Matt and Maria launch into heavy orbit with Sleep, Meshuggah, Judas Priest, All Them Witches, Zeal & Ardor, Mastodon, Polyphia, and Elder’s mighty Sigil to Ruin as the long song. Expect doom, ghosts, nightmares, haunted internet, and the Evil Robot Overlord insisting the spacesuit is “purely precautionary.”

Maria made it on time, then vanished to capture the sunset leaving Robot Overlord to keep Matt on task. Featuring Nine Inch Nails x Depeche Mode, Gojira, Claemus, Smashing Pumpkins, Dartz, Faith No More, Anthrax, and Opeth’s magnificent Moonlapse Vertigo as the long song.

An epsiode from the Archive, as Maria and Matt were setting up for the Fresh FM Quiz Fundraiser. Some great music in this episode, including Pink Floyd, Melvins, Megadeth and a long song from Sleep Token.

After a wild Nelson Tasman storm with over 2500 reported lightning strikes, Matt and Maria answer with Mötley Crüe, Stryper, Ozzy, Alexandr Misko, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Clutch, System of a Down, and Tool’s mighty Pushit as the long song.

Matt and Maria wrap up NZ Music Month with Split Enz, Dartz, Shihad, Sawnoff, Deranger, Claemus, Blackjack, DD Smash, Head Like A Hole, and Mice on Stilts’ majestic Orca as the long song. Local legends, deep cuts, dangerous cold ones, and the Evil Robot Overlord declaring the month successfully riffed.

Matt and Maria keep NZ Music Month rumbling with Alien Weaponry, The Mint Chicks, The Mutton Birds, Head Like a Hole, Elemeno P, Ulcerate, Cairo Knife Fight, and Swamp Thing. Expect local tremors, cliff-edge chaos, fast times and dark corners.

Maria takes the controls while Matt remains only partially present, which may or may not be an improvement. This NZ-heavy episode features Head Like A Hole, The D4, Elidi with Pull Down the Sun, a double dose of Sticky Filth, Blam Blam Blam, Bulletbelt, and Kerretta’s massive Bone Amber Reigns as the long song — plus a Salmonella Dub detour before Maria and Matt head to their gig.

Matt and Maria keep NZ Music Month roaring with Head Like a Hole, Darcy Clay, Claemus, Murgatroyd, Villainy, and Jakob’s magnificent Everything All of the Time as the long song. Local riffs, strange treasures, and the Evil Robot Overlord pretending this was all its idea.

Matt and Maria go full Aotearoa noise machine with Push Push, The D4, Deja Voodoo, Beastwars, Stardrunk, The Hasselhoff Experiment, and Pull Down The Sun’s mighty Inoi as the long song.

Expect beers, riffs, brown paper bags, and the Evil Robot Overlord quietly approving from the control room.

This week, Matt and Maria take a strange and splendid Friday detour through Patti Smith, Judas Priest, Propagandhi, Twisted Sister, Frank Zappa, Yes, David Bowie remixed by Nine Inch Nails, and Aotearoa’s own Head Like a Hole.

There’s punk bite, metal swagger, prog grandeur with Yes’ “Roundabout” as the long song, and a firm reminder from Zappa to avoid suspicious snow. The Evil Robot Overlord approves.