Flying Nun
Dunedin Sound goes operatic
Is adapting those sparse, dark and brooding Dunedin Sound songs from the 1980s into operatic versions genius or sacrilege? Arranger and member of The Verlaines Graeme Downes reckons it's the former… Audio
A History of Student Radio - Episode One
From the illegal homemade AM transmitters run for limited weeks of the university term, campus radio stations rapidly evolved into a beacon for music-lovers. A four-part journey through 45 years of… Audio
Anatomy Of A Song - The Bats 'Up To The Sky'
RDU's Spanky Moore gets inside contemporary New Zealand hit tunes - this week it's The Bats, with 'Up To The Sky' Audio
Flying Nun 90s reissues
The dream of the 90s is alive in Auckland- Superette's Ben Howe and Andrew Gladstone of Garageland reflect on four Flying Nun reissues from the 1990s. Audio
The Clean talk solo material, longevity and their 10-date U.S tour
The Clean's Hamish and David Kilgour and Robert Scott are just finishing up a run of North American shows. Gemma Gracewood met up with the trio during their New York stop to talk about their three… Audio
Peter Jefferies
Peter Jefferies (This Kind of Punishment, Nocturnal Projections) joins us for a rare solo performance, ahead of his Kings Arms show this Saturday. Audio
Popstrangers
Moving to London is a rite of passage for New Zealand guitar bands. After some local attention, releasing an EP or two to local acclaim, and playing local support for international acts, many bands… Audio
Arch Hill Recordings 15th Anniversary
For local record label Arch Hill's fifteenth birthday Nick Atkinson gets founder Ben Howe to pick a handful of his favourite releases. Audio
The Bats In Session
Now in their 32nd year of peddling sweet and sour country-inflected jangle pop, The Bats' Robert Scott, Malcolm Grant, Kaye Woodward and Paul Kean have recently been digging through their back… Audio
The Verlaines Live at The Kings Arms
On 14 December 2013, Dunedin troubadours The Verlaines played their 1985 album Hallelujah All the Way Home in it's entirety at Auckland's Kings Arms, a performance that reunited the original '85 line… Audio
Essential NZ Albums: Sneaky Feelings - Send You
In the Flying Nun scene of the early 80s, Dunedin's Sneaky Feelings stood out for their aspirations. In this programme of Essential New Zealand Albums Nick Bollinger discusses their first album, Send… Audio
Headless Chickens: "We were being described as two-chord punks who strangled kittens."
Chris Matthews and Fiona McDonald of Headless Chickens talk to Trevor Reekie about the life and times of one of Flying Nun's most successful bands. Audio
The Mint Chicks - Live at The Transmission Room, 2007
Captured just prior to moving to the United States in 2007, this Merry Christmas swansong from energetic rock quartet The Mint Chicks was the last show with bass player Mike Logie before his brief… Audio