Sprawling New York jazz collective Snarky Puppy are playing a sold-out Wellington Jazz Festival show. A sliver of the band catch up with Nick Bollinger ahead of their gig.

Douglas Lilburn and The Dead C have more in common than you think. Yadana Saw takes a walkthrough Zombies on the Horizon, an exhibition about Aotearoa's experimental music adventurers.

In this week's Pocket Edition: the award-winning arts organisation Pacific Underground. A special taonga puoro session for Matariki; and French electro-duo Air celebrate 20 years of music.

Maaka introduces his song 'Matariki'.

Adam Franklin, frontman and founder of shoegaze stalwarts Swervedriver, on life as an indie rock veteran.

Jean-Benoit Dunkel of French electronic duo Air talks to Trevor Reekie about the group's two-decade-strong career.

Under the wings of Richard Nunns, Brian Flintoff and Hirini Melbourne, Alistair Fraser began playing and crafting taonga pūoro 17 years ago. He has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate and breathe life into the ancient instruments collected in Aotearoa by European explorers, which have been lying dormant in museums in the United Kingdom. He joins us in the studio armed with an arsenal of beautiful taonga, and a looping pedal, to play us a live session.

Nick Bollinger surveys an epic five-disc tribute to tie-dyed icons Grateful Dead.

Shayne P Carter introduces the first offering from his forthcoming piano driven album 'We Will Rise Again'.

Seasoned resident club DJ and one half of bass outfit Eastern Bloc, Marek Peszynski speaks to Yadana Saw about juggling beats, babies and bands.