What would we do without Whammy Bar or The Wine Cellar?! These venues are literally the wind beneath the wings of Auckland's music scene- and a bunch of great musicians have put together a Boosted campaign to help them keep the lights on during these very weird times. This morning we spoke with Lucy Macrae from Whammy about how we can help these spaces out, and look back on some fave gigs from across the years. 

Reb Fountain has a brand new self-titled album out tomorrow via Flying Nun. This morning she spoke with Rachel about making the record, the latest single 'Don't You Know Who I Am', and beloved local venues that she hopes we can support in these very weird times. 

This morning David Farrier (journalist, documentary maker, lover of a strange story) had a chat with Rachel about his latest project; an online newsletter called 'Webworm'. It's free and it's full of weird things David has stumbled across through his work and the great wormhole that is the internet. Tune in!

I tēnei ata Rachel spoke with Larsen Taylor from Noa Records about the beautiful new album KEEP YOUR DISTANCE! by Virtual Shadow Ensemble that just dropped over the weekend. The album was made over 10 days in lockdown and features many fine musicians from across Aotearoa, Whakarongo mai nei to find out more!

Louisa Nicklin had a chat with us this morning about her EP 'Live at The Wine Cellar' which she has just released on bandcamp. Mixed, mastered and recorded by legendary Rohan Evans- all of the proceeds of ths record go straight to The Wine Cellar to help support this legendary venue in a tough time. Tune in!

Peter Ruddell, aka Sulfate, has put out a lovely new track called 'Song For Ruth' made on day one of our nation-wide rāhui. We caught up with Peter to hear how isolation is going for him, meet Ruth the cat, and chat about what kind of music we might hear come out of this period. 

Randa spoke with Rachel about their brand new EP 'Heatwave' which is out today! Made during the APRA songwriting workshop last year, you might recognise the vocals of ol' mate Merk on the title track. Whakarongo mai.

Something to brighten your day today- it's a brand new track from Grey Lynn's finest Diggy Dupé! Rachel spoke with Diggy about the new track and video: tune in to hear 'Keke Boy' ahead of it's official release tonight.

Oscar (aka guide person #16) had a chat with Femi and TJ Koleoso from the mighty Ezra Collective a couple of weekends ago at WOMAD. Tune in to hear about everything from youth clubs to sold out Nigerian football kits, musical inspirations plenty more!

Chris Cudby, editor-extraordinaire of Undertheradar, has popped into the studio this morning for a chat about what the Covid-19 situation means for the music industry and some of the creative ways artists are keeping a sense of community going.