Off The Record

Aussie rockers The Superjesus are back in New Zealand for a tour around the nation. They popped in on their way to soundcheck for a chat about what they've been up to over the last couple of decades and what kiwi fans expect to experience when they hit the stages in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown

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In the 2000s Minuit released albums and toured the world. After a decade long hiatus the band are coming back for one show only: in Christchurch on August 23. Their singer Ruth called up from Foxton for a chat about their early days in Nelson and Chch, the upcoming show and some of the good times they had in East and Western Europe back in the day. 

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Tadpole are back together and performing at GoLive in Christchurch on August 23, their guitarist Chris called up to talk about getting the band back together, some of their epic adventures from back in the day, and what we can expect from them at the Christchurch Town Hall. 

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Bay Of Plenty band Black Comet will release their second album later this year, their front man Laughton Kora called up for a chat from the Mt about the new direction they're taking, the music scene there compared to Welly back in the day and his golf handicap. 

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Jon Toogood popped in for a chat about how retirement's going and why he's amped up for Manuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra at Spark Arena on July 26

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Auckland rockers The Sun Gods have released a new song called Don't Pretend, they called up for a chat about the tune, the pretender, and the new look they'll be embracing at their next live show. 

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Ukiah Brown called up for a chat about his latest song Back Of The Bus; his connections to Racing, skiing and the best place to play pool in Tauranga. 

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Ringlets celebrated the release of their second album with a gig in Wellington, they called up for a chat from the capital about cats, dogs, the upcoming tour, embassies and spies. 

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Ocean Alley have a new album out this Spring, their bass player Nic called up to introduce the title track and talk surfing, sharks, how their band has expanded this year and where we can catch them live this summer.

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Split between Auckland and somewhere in South Africa, Dom from The Transits called up to explain how they make music while living miles away from each other, and how a celebrity ended up in their latest music video. 

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Sam Cullen called up from Auckland to tell us about his new song That Somebody's You, and how it's not about another person.. he also had tales from the road after playing his first gigs overseas - in the U S of A, amongst the snakes and tumbleweeds.

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Wellington's Lake South has released a new song about his old flat from back in the day; called Moxham Ave, Laundry And Erosion. He called up to reminisce about living with six others, the parties, the laundry, the dodgy wiring.. and eluded to some upcoming tour dates around New Zealand. 

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Pluto joined us at Eden Park for Day In Loo 2025, as well as playing an acoustic version of a song from their first album, the fellas gave us an insight into the upcoming Full Metal Orchestra show in July and the celebrations they've got planned for a momentous anniversary of Pipe Line Under The Ocean.

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Liam Finn called us up from Los Angeles to introduce some new music that'll be out on vinyl soon, and gave us a heads up on his band's upcoming change in direction. 

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After a decade away Cairo Knife Fight are coming back to New Zealand to tour this August, we caught up with Nick from the band about life in LA and what he misses about home, in particular Christchurch

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Bakers Eddy moved from Welly to Melbourne eight years ago, their guitarist Alex called up for a chat how things are going over there, the new song Hopeless Dreams and their latest EP, plus there some confusion over the upcoming home show.. 

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The Phoenix Foundation have some new music coming out soon, Sam Flynn-Scott from the band called up with the news, the weather, and the time and place we can see them play their second album Pegasus all the way through, live. 

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Just days after winning some Aotearoa Music Awards we caught up with Fazerdaze about the new song Motorway, the people that helped make it happen and the legendary band she'll be touring America with this Spring. 

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Fly My Pretties are back with their seventh album Elemental. Barnaby Weir and Laughton Kora popped in for a chat about how the collective has changed over the years and where in New Zealand we can catch them performing live.

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