Liam Finn is playing at NestFest soon, find out who he'd like to collaborate with on stage at the festival, plus we reminisce about those times he played with Pearl Jam and toured with Eddie Vedder.

Joel from L.A.B is pretty stoked with their haul at the Music Awards and is looking forward to playing the biggest show of his life next year. What was the most memorable thing about 2021?

P Digsss from Shapeshifter is stoked to be playing a music festival just down the road from his house, with a wizard, and to be riding a mountain bike track he helped build.

On their way to the New Zealand Music Awards, Joel and Miharo from L.A.B called into the Big Show to celebrate the release of their new album 'V', give the inside scoop on the recording of it, and share Christmas party stories with Jase and Mike off the back of ours.

Check out Foals' new song "Wake Me Up", plus we've got guitarist Jimmy with the inside word on how it's going now they're a three piece band, their frenzied fans, playing Peter Gabriel's instruments when he wasn't looking and where he'll be spending Christmas.

Check out Pluto's new song "After Winter" - but first allow Milan (lead singer) to provide the story behind the tune, the inspiration, and reveal why they've waited until now to release it.

L.A.B have released a new song called "Mr Reggae", as Mike Minogue says "just in time for summer." Joel from L.A.B called up the Big Show to talk the guys through the new song, their summer plans, surfing vs kneeboarding and they discussed which one of the Big Show hosts is the real "Mr Reggae"...

Chris Key scored another worldwide premier on the Hauraki Night show, this time for the new Gramsci song "Ourselves". Joined by lead singer and guitarist Paul McLaney, they discussed guitar solos being like landscapes, Paul's favourite gigs at the Powerstation over the years (eg The Cult and Pixies) and what it must've been like at Led Zeppelin's first practice.

Voodoo Bloo's new song "Skin" sees Rory the bass player move to Rory the guitarist and singer... Check out the evolution with comparisons to Lemmy, Serj and Brian Molko. This got Chris Key intrigued - plus Rory made an announcement - exclusive to the Hauraki Night show!

Tom from Hoss is back in New Zealand now but five years ago he was in a different place. Here he tells the history of Hoss, being homeless, and offers parenting advice to Chris Key on the Hauraki Night show. If only Chris was a parent...