Alt J have announced New Zealand shows to go along with their third album 'Relaxer' out June 2. Gus Unger-Hamilton speaks to Alex Behan about endless press, political protests and the similarites between cooking and being in a band.

Chk Chk Chk are a dance- punk outfit who formed in California in 1996. 20 years later they've just released their 7th album Shake The Shudder, which is getting all sorts of love from the music press. Tony Stamp talked to frontman Nic Offer about the 'shakey face' meme that inspired the album, staying positive in dark times, and how they're celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Sal Valentine is dropping 'and the Babyshakes' from his band name, but they still perform their hearts out on his new EP and here for a live RNZ performance.

Singer and songwriter Larry Morris was the frontman of the iconic pop band Larry's Rebels back in the swinging '60s. The band released seven Top 20 records and toured with high-profile international acts before Larry quit in 1969.

Music 101’s Alex Behan and RNZ Pacific’s Indira Stewart talk to three of this year's nominees about making music in the largest Polynesian city in the world.

Music fans around the world are grieving the loss of Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell after his sudden death this week. Tributes have been flowing in from Cornell's contemporaries and those who've been inspired by his music and increible talent as a vocalist.

In this week's Pocket Edition, we talk to Shihad's Tom Larkin about musicians' mental health, Robert Scott from The Bats, and Cosey Fanni Tutti from English industrial icons Throbbing Gristle.

With the Nashville Symphony Chorus sounding like they are in Westminster Abbey, and John Darnielle singing about castles and batcaves, the opening track on Goths is gothic by definition, but...

There's a sense of theatre about Party, which subverts the typical notion of the singer-songwriter as confessor and beacon of authenticity. Aldous Harding seems to be giving herself permission to enjoy some of the success her astonishing music has found so far.

Balu Brigada perform live at the RNZ studios