This week at the there’s a track from Rhiannon Giddens’ fine new release, plus more new music from Drugdealer, Jeff Tweedy, Graham Parker and ex GoBetween’s front man Robert Forster. The Mansion heads back to 1969 for this week’s pop flashback with Donovan, plus we’ll add in some NZ sounds from the likes of Cassandra’s Ears and Chris Knox’s band Tall Dwarfs and ... a whole lot more.

PLAYLIST: PROGRAMME #599 (Original air date 6 June 2019)

1. Sky Ferreira ~ Easy

2. Drugdealer ~ London Nightmare

3. Chris Forsyth ~ Tomorrow Might As Well Be Today

4. Cate Le Bon ~ Daylight Matters

5. Robert Forster ~ Inferno (Brisbane In Summer)

6. Donovan w/Jeff Beck Group ~ Barabajagel (Love Is Hot)

7. Lanz ~ Auckland

8. Cassandra’s Ears ~ Silver Sheen

9. Graham Parker ~ Nothin’ From You

10. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ~ Dynamite Lover

11. Rhiannon Giddens ~ I’m On My Way

12. Ray Davies ~ Victoria

13. Jeff Tweedy ~ Don’t Forget

14. Bruce Springsteen ~ 57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)

15. Tall Dwarfs ~ Sign The Dotted Line

16. W H Lung ~ Bring It Up

At the Mansion this week there’s new music from Steve Earle, Soak and Wand plus a track from The National’s excellent new release. There’s Wellington roots reggae band Tunes Of I, we’ve a flashback to 1957 for some early skiffle, there’s a very weird track from Mongolian (yes!) band The Hu, noise from Oh Sees plus ... a whole lot more

1. Simone Felice ~ You And I Belong

2. Soak ~ Knock Me Off My Feet

3. Wand ~ Walkie Talkie

4. Wooden Wands ~ Sacrificial

5. Tunes Of I ~ Dangerous

6. Robert Ellis ~ There You Are

7. Lonnie Donegan ~ Cumberland Gap

8. Todd Snider ~ Watering Flowers In The Rain

9. Josh Ritter ~ Losing Battles

10. The National ~ Where Is Her Head

11. Oh Sees ~ Overthrown

12. Siouxsie And The Banshees ~ Slow Dive

13. Steve Earle ~ Old Friends

14. The HU ~ Wolf Totem

May is NZ Music Month, so this week at the Mansion it’s a whole hour of Kiwi music. Listen out for The Bats, The Chills, Adam Hattaway, The 3Ds, The Beths, Suburban Reptiles, Gordons and .... a whole lot more

1. The Beths ~ Happy, Unhappy

2. Don McGlashin ~ Lucky Stars

3. Chris Knox ~ Not Given Lightly

4. Corbin Simpson ~ Running To The Sea

5. 3Ds ~ Hey Seuss

6. Marlon Williams ~ What’s Chasing You

7. The Chills ~ Heavenly Pop Hit

8. Suburban Reptiles ~ Saturday Night Stay At Home

9. Adam Hattaway And The Haunters ~ All Dat Love

10. The Bats ~ Free All The Monsters

11. The Eastern ~ Crow River

12. Verlaines ~ All Laid On

13. Finn Andrews ~ What Strange Things Lovers Do

14. Muttonbirds ~ Dominion Road

15. Salad Boys ~ Under The Bed

16. Bleeders ~ Femme Fatale

17. Gordons ~ Adults And Children

18. Terrorways ~ Never Been To Borstal

Lots of new music at the Mansion this week; listen out for The Flesh Easters, Glen Hansard, Kevin Morby, The Comet Is Coming, Wand and Molly Tuttle. There’s NZ tracks from Francisca Griffin, Delaney Davidson And Barry Saunders, a pop flashback to 1973 with Mungo Jerry plus .... a whole lot more

1. Delaney Davidson And Barry Saunders ~ Nineteen Days

2. The Flesh Eaters ~ Pony Dress

3. Francisca Griffin ~ Stardust

4. W H Lung ~ Want

5. Molly Tuttle ~ Take The Journey

6. The Specials ~ Blam Blam Fever

7. Drugdealers ~ Lonely

8. Mungo Jerry ~ Alright, Alright, Alright

9. Glen Hansard ~ I’ll Be You, Be Me

10. Wand ~ xoxo

11. Kevin Morby ~ Oh My God

12. The Detroit Emeralds ~ Baby Let Me Take You (In My arms)

13. Angelo De Augustine ~ Bird Has Flown

14. Ian Brown ~ Black Roses

15. The Members ~ GLC

16. The Comet Is Coming ~ Super Zodiac

At the Mansion this week, it’s another of our Hmm Wot’s This Then Specials with a host of lost, old and forgotten tracks from the past: Tom Robinson Band, Blue Brothers, Toyah, Blondie, Temptations, The Fourmyula, Siouxsie And The Banshees and .... a whole lot more

1. The Blues Brothers ~ Rawhide

2. The Fourmyula ~ Otaki

3. Nilsson ~ Spaceman

4. Hot Chocolate ~ Emma

5. The Temptations ~ Check Yourself

6. The Hollies ~ Jennifer Eccles

7. Tom Rush ~ No Regrets

8. Tim Hardin ~ Reason To Believe

9. Siouxsie And The Banshees ~ Hong Kong Garden

10. The Jam ~ The Eton Rifles

11. Public Image Ltd ~ Public Image

12. The Boomtown Rats ~ She’s So Modern

13. Adam And The Ants ~ Dog Eat Dog

14. Martha Reeves And The Vandellas ~ Nowhere To Run

15. Tom Robinson Band ~ Up Against The Wall

16. Toyah ~ It’s A Mystery

17. Blondie ~ Hanging On The Telephone

Drop by the Mansion this week to hear new tracks from Aldous Harding, Mercury Rev, White Denim and Swervedriver. We’ve some soul from Lee Fields And The Expressions, Jamaican ska from Justin Hinds plus we’ll add in some grunge from Green River, a pop flashback to 1963 with Bob And Earl and .... a whole lot more

1. Mercury Rev w/Susan Sundfor ~ Tobacco Road

2. Trashcan Sinatras ~ Circling The Circumference

3. Yola ~ Walk Through Fire

4. J Mascas ~ Don’t Do Me Like That

5. Lee Fields And The Expressions ~ Wake Up

6. Julianna Hatfield ~ Sugar

7. Bob And Earl ~ Harlem Shuffle

8. Swervedriver ~ Spiked Flower

9. Green River ~ Ain’t Nothing To Do

10. Nick Drake ~ Pink Moon

11. Son Volt ~ Lady Liberty

12. Ian Brown ~ Ripples

13. Aldous Harding ~ Fixture Picture

14. Justin Hinds ~ Rub Up, Push Up

15. Mink de Ville ~ Gunslinger

16. White Denim ~ Shanalala

17. The Flesh Eaters ~ Cinderella

At The Mansion this week, we look at the movie “Thunder Road”, spin new tracks from Strand Of Oaks, Edwyn Collins, Steve Earle and Weyes Blood. There’s some NZ sounds from Solid Gold Hell, Francisca Griffin and Headless Chickens, plus we’ll add in some Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Kate Tempest, Warren Zevon and .... a whole lot more

Drop by the Mansion this week for new muzak from White Denim, Ex Hex, Edwyn Collins and Kevin Morby. We’ve a track from the ‘Daffodils’ soundtrack, a pop flashback to 1969 with Joe Cocker, plus we’ll add in some Primal Scream, The Pogues, Wire and .... a whole lot more

1. Tyrannosaurus Rex ~ King Of The Rumbling Spires

2. Hand Habits ~ Can’t Calm Down

3. Wire ~ Single K.O.

4. Rose McIver/’Daffodils’ ~ Anchor Me

5. Joe Cocker ~ Delta Lady

6. Moaning ~ Tired

7. Primal Scream ~ It’s Alright, It’s OK

8. White Denim ~ Small Talk

9. The Streets ~ Dry Your Eyes

10. Finn Andrews ~ A Shot Through The Heart

11. Lightnin’ Hopkins ~ Coffee House Blues

12. The Pogues ~ Dirty Old Town

13. Kevin Morby ~ No Halo

14. Edwyn Collins ~ Outside

15. Ex Hex ~ Radiate

16. Toy ~ Energy

What’s on the Mansion’s playlist this week? Well, we’ve new tracks from Deerhunter, Julia Jacklin and Aussie psych rockers Pond, a track from Finn Andrew’s mighty new release; a pop flashback to 1971 with The Guess Who, plus we’ll add in some Magazine, Muddy Waters and Scott Walker, and .... a whole lot more

1. Magazine ~ The Light Pours Out Of Me

2. Lemonheads ~ Waiting Around To Die

3. Superette ~ Touch Me

4. Deerhunter ~ Element

5. The Guess Who ~ Albert Flasher

6. Perfume Genius ~ Slip Away

7. Durand Jones And The Indications ~ Too Many Tears

8. Julia Jacklin ~ You Were Right

9. Michael Chapman ~ Bon Ton Roolay

10. U.S. Girls ~ Rage Of Plastics

11. Finn Andrews ~ The Spirit In The Flame

12. The Beat ~ Mirror In The Bathroom

13. Scott Walker ~ Montague Terrace (In Blue)

14. Muddy Waters ~ Mannish Boy

15. Pond ~ Daisy

On the Mansion’s playlist this week, new music from Jenny Lewis, Strand Of Oaks, Ex Hex and Foals, NZ sounds from Mel Parsons and Able Tasmans, a pop flashback to 1967 with Four Jacks And A Jill, plus we’ll add in some George Thorogood, Bob Marley, Primal Scream and .... a whole lot more

1. George Thorogood And The Destroyers ~ Dixie Fried

2. Ex Hex ~ Tough Enough

3. Durand Jones And The Indications ~ Morning In America

4. Four Jacks And A Jill ~ Master Jack

5. Israel Nash ~ Rolling On

6. Better Oblivion Community Center ~ Dylan Thomas

7. The Wytches ~ Dig Saw

8. Jenny Lewis ~ On The Line

9. Mel Parsons ~ Bottom Of The Street

10. Strand Of Oaks ~ Ruby

11. Able Tasmans ~ Fault In The Frog

12. The Go-Betweens ~ Head Full Of Steam

13. Bob Marley And The Wailers ~ Cry To Me

14. Foals ~ Moonlight

15. Primal Scream ~ 96 Tears