Off The Record

Paul Bondsfield came in on his way to the mall, where he’s setting up to play the drums for six days! Raising funds for various cancer charities, he told us how the training has been going and why he chose to take on this insane mission.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aussie indie pop band, Teenage Dads popped in for a chat! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dead Favours' new album is out now - to celebrate they came in to tell us about the upcoming tour and play an acoustic version of one of the songs.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back in New Zealand from New York, Kimbra called in before playing in Hamilton and at Synthony in Auckland to chat about The Warehouse roof, her new album A Reckoning and terrible answer phone messages.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the eve of releasing a new song, Shapeshifter's P Digsss called in to give us a sneak preview and reveal their plans for an epic time at the upcoming Synthony in the Auckland Domain.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before Kurt Vile hit the stages of New Zealand he called up to talk about life on the road, opening for Neil Young, his other influences and the story about - and reaction to - his song Pretty Pimpin' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Counting Crows are in New Zealand, lead singer Adam Duritz and guitarist Immy came in to talk about life on the road, those crazy days in the 90s, singing for Gang Of Youths and visiting their friend in the Coromandel.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gin Wigmore is back from LA and touring NZ. On her way round the country she called in to tell us about life on the road (including the washed out Gizzy) and how things are going in the US of A. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tablefox's new song Mother has quite a story behind it, their guitarist Matt called up to talk us through it, and the special plans they have lined up for St Patrick's Day.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Veils' new album ...And Out Of The Void Came Love is out now, lead singer Finn Andrews popped in to tell us about making it in New Zealand (a first for the band) seeing his dad for the first time in four years and the character that lurks beneath..  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary release of Shihad's Pacifier album, Jon Toogood and Karl Kippenberger sat down to take us back to those crazy days in the USA, and getting Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots to do backing vocals on one of their songs.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Synthony In The Domain is coming to Auckland, Tiki Taane called in to The Big Show to explain what's going down on April 1, and reminisce about the good ol' days in Wellington with Mike Minogue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When SJD released his ninth album, he called us up to discuss Sweetheart, his new life in Dunedin and having an enviable list of contacts in his phone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LAB have released a new song just in time for the summer holidays, their lead singer Joel called up to introduce Take It Away and reveal the controversial method they used that'll have guitar purists fuming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blindspott's new tune A Perfect Storm is out now, their lead singer Damien came in to have a chat about putting into song those emotional things you want to say to family members but you're often too shy to say to their face.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angie caught up with Andy Cato (all 6 foot 8 of him) from Groove Armada during their Auckland gig!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New band Silcrow gave us a call to introduce their new song, go over their influences and tease the upcoming tour dates to celebrate the release of Ethereal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tadpole are back! Kind of.. the band aren't back together but there's new music.. kind of - leftover from previous album sessions is a new collection of songs, available now only on CD. Chris from the band gave us a call to explain the new tunes and reminisce about good times they had in the early 2000s.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From hardcore to The Cure and Stone Roses, we delved into the mind of Miinds' lead singer Leon after they released their new tune Loveless.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coridian have just released State Of Mind, we had a chat about it with their drummer Chris - and other things like how their weekly band practices differ from what they get up to on Christmas day (spoiler: not much) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. are coming in January, Deego from the band gave us a call from the road on their current world tour to introduce their tunes, nicknames and where they'd like to move to (they haven't been to NZ yet so it wasn't here) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fazerdaze is back. After a five year hiatus there's a new EP and gigs coming up this weekend, hot off a tour of Thailand and Indonesia. She called us with an update on the tunes and the new city she's living in now.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Monday night at Spark Arena in Auckland, Taylor Johnston joined thousands of other fans watching The Killers play live. The difference was, Taylor held up a sign. Brandon Flowers saw the sign and invited Taylor on stage to play the drums on their song For Reasons Unknown.. he nailed it. We asked him what it was like to play with The Killers!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Racing's sophomore album Must Be The Moon is out now. Lead singer Ed gave us a call on 0800hauraki with an update on how the tour's going, including where the best gig has been so far. Was it a South Island show? Plus they're about to achieve a long ago set goal..  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Renee Millner has seen a lot of the world before setting in New Plymouth. She called up with tales from elsewhere on the globe and introduced her new song So Much from the recent Fly Me Back EP.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.