Off The Record

We caught up with Aussie Crawl frontman James Reyne ahead of his New Zealand tour this October to chat about his new role as Label Manager, and because it's NZ Music Month he revealed who his favourite kiwi artist of all time is...

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Dunedin band L Hotel have released a new song called Dead Ends, their bass player Dave called up from overseas to tell us about it and the EP it's on; their adventures overseas and why they may hinder any more new music coming out this year. 

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Canadian punk rockers Pup are coming to New Zealand this winter. Their guitarist Steve called up for a chat about their new album Who Will Look After The Dogs; what he's knows about New Zealand from the outside and what we expect from their live shows

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Dianne Swann is part of the Atomic 2.0 tour that's on in New Zealand this May. She called up to talk about her own music and the collaborations she's looking forward to in this sequel to the last Atomic shows, plus who's going to be covering Courtney Love. 

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Wellington rockers Wet Denim have released a new song called Lonely (For A While) their singer Nick called up to talk about what he likes about the Big Fan venue in Auckland and where we can catch them next on their mini tour of the country.

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Wellington punk rockers Dartz are about to tour the world, as they were packing their bags they called up for a chat about Moving To Melbourne (their new song) and their shared experiences with Shihad in recent weeks. 

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Auckland rocker Lorenzo Hazelwood has released a new song called Nothing Man. He called up to talk about who inspired the track, how it can be a good thing to meet your heroes, and shared some tips on voice preservation.

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Auckland rockers Coast Arcade have just released a new song called Acetone, their bass player Leo Spykerman called up to explain how the song came to him when they were about to go stage in Wellington, and possibly started analysing our conversation for his studies. 

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Reb Fountain's new album How Love Bends went straight to number one here, and she's just been nominated for a New Zealand music award. On the eve of a nationwide tour Reb called up to talk us through the places she's looking forward to playing at and the one thing she always packs in her bag just in case it's needed. 

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Bella Rafflyn called up to talk about her new song Corduroy Boy, her summer highlights (including competing with Sir Dave Dobbyn) and the way she described her drummer was the strangest we've had this year!

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