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Winners announced for the 2019 APRA Silver Scrolls Oct 02, 2019

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Aldous Harding has won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award for her song ‘The Barrel’, with the award presented tonight at a ceremony at Auckland’s Spark Arena.

Th' Dudes Sep 28, 2019

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Charlotte Ryan talks to Dave Dobbyn and Peter Urlich about their old band Th' Dudes.

Introducing: Zane 2000 Sep 28, 2019

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Christchurch's Zane 2000 introduces his song 'I COPY'.

SideKickNick tackles manopause on his new double album Sep 28, 2019

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SideKickNick released his first album Miscellaneous Adventures in 2008, then spent the next decade playing in Voom, doing sound design for films, and painstakingly assembling album number two: a double release called The Blue/ Red Planet Plan. He joined Tony Stamp to talk musical collage, manopause, and reminisce about the smoking room at their old uni.

Mo Muse in session with Summer Thieves and Abdul Kay Sep 27, 2019

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Somali-New Zealand rapper Mo Muse brings friends Summer Thieves and Abdul Kay in to the studio to play songs from his debut LP, The First Generation, and speaks to Kirsten Johnstone.

Song Crush: Underworld, (Sandy) Alex G, Noah Slee Sep 27, 2019

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There's music for driving, running, dancing, and dreaming this week in Song Crush: A 96 year old Ethiopian nun, some techno legends, a Tongan finding his groove in Berlin, and a lo-fi bedroom producer are all in there.

The Mixtape - Nathan Haines Sep 21, 2019

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Charlotte Ryan interviews Nathan Haines for The Mixtape.

Introducing: Sulfate Sep 21, 2019

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Peter Ruddell from Sulfate introduces their song 'Bush'.

Skux Sep 21, 2019

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Ayisha Jaffer phones in from an Alaskan nature reserve to tell us about her new EP as Skux.

The 1975 Sep 21, 2019

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Charlotte Ryan interviews frontman of English pop-rock group The 1975, Matty Healy.