius processes pregnancy and heartache on new album
21 Jun 2024The always-candid LA-based expat processes pregnancy, heartache and ecological fears via expert, invigorating songcraft.
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