Locals Only
Join host, Tom Harper, on Locals Only, the New Zealand music podcast where musicians don't talk about music!
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Joining me today is an artist who hits like an Ice Cream Charlie’s on a summer’s day. Their ice cool synth lines are balanced and textured with choc chip fuzz riffs delivered by some of Canterbury’s best legacy players.
And the cherry on top of the "melted ice cream" is the frontman’s delightfully hummable vocals. Their stunning new album, THE GIANTS LAWN, is available now on bandcamp and all good record ...
Joining me today is an artist who after carved out a childhood on the volcanoes of Canterbury and erupted into the CHCH music scene where his unbridled sticktoittiveness and lava smooth temperament shone in the eyes of the battlers all over the grid of Christchurch. His stunning new EP, Hidden, is available now wherever you get your music.
This week on Locals Only it’s Ryan Fisherman!!
Joining me today is an artist who after a deep soak in the ocean fresh waters of the Mangawhai heads filled a crate with dreamy guitars, melodic hooks and a wistful vocal that comforts like a cold beer after a hard day. Their stunning sophomore album, Great Escape, is available now wherever you get your music!
This week on Locals Only it’s Arthur from No Cigar!!
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Joining me today is an artist who since finding a laptop at 15 years old has been going harder than nor-west wind through the Canterbury Plains. And just like the famed gales of the 03 this lads stir up a golden arch of singles that glow bright beyond his years. His stunning new single, BE SOMEONE, is available now wherever you get your music.
This week on Locals Only it’s Harry Howard!!
Joining me today is an artist who proved that kiwi aren’t flightless birds when she soared from the shores Tamaki Makaurau to set up her kinetic indie pop shop in London town. And after a grind to rival the industrial revolution that very pop shop has pumped out an EP with a stripped back emotional core and a candy coating of bright bursts of colourful sounds reminiscent of Chelsea Jade, Princess Chelsea and Pickle Dar...
Welcome to Locals Only the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is a duo who knows better than anyone that there are some lies you live and some you leave behind. As fate would have it they first took the stage under the guise of a full one hour live set when in reality they had just had the one song. But where others would see a reason to quit. T...
Welcome to Locals Only the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist whose upbeat, empowered indie pop hits are as hot as the port hills fire. And the sonic wizardry of an array of producers including friends of the show Wells and Paige flow into their open hearted nostalgic lyrics to combine as effortlessly as the braids of t...
Welcome to Locals Only the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist who has an unbridled knack for catching the eyes, ears and hearts of some music's biggest names.
Notably, the multiple grammy award winning artist Billie Eilish and recently the disney channel breakout who’s as sweet as a slice of cake by the oc...
Joining me today is an artist who’s bright indie pop songs are nothing short of a french revolution, but I say dear listener this is not the time to look down, look down but instead a time to look up. Look up their singles Jessica To Barcelona and Soul Requirement wherever you get your tunes because this week on Locals Only it’s, Dan from NAPOLEON BABY!!
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Joining me today are three artists who met on the breezy willow lined banks of the opawaho river. They then boarded a raft and drifted toward the Rapaki peaks to fill the valley with the honest stripped back sounds of a bright sunny suburb. All of which can be heard on their singles Daily Grind and Racetrack. Welcome back to the Locals Only Lounge, Ryan, Chris and Monique AKA Saint Martins!
Joining me today is an artist who after a "coupley" cutbacks on the thruster rode a set to the sumner shore. Then with a wettie on and shuka in hand they barrel rolled their way around the crushing coastline of Aotearoa. Cruising through with iconic uni rock tunes, the sounds of which can be heard on their studio albums, The Halfway House, Frederick’s Friends and Back to Basics. This week on Locals Only it’s, George from The Butler...
In many ways Knucklebones is a follow-up to Vicarious, the Strawpeople award winner from 1996 (Album of the Year) with Paul Casserly and Fiona McDonald back together as the core of the project.
Knucklebones is a collection of all new material. It was recorded at Bigpop Studios in Auckland and features some stellar guests and contributors.
The most recent Strawpeople album, Count Backwards from Ten, came out in 2004. That’s 19 y...
Joining me today is an artist who carved out their sound among the Kinks and Kebabs of Karahape Road. And it was on that very rainbow road that this duo's emotional lollipop sound became the cherry on top of Aotearoa’s Pop. All of which can be heard on their highly anticipated DEBUT album Crowd Pleaser. Welcome back to the Locals Only Lounge, Ash and Gabe AKA FOLEY!
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Joining me today is an artist who carved their craft on the steep streets of sunny dunedin. Then after countless crate beers and trips to the night n day dairy they got a plane to put their southern skin to the test in the humid moon light of Indonesia. And it was in this glow stick bintang paradise that they washed ashore with their new sound which can be heard on their highly anticipated third studio album Cigarettes in space. We...
Welcome to Locals Only, the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist whose blisteringly energetic sounds have backhanded their way off the North Harbour Sports & Country Club tennis courts all the way to the waipara bush where a ten day meditation saw the rise of their name and their sound which can be heard on their stunning debut se...
Welcome to Locals Only the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist who was raised by the elves of the North Pole in a cosy home filled with the smells of chestnuts roasting on an open fire. His time in the winter wonderland has filled him with a mirth worth sharing with the world not only on Christmas day but in the middle of the New Zea...
Welcome to Locals Only the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist who boarded a rickety plane in Dorsett, England and flew all the way to Aotearoa. They then embarked on a journey of heartbreak and self discovery which all led to the question, who really gets what they want? This week on Locals Only, it's Macey!!
Welcome to Locals Only the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist who alongside their band has hacked their way out of the west auckland bush, jumped on an array surf, boogie and paddle boards and taken their frothy uni rock sound right across Aotearoa. May 2023 saw the release of their debut EP, Lost in the Groove. But not lost to the ...
Welcome to Locals Only, the New Zealand music podcast where we talk Aotearoa’s finest musicians about the soundtracks of their lives. Joining me today is an artist who was raised by the white hot mud pools of Rotorua in a house filled by the sounds of Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac and more notably her music teaching father. She found early success in songwriting and set out on a journey of self discovery and moved to New York. But her t...
Today on Locals Only, Luca George joins Tom Harper in the Locals Only Lounge.
Join us as we take Luca through the 'Soundtrack Of Your Live' interview. Hearing all about his favourite tracks throughout the years...
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