Off The Record

Spacey Jane have just toured New Zealand. Singer Caleb gave us a call from Christchurch mid way through the journey for an update on life on the road plus to unveil their new single Hardlight. 

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Great Gable have just released their second album On the Wall In The Morning Light. Drummer Cal gave us a call from his place by the beach in Perth to reflect on their New Zealand tour last month, including seeing snow for the first time, and to talk us through the lead single Sidewalk. 

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The Go Live Festival 2022 was held over two nights at the Christchurch Town Hall on July 22 and 23, Radio Hauraki was there, here's our recap of what and who we saw, including performances from Jon Toogood, Stellar*, Volts, Emma Dilemma, degrees K, Imperial April, Goodwill and more. 

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Currently on tour around New Zealand with the Jordan Luck Band, Ekko Park's singer Joe called up from Nelson with some tour stories and to play us their new song Darling Baby, where he hands over vocal duties to another member of the band. 

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The Beths are in America right now, on tour. On her way to the airport lead singer Liz called in to Hauraki to introduce their new song Expert In A Dying Field and share some post-tour plans. 

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Steve Wells from Fur Patrol moved to France a while back, he's just released a solo album, and gave us a call to talk us through it, the heatwaves, the forest fires, the 200 year old instruments and how he wrote Steal The Sun at the last minute. 

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The Butlers have just released their second album Back To Basics, drummer George called up to run us through it, and take us through the history of the band, which now stretches from Christchurch to Mexico!

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Imperial April have released a new song called 9:30, we got to premier it on Hauraki and get the story behind it from their lead singer Victoria, who also shared stories of... sharing the stage with Stellar and Emma Dilemma at Christchurch's Go Live festival.

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Three Auckland rock bands have morphed into one to form Ghost Merchants. Check out their debut single and the elaborate recording techniques they used to create it, plus a Metallica deep dive off the back of their Stranger Things resurgence.

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Voodoo Bloo's new album The Blessed Ghost is out on July 15. Their singer Rory called in to preview a track, give a tip for vinyl enthusiasts and some advice on tackling mental heath challenges. 

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