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RNZ Music Pocket Edition 319: Jon Batiste/Opera in Schools
In this week's Pocket Edition, Golden Globe winning pianist and bandleader Jon Batiste speaks about his new album We Are, Anthony Phelps returns to the new wave punk scene of 1980s Auckland, and we… Audio
Great Album - AK79
Today's Great NZ album is AK79 - compiled by Ripper Records' Bryan Staff - it featured Punk Bands from the late 70's - and Bryan joins me now to tell me how AK79 came about. Audio
The Mixtape: Jed Town
Jed Town is the saw-toothed musician from gothic experimental band Fetus Productions, post-punk Auckland band The Features and the revived X Features, and now country/psych trio Ghost Town. He's also… Audio
Punk album art
An exhibition of album and poster art from the 70s and 80s opens at the Auckland Library this weekend. We speak to graphic designer Terence Hogan who designed covers for Toy Love, Techtones and the… Audio
Taite Music Prize 2014
Winners from the Taite Music Prize Awards 2014, featuring Lorde's acceptance speech, via pre-recorded video link, and Ripper Records' Bryan Staff, who compiled AK79 - the 2014 Independent Music New… Audio
The Sampler: Record Store Day 2014 Reissues
Nick Bollinger takes a listen to some of the special NZ reissues on offer for Record Store Day, which celebrates these shrines to physical product. Featuring: Spelling Mistakes, La De Da's and… Audio
AK79 Live (Part 2)
Featuring The Terrorways, The Spelling Mistakes and the X-Features. Audio
AK79 Live (Part 1)
Revisiting the influential Auckland punk rock scene of the late 1970s Proud Scum, The Scavengers. Audio