For the first show of the summer we mellow out with some grooving tunes. I also dissect my experience at Khruangbin the night before. The listeners also text in their experiences as well as other gigs theve been to recently. Finally, we have an extended Remix of the Day to finish off.

Luke Buda phones up to chat about the third edition of his covers project, COVERS 3, which started in 2020. He shares two gorgeous tracks and chats about what they mean to him and what makes a good cover as he and Zoë fight the tech demons (apologies for the weird technical difficulties!). Whakarongo mai nei! 

Zoë takes you through from 7 until 10am this morning! Whakarongo mai nei for The Mind Trench, this week covering bats, throat singing and gold fish. Luka Buda tells us about his cover album COVERS 3, and Amelia educates us on the illustrious past of Valley girl lingo on Word Salad. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Rob chats bats, throat singing and gold fish.

Musician, artist and recipient of both Te Tohu Kōwhitinga Tāngata (People's Choice Award) at the Student Radio Network Awards, and the 2022 Waiata Māori Music Award 'Te Tohu Kaipūoro Rangatahi' (Emerging Artist Under 25 Years), Te KuraHuia phoned up for a kōrero with Zoë about their incredible new single 'UHA'. Check out the music video here, and whakarongo mai nei! 

Miles Sutton from Te Whanganui-a-tara's Welcomer phones up for a chat with Zoë about their debut self-titled EP! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Khruangbin members Laura Lee and Donald "DJ" Johnson Jr join Molly via Zoom for a quick chat about their musical practice and approach to touring ahead of their show at Spark Arena. 

Today on Stage Direction, Alice is joined by dancer and creator Sharvon Mortimer to chat about Night and Mortar -  a series of short contemporary dance shows around the best bars of Tāmaki! And it's totally free so get amongst. Whakarongo mai nei! 

Zoë takes you through from 7 until 10am this morning, with plenty of tunes and plenty of chats! Whakarongo mai nei for a kōrero with Te KuraHuia about her incredible new track 'UHA', Miles Sutton from Welcomer is on the line to talk about their debut self-titled EP, Alice is here for Stage Direction chatting contemporary dance, and we do some learning on Ready Steady Learn! Whakarongo mai nei! 

Today I am joined by Laura Lee and DJ of Khruangbin ahead of their show tonight at Spark Arena!  We kōrerō about some of their musical influences and their love for the natural environment. Shout out to them both for sticking with it through the fire alarm!

Remix of the Day:

No Caller id [Sofie Birch Remix] - Waterbaby

Thanks to the Tuning Fork as always.