Off The Record

Blindspott's new tune A Perfect Storm is out now, their lead singer Damien came in to have a chat about putting into song those emotional things you want to say to family members but you're often too shy to say to their face. 

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Angie caught up with Andy Cato (all 6 foot 8 of him) from Groove Armada during their Auckland gig! 

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New band Silcrow gave us a call to introduce their new song, go over their influences and tease the upcoming tour dates to celebrate the release of Ethereal.

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Tadpole are back! Kind of.. the band aren't back together but there's new music.. kind of - leftover from previous album sessions is a new collection of songs, available now only on CD. Chris from the band gave us a call to explain the new tunes and reminisce about good times they had in the early 2000s. 

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From hardcore to The Cure and Stone Roses, we delved into the mind of Miinds' lead singer Leon after they released their new tune Loveless. 

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Coridian have just released State Of Mind, we had a chat about it with their drummer Chris - and other things like how their weekly band practices differ from what they get up to on Christmas day (spoiler: not much)

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Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. are coming in January, Deego from the band gave us a call from the road on their current world tour to introduce their tunes, nicknames and where they'd like to move to (they haven't been to NZ yet so it wasn't here)

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Fazerdaze is back. After a five year hiatus there's a new EP and gigs coming up this weekend, hot off a tour of Thailand and Indonesia. She called us with an update on the tunes and the new city she's living in now. 

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On Monday night at Spark Arena in Auckland, Taylor Johnston joined thousands of other fans watching The Killers play live. The difference was, Taylor held up a sign. Brandon Flowers saw the sign and invited Taylor on stage to play the drums on their song For Reasons Unknown.. he nailed it. We asked him what it was like to play with The Killers! 

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Racing's sophomore album Must Be The Moon is out now. Lead singer Ed gave us a call on 0800hauraki with an update on how the tour's going, including where the best gig has been so far. Was it a South Island show? Plus they're about to achieve a long ago set goal.. 

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