Serj Tankian from System Of A Down has written a memoir called Down With The System. Days before it was released into the world he called up from America to chat about his time in NZ and other adventures and philosophies.

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Auckland duo Ravenhall have released a new album called Brother, one half of the sounds - Chris - called up to introduce one of the songs and talk about why they decided to go "all in" with this one, and what that mean

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Voom are going on a New Zealand tour from May 30-June 2 with Reb Fountain and Vera Ellen. Their singer and guitarist Buzz Moller popped in for a chat about the locations and give back stories to some of the epic tunes they'll be playing

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Los Angeles threesome Wallows called up to introduce their new album Model, reminisce about their last tour here and talk about the bands from the Hauraki playlist that inspired them.

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The new Crowded House album Gravity Stairs is out on May 31. Before its release we visited Neil Finn at his studio for a chat about the tunes, merch and Irish slang.

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Sam Cullen has released an EP, he called up from overseas to introduce the title track Love Again; and yarn about surfing, sun burn and Bali prisons.

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Hugo Chan has relocated to the US of A, but before he left New Zealand he came up with a song he called up to introduce from the other side of the world, called Bite.

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Rita Mae has flown over to Australia to make a bunch of tunes, she took a break between recording choruses to call up and introduce the current single Kiss The Sky.

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