Music 101 for Saturday 20 May 2017
Chris Cornell circa 1994 Photo: Flikr
1-2pm
RIP Chris Cornell
Equalise My Vocals roundup
The Bats interviewed
2-3pm
Balu Brigada live performance
The Sampler - Aldous Harding
Bachelorette talks about her new life in LA, and her new music
3-4pm
Cosey Fanni Tutti on life before and after Throbbing Gristle
Luke Yeoward interview and acoustic performance
The Sampler - Mountain Goats
4-5pm
The Mixtape: Tiki Taane
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Paying tribute to Chris Cornell
2:56 PM.Music fans around the world are grieving the loss of Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell after his sudden death this week. Tributes have been flowing in from Cornell's contemporaries and those… Read more Video, Audio
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Christchurch band The Bats still going strong after 35 years
1:30 PM.Songwriter Robert Scott describes the band's latest album as 'a deep set of songs, metaphysically'. He also talks about the naive folk art he creates, which includes the album's cover. Read more Audio
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Balu Brigada - The Brothers Beasley
2:10 PM.Balu Brigada perform live at the RNZ studios Read more Video, Audio
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Album Review: Party by Aldous Harding
7:30 PM.There's a sense of theatre about Party, which subverts the typical notion of the singer-songwriter as confessor and beacon of authenticity. Aldous Harding seems to be giving herself permission to… Read more Video, Audio
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Annabel Alpers, FKA Bachelorette, brings surround sound experience to NZ
2:40 PM.Annabel Alpers gained popularity with her solo act Bachelorette in 2005, and has since relocated to Baltimore. Jana Whitta caught up with Annabel at the American Visionary Art Museum, to get an update… Read more Video, Audio
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Cosey Fanni Tutti on life before and after Throbbing Gristle.
3:05 PM.Cosey Fanni Tutti is a founding member of the avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, who pre-empted the industrial musical movement. Alea Balzer talked to her about her recently-released autobiography… Read more Audio
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Luke Yeoward solo on 'Ghosts'
3:30 PM.Luke Yeoward stops by to talk about going solo after the dissolution of King Cannons. Read more Video, Audio
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Goths by The Mountain Goats
7:40 PM.With the Nashville Symphony Chorus sounding like they are in Westminster Abbey, and John Darnielle singing about castles and batcaves, the opening track on Goths is gothic by definition, but... Read more Video, Audio
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The Mixtape: Tiki Taane
4:05 PM.Tiki Taane is this week's mixtape guest. He shares his mix of protest songs and tales of wayward youth with Yadana Saw. Read more Video, Audio
Music details
1-2pm
Artist: Flying Lotus
Song: Twin Peaks
Composer: Angelo Badalamenti
Album: Soundcloud
Label: Soundcloud
Artist: Audioslave
Song: Be Yourself
Composer: Chris Cornell, Audioslave
Album: Out Of Exile
Label: Interscope
Artist: Johnny Cash
Song: Rusty Cage
Composer: Chris Cornell
Album: Unchained
Label: Warner
Artist: The Bats
Songs: Shut Your Eyes, Diamonds, Rock and Pillars, Antlers
Composer: Scott
Album: The Deep Set
Label: Flying Nun
2-3pm
Balu Brigada
Artist: Balu Brigada
Songs: Could You Not, Grand Central, Google Chiffon
Composer: Balu Brigada
Album: RNZ Recording
Label: RNZ Recording
The Sampler - Aldous Harding
Artist: Aldous Harding
Songs: Imagining My Man, Party,What If Birds Aren’t Singing They’re Screaming, I’m So Sorry, Swell Does The Skull, Living The Classics
Comp: Harding
Album: Party
Label: 4AD
Artist: Skux
Song: On Her Way (French Rebellion)
Composer: Ayisha Jaffer, Dan Walker, and Robert Perlick-Molinari
Album: Bandcamp
Label: Bandcamp
Bachelorette
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Her Rotating Head
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: My Electric Family
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Dream Sequence
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: My Electric Family
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Generous Spectre
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: Self Titled
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Blanket
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: Self Titled
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Sugarbug
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: Self Titled
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Polarity Party
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: My Electric Family
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Bachelorette
Song: Technology Boy
Composer: Annabel Alpers
Album: My Electric Family
Label: Drag City Records
Artist: Soundgarden
Song: My Wave
Composer: Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil
Album: Superunknown
Label: A & M
3-4pm
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Artist: Throbbing Gristle
Song: Six Six Sixties, Hot On The Heels Of Love
Composer: Throbbing Gristle
Album:20 Jazz Funk Greats
Label: Industrial
Song: Hamburger Lady
Composer: Dr. Al Ackerman
Album: D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Label: Industrial
Song: Discipline
Composer: Throbbing Gristle
Label: Fetish
Artist: Fly My Pretties
Song: Closer
Composer: Moana Ete
Album: String Theory
Label: Loop
Luke Yeoward
Artist: Luke Yeoward
Song: Who Can Save Us Now
Composer: Luke Yeoward
Album: RNZ Recording
Label: RNZ Recording
Artist: This Is The Kit
Song: Moonshine Freeze
Composer: Kate Stables
Album: Moonshine Freeze
Label: Rough Trade
The Sampler - The Mountain Goats
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Songs: Rain In Soho, Andrew Eldrich Is Moving Back To Leeds, Paid In Cocaine, Rage Of Travers, For The Portugese Goth Metal Bands, Abandoned Flesh
Comp: Darnielle
Album:Goths
Label: Merge
Artist: Chris Cornell
Song: When I'm Down
Composer: Chris Cornell
Album: Euphoria Mourning
Label: Interscope
4-5pm
The Mixtape: Tiki Taane
Artist: The Specials
Song: Nelson Mandela
Composer: Dammers
Album: Every Orchid Offering
Label: Tru Tone
Artist: Public Enemy
Song: Fight The Power
Composer: Wonder
Album: Fear of a Black Planet
Label: Def Jam
Artist: Bob Marley
Song: Get up Stand Up
Composer: Tosh, Marley
Album: Burnin’
Label: Tuff Gong
Artist: Michael Franti and Spearhead
Song: Same As it Ever Was (Start Today)
Composer: Franti
Album: Single
Label: Private
Artist: Ria Hall
Song: They Come Marching
Composer: Hall
Album: Single
Label: Loop
Artist: Lauryn Hill
Song: Everything is Everything
Composer: Hill, Newton
Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Label: Columbia
Artist: Soundgarden
Song: Rusty Cage
Composer: Chris Cornell
Album: Badmotorfinger
Label: A & M