Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Radio New Zealand National Music Crew:
Favourite Musical Moments of 2011

 
Some of the Music 101 Crew: from left - Emma Smith, Liisa McMillan, Engineers Shannon McKenna and Matt Thomson, and Kirsten Johnstone

Kirsten Johnstone - presenter/co-producer of Music 101

Albums
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
St Vincent - Strange Mercy
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
The Harbour Union - The Harbour Union

Songs
TuneYards - Bizness

James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream
Colin Stetson - Judges
Tiny Lies - I Am A Ghost
Anna Calvi - Desire
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Delaney Davidson - How Lucky You Are
Beastwars - Cthulhu
Liam Finn - Cold Feet

Gigs
Sufjan Stevens @ The Opera House
Delaney Davidson at Camp A Low Hum/Mighty Mighty/SFBH
The National - Powerstation
The Books - San Francisco Bath House

Favourite Radio Moments
Music 101's Maori language week Karaoke to 'Sing Along With The Yoots'

Speaking to Justin Vernon from Bon Iver. Swoooon.

Meeting Will Crummer on the radio.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Reuben Neilson, AWOL in The Big Apple

Getting our 'Introducing' segment up and running.

Captain Ahab explaining The End Of Irony at Camp A Low Hum

Australian Country/Folkie Jordie Lane, live in session.

NPR's All Songs Considered, every week on podcast. Like Statler and Waldorf from the muppets, but super enthusiastic.

Nick Atkinson - producer/presenter: The Music Mix

Albums:
Tiny Ruins - Some Were Meant For Sea
Unfaithful Ways - Free Rein
Mulholland - Eugene Told Me You Were Dead
Beirut - The Rip Tide

Songs:
A.W.O.L.NATION - Sail
Tiny Ruins - Death Of A Russian
Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I used To Know

Favourite Radio moments:
Hanging out with producer and multi-instrumentalist Jol Mulholland

Speaking to Gotye, Kimbra, and the creator of the video for Somebody That I Used To Know

Going Sailing with Andrew Fagan.

Andrew Fagan, with Swirly

Nick Bollinger - The Sampler

The Locals:
Pajama Club - Pajama Club
The Bats - Free All The Monsters
Haunted Love - Spirit Revival
The Vietnam War - The Vietnam War
The Unfaithful Ways - Free Rein
The Harbour Union - The Harbour Union
Thrashing Marlin - Donkey Deep
Dudley Benson - Live Series - Volume One
The Yoots - Sing Along With The Yoots
Fabulous Arabia (pictured left) - Unlimited Buffet

The Internationals:
Tuneyards - Whokill
Feist - Metals
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Tell Me
Various - The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams
Trembling Bells - The Endless Pageant
Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
Low - C'Mon
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Nick Lowe - The Old Magic
Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What
Tom Waits - Bad As Me

Trevor Reekie, producer/presenter: Access All Areas and Hidden Treasures

Albums:
International Broadcaster - Lee Scratch Perry - On U sound
Frente Cumbieri meets Mad Professor - Vampi Soul label
Delaney Davidson (pictured right) - Bad Luck Man
Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
Pixie Williams - For The Record - The Pixie Williams Collection 1949 - 1951
Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus - Barlande
The Yoots - Sing Along With The Yoots

Songs
29 Diamonds - Bernie Griffen and the Grifters
Yaiba - OYAMA x NITTA - Karma
Little By Little (Caribou RMX) - Radiohead - TKOL RMX 1234567
Gido (feat. John Scofield) - Vieux Farka Touré - The Secret
Bad As Me - Tom Waits

Liisa McMillan, Exec. Producer of RNZ Music

Gigs
Sufjan Stevens - Wellington Opera House
Lawrence Arabia /Orchestra of Spheres - Camp A Low Hum

Shayne P. Carter, photo by Rebekah Davies

Shayne P. Carter - Bodega
Shihad - Wellington High School
Subliminals - SFBH
Beastwars/Kyuss - Hunter Lounge
Lowdown Hoedown 4 - The Shot Band, The Big 50 Band, featuring Alan Norman, Nick Swan, Al Clark, members of The Hobnail Boots etc. 
Vorn at Meow, after the company Christmas party.

Biggest misses (e.g. why wasn't I at?)
Wire
Portishead
Gang of Four
Fetus Productions (reanimated)

Tunes/Videos
Adults - Nothing To Lose
Homebrew - Underneath the Shade (he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!)
Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (album + video collection)
Rumble and Bang - the story of Chants R+B - local music doco worth looking out for.

Local Honors
Flying Nun's 30th anniversary 'Nunvember' festivities: music/gigs, beer, reminiscing, newness, Garage, Roger Shepherd and Richard Langston on the ones and twos at Happy... but especially happy at being able to make the Flying Nun Records radio series available for download (or hear it on the radio over summer - 11 pm Friday nights in January). Priceless.

Jayrem's 35th anniversary, inc. great new releases AND reissues from an important catalogue of NZ music. e.g: Unrestful Movements, fleaBITE, Poi E the 25th Anniversary edition etc.

Blue Smoke by Chris Bourke wins 2011 New Zealand Book of the Year

Good for Childers of all ages
The Yoots
Dudley Benson - Live Series - Volume One
fleaBITE

Chris Bourke - music reviewer, Nine To Noon, and producer/author of Blue Smoke - the radio series and the award winning Book.

Albums:
Will Crummer (pictured right) - Shoebox Love Songs (Ode)
Andrew Keoghan - Arctic Tales Divide (Brave Beluga)
Yoots - Sing Along with the Yoots (Economy)
Fabulous/Arabia - Unlimited Buffet (Economy)
Various Artists - Waiata: Maori Showbands, Balladeers & Pop Stars (EMI)

Gigs:
Paul Kelly's A-Z shows, Auckland, March (I saw two of the four, ie, L-Z)
Randy Newman, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Melbourne, July

Music Book:
Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy (Penguin)