Tony Stamp looks back over the last few months of local music and highlights some worth checking out.

Tony Stamp explores the second, stadium-sized album from Oklahoma rocker Bartees Strange, a diaristic debut LP by RnB musician Yaya Bey, and some forest-set freeform jazz courtesy of Shabaka.

The Sampler's Nick Bollinger is on hiatus for six months while he writes a book, so RNZ Music has a brand new music podcast. Song Crush, hosted by audio obsessive Kirsten Johnstone, brings you the best new music every week.

Nick Bollinger surveys some of the outstanding international sounds of the past 12 months.

Nick Bollinger revisits some his favourite local sounds of 2018.

In the final Sampler for 2018 Nick Bollinger revisits a few of the standout releases from the past 12 months.

This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger explores the music of sci-fi folkie Jane Weaver, the cosmic obsessions of Alabama outsider artist Lonnie Holley, and asseses the impact of new love, parenthood and a move to Nashville on Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck.

Nick Bollinger explores the space-fixated sounds of Alabama outsider artist Lonnie Holley.

Nick Bollinger lends an ear to the science-fiction, folk and electronica of Jane Weaver.

Nick Bollinger asseses the impact of new love, parenthood and a move to Nashville on the music of Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck.