London Grammar have hurdeled the notoriously difficult second album and are on their way to New Zealand at the end of this month. Guitarist Dan Rothman spoke to Music 101's Alex Behan.

Ten years after the release of her breakthrough album Long Player, homegrown soul singer Hollie Smith joins Alex Behan for an hour of her favourite tunes.

In this week's Pocket Edition, Kirsten Johnstone speaks with Shonen Knife's Naoko Yamato about Nirvana, ramen and rock; Leilana Momoisea introduces us to some new hip hop acts; and 15-year old pop prodigy Billie Eilish makes her first visit to NZ.

Since 1981 Naoko Yamano has been the leader of japanese rock n roll trio Shonen Knife. The band are playing in NZ in October.

Young Gho$t and Chronic Shnxman introduce their song Metallica.

In celebration of Te Wiki o te reo Maori, seven-piece soul, RnB roots band Grove Roots perform their waiata Maori in the M101 studios.

Neil Finn assembled a small village of musicians and fans to participate in the making of his new album. Nick Bollinger assesses the results.

In this week's Pocket Edition, we catch up with wellington witches Hex, talk to ex Vampire Weekend member Rostam about his debut solo album, and Christchurch band Best Bets introduce themselves.

Auckland's Aorere College made it to the national finals of Smokefree Pacifica Beats for the first time in 2017 - and they won. We proudly present Jubilee.

Rostam Batmanglij is the producer and co principal songwriter from Vampire Weekend. His debut solo album Half Light is a personal collection of beautiful, self reflective songs.