Off The Record

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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In 1997 Auckland rockers Pash rocked into a recording studio and made a song called All The Way. Later that night the studio burnt down and the audio was lost forever. Or was it? Steve from the band called up with the incredible story of a found tape, forgiveness and the reformation of a 90s band. 

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Aussie singer/songwriter Brad Cox is coming back to New Zealand this June, he called up from across the ditch to talk about his favourite places here and the style of fishing he's hoping to do on his time off. Plus, we unpacked his new song I'm A Boxer.

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On the eve of their first New Zealand tour in over a decade, Pat from Train called up to talk about his golf plans for Aotearoa, scoring tickets to the sold out 'Sabbath reunion and why he regrets not going to see Tom Petty when he had the chance.

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Luger Boa are back and rocking out the North Island on the final three days of New Zealand Music Month. Their singer Jimmy Christmas called up to talk about their upcoming road trip from Taupo to Auckland (including Hamilton) and the Shihad connection to one of their biggest hits. 

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Hamiltron metallers Devilskin's lead singer Jennie Skulander is a part of Mauka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra at Spark Arena in Auckland on July 26. She popped in for a chat about playing with Phil Rudd from AC/DC, Jon Toogood, Milan from Pluto plus an orchestra; and her current tour around New Zealand with Villainy and Midwave Breaks. 

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OK GO's Tim Nordwind called up to tell us about their new album And The Adjacent Possible, 20 years of Here It Goes Again (the treadmill song) and do the band wonder if they've set their video benchmark too high?

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Wanaka rockers Powder Chutes have released their debut self-titled album, their bass player Otis called up in between shows on their nationwide tour to give us some tales from the road and recap on how a chance throw of a hat in Christchurch ended in them playing a couple of arenas. 

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Auckland rockers Voom have released a new album called Something Good Is Happening, their singer Buzz called up from his shed to tell us what's been going on in the two decades since their last batch of releases, and the upcoming tour dates around New Zealand. 

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We caught up with Aussie Crawl frontman James Reyne ahead of his New Zealand tour this October to chat about his new role as Label Manager, and because it's NZ Music Month he revealed who his favourite kiwi artist of all time is...

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Dunedin band L Hotel have released a new song called Dead Ends, their bass player Dave called up from overseas to tell us about it and the EP it's on; their adventures overseas and why they may hinder any more new music coming out this year. 

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Canadian punk rockers Pup are coming to New Zealand this winter. Their guitarist Steve called up for a chat about their new album Who Will Look After The Dogs; what he's knows about New Zealand from the outside and what we expect from their live shows

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Dianne Swann is part of the Atomic 2.0 tour that's on in New Zealand this May. She called up to talk about her own music and the collaborations she's looking forward to in this sequel to the last Atomic shows, plus who's going to be covering Courtney Love. 

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Wellington rockers Wet Denim have released a new song called Lonely (For A While) their singer Nick called up to talk about what he likes about the Big Fan venue in Auckland and where we can catch them next on their mini tour of the country.

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Wellington punk rockers Dartz are about to tour the world, as they were packing their bags they called up for a chat about Moving To Melbourne (their new song) and their shared experiences with Shihad in recent weeks. 

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