RNZ: Music 101

Conor McCabe and Barnaby Matthews were only separated by a few years at Hamilton Boys High and both spent a lot of time in the music department but didn't connect until many years later in Australia.

Prolific Australian psychedelic rock septet King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard talk to Alex Behan at Laneway 2017.

Nick Bollinger discusses the blues-infused music of Oakland-based Fantastic Negrito.

Nick Bollinger detects sonic and emotional developments in the lates abum by The xx.

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Weyes Blood is in session; Yadana Saw speaks with Sinkane ahead of their WOMAD Taranaki appearance, and M101 host Alex Behan is with Aussie psyche septet King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard.

Veronica Milsom brings us the highlights from the 2016 Triple J Hottest 100

Beardyman explains his next level commitment to his craft leading up to his Splore performance.

Purple Pilgrims drop their new song 'Drink the juice' and discuss their obsession with cults just before their Laneway 2017 performance.

Aldous Harding is home in New Zealand for the summer, preparing a full band for shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. She joins Kirsten Johnstone to play some of the songs that she’s been listening to on trains around Europe, and talk about her upcoming album, Party.

Sudanese-American multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab speaks to Yadana Saw ahead of his WOMAD 2017 appearance with his band Sinkane