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NZ Music Month Live in Studio: Phoebe Rings
Auckland dream-pop band Phoebe Rings kicks off NZ Music Month with a live session in our Auckland studio. Audio
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The Chills' Martin Phillipps Music Collection up for sale
4 May 2024One of New Zealand's most prominent and influential songwriters, Martin Phillipps from Dunedin band The Chills is selling his music collection, and it's no… Audio
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Mel Parsons on her favourite Christchurch venues
4 May 2024Tony Stamp visits Christchurch for a guided tour of the folk musician's favourite local venues, in the first of a four-part series looking at NZ's live music… Audio
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Local band 'Ha The Unclear' a hit in France
4 May 2024Local band Ha the Unclear who formed in Dunedin have released their much anticipated album Kingdom in a Cul De Sac. The band have just returned from France and… Audio
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The Mixtape: Taite award winner Vera Ellen and producer Ben Lemi
4 May 2024This year's Taite Music Prize winning singer/songwriter Vera Ellen and her producer Ben Lemi pick the New Zealand music that influenced them and talk about the… Audio
Saturday 4 May 2024
1.30 The Chills' Martin Phillipps Music Collection up for sale
One of New Zealand’s most prominent and influential songwriters, Martin Phillipps from Dunedin band The Chills is selling his music collection, and it’s no ordinary collection. Thousands of rare CDs, DVDs, posters and vinyl are being auctioned.
Martin’s friend Bruce Mahalski, also from the Dunedin music scene, has taken on the huge task of selling it. Bruce gives Music 101 a tour of the collection and shares the stories behind the records that sparked the iconic Dunedin sound.
Martin Phillipps Collection Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557799377466
2.06 LIVE: Phoebe Rings in studio
Phoebe Rings join Charlotte Ryan in the RNZ studio kicking off NZ Music Month with a live session.
Phoebe Rings are:
Crystal Choi - vocals, keyboard
Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent - guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
Kat Tomacruz - bass, backing vocals
Alex Freer - drums, backing vocals
Playlist:
1. Phoebe Rings - Mandarin Tree
2. Taeko Onuki - Tokai
3. Phoebe Rings - 아스라이 (Aseurai)
Engineered and mixed by Andre Upston.
Embed video: https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6352207099112
3.15 Dunedin band 'Ha The Unclear' on new album
Local band Ha the Unclear who formed in Dunedin have released their much anticipated album Kingdom in a Cul De Sac.
The band have just returned from France and songwriter Michael Cathro joins Charlotte Ryan in studio.
Ha the Unclear album release NZ tour dates:
8 June Meow Wellington
21 June Whammy Auckland
19 July Space Academy Christchurch
And Dunedin date TBC
3.35 Mel Parsons on her favourite Christchurch venues
Tony Stamp visits Christchurch for a guided tour of singer Mel Parsons’ favourite local venues, in the first of a four-part series looking at NZ’s live music spaces.
4pm The Mixtape: Taite award winner Vera Ellen and producer Ben Lemi
This year’s Taite Music Prize winning singer/songwriter Vera Ellen and her producer Ben Lemi pick the New Zealand music that influenced them and talk about the special artist/producer relationship behind Vera’s latest album Ideal Home Noise.
Voom, Vera Ellen, Reb Fountain National Tour dates:
Thursday 30th May - James Hay Theatre, Christchurch
Friday 31st May - Errick’s, Dunedin
Saturday 1st June - Great Hall, Wellington
Sunday 2nd June - Powerstation, Auckland
Songs played on the show
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Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser
Troy Kingi - Gonna Find who I am
Crocodiles - Tears
Hannah Everingham - María
John Mayall - Broken Wings
The Androidss - Auckland Tonight
King Princess – Dirty Work
Tom Misch - Insecure
David Grace & Injustice -Rua Kenana
St Vincent - Big Time Nothing
Mel Parsons - Circling the city
2-3
Phoebe Rings Live! Video and live recording on our webpage
Borrowed CS - Selflessness
Split Enz - Message to My Girl
Louisa Nicklin - Thick
Te huhu - Turangawaewae
Garbage - Song to the Siren
Bressa Creeting Cake - Rocky Mountain (Album Version)
3-4
Escaping - Margaret Urlich
Half Hexagon - The Method
Ha the Unclear - Secret Lives of Furniture
Clementine Valentine - Endless Night
Voom - Relax
AW - One Blah Night