Decades scrimped, saved, begged and borrowed to make their debut album with Shihad's Tom Larkin as producer and the reults are definitely worth it.

Dunedin band Soaked Oats introduce their song 'Avocado Aficionado'

Singer/songwriter Anthony Stretch aka Stretch has released his debut album called 'Bury All Horses' recorded at the Lab Studio with producer and drummer Wayne Bell. His musical journey includes playing in bands before setting out on his own as a one man band, touring Aotearoa, supporting Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and meeting the late Joe Strummer from the Clash.

Being Queer, Christian and from Memphis seems like an unlikely combination, but 21 year old singer songwriter Julien Baker embraces all three with pride and ease.

Karyn Hay is no stranger to Aotearoa's airwaves, from hosting Radio With Pictures in the early 80s, heading up Kiwi FM in the 2000s,  and wrangling talk-back radio for the last nine years at RadioLive. The writer and broadcaster picks some of the music she keeps going back to.

Nick Bollinger reviews a homage to heroes and roots from well-travelled Auckland duo The Bads.

Nick Bollinger discusses an intimate and international set of power pop from Dunedin’s Kane Strang.

In the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Jody Lloyd retells the moment he could have been Moby; Tony Stamp speaks with Aussie pop absurdist Kirin J Callinan and Trevor Reekie talks about the family legacy behind the new Penguin Café release.

In the second of our two-part series on Prince, Georgia Duder-Wood speaks to those that knew him to find out what he was like as a kid, a colleague, a friend.

One thing becomes really obvious when you hear Prince fans talk about their idol - Prince has had a huge impact on their lives.