The new Crowded House album Gravity Stairs is out on May 31. Before its release we visited Neil Finn at his studio for a chat about the tunes, merch and Irish slang. 

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Sam Cullen has released an EP, he called up from overseas to introduce the title track Love Again; and yarn about surfing, sun burn and Bali prisons. 

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Hugo Chan has relocated to the US of A, but before he left New Zealand he came up with a song he called up to introduce from the other side of the world, called Bite. 

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Rita Mae has flown over to Australia to make a bunch of tunes, she took a break between recording choruses to call up and introduce the current single Kiss The Sky. 

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On his way to the Basement Theatre in Auckland, Chch musician Jed Parsons called in for a chat about his new show that has less music than what we're used to from him, and more.. well, take a listen to find out. 

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Blenheim brothers Daily J called in to celebrate their new song Happy Slides and reveal where they're off to next in the pursuit for world domination. 

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On their way to the middle show of the New Zealand tour, Boy & Bear called in for a chat about the ten year anniversary of Harlequin Dream, and their memories of previous shows in Aotearoa. 

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Scottish punk band Skids were in the country this week, their singer Richard called up from the capital to share stories from the road, and of his adventures at Abbey Road with Green Day and U2. 

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Emma Dilemma is traversing the planet with her guitar, she called in from Singapore where she was about to share the stage with sixty other bands from all over the world, and introduced us to her new song Ready Or Not. 

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Hawke's Bay rockers Black Smoke Trigger are about to fly to Europe for a three week tour, their singer Baldrick called up to reveal how preparations are going and talk about why the the new song will be the closer to their sets. 

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