RNZ: Music 101

Renters United is a Wellington collective seeking change in the local rental property sector. Yadana Saw heads along to their fundraiser gig.

Psychobilly royalty, Reverend Horton Heat has spent the last 30 years relentlessly playing every dive bar and night club across the U.S.A. and around the world - and he's heading to New Zealand for the first time this week.

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight Yadana Saw attends the Renters United fundraiser gig, Trevor Reekie has his time with the Reverend Horton Heat and Alex Behan talks busking with Passenger and Graeme James.

Nick Bollinger reviews a coming-of-age album from Blue Mountains-born singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin.

Busking is the hard and fast way to learn your trade as a musician. After four years playing the streets Graeme James has just released his debut album News from Nowhere.

Sandboards introduce their song 'Duneboys Theme'.

Visiting Welsh singer-songwriter, Cate Le Bon, performs live in the Auckland studio and speaks to Jesse Mulligan.

Nick Bollinger reviews an acoustic retrospective of Jack White.

Alt-rock trailblazers The Pixies have made an official replacement for founding member Kim Deal, who left the band back in 2013. With their sixth album 'Head Carrier' out this week, new bass player Paz Lenchantin speaks to Sam Wicks.

Poet, rapper, writer and youth mentor Dominic Hoey picks some verbose and subversive music for the RNZ Music Mixtape.