Grant Smithies

Grant Smithies strokes his stubbly chin and contemplates Ghanian hi-life from Pat Thomas, hazy shoegaze pop from Auckland duo She's So Rad and some superb sporran-twisting guitar action from Glasgow's… Audio

Chicago jazz-folk, dinner-party rave tunes from London, Auckland scuzz-punk: Grant Smithies travels far and wide this week in search of sonic thrills. Audio

Grant Smithies rounds up re-issues of classic Flying Nun releases from Able Tasmans and The Stones and gets an earful of the new album from veteran Wellington band, The Warratahs. Audio

Grant Smithies jumps the ditch to get an earful of Australian music new and old. Audio

Clocking up more than his share of Frequent Flyer miles, Grant Smithies heads to Portland, Oregon to check out the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, then takes a time machine back to 1971 to… Audio

Grant Smithies drops into a Manchester tower block to appraise Lonelady, checks out some local roots reggae from Wellington's Israel Starr and straps on his pork-pie hat for some nostalgic skanking to… Audio

Grant Smithies falls back in love with Dunedin's late, great Sneaky Feelings, checks out the third album from Cape Foulwind folkie Mel Parsons, and cranks up a 40-year-old Led Zeppelin classic. Audio

Grant Smithies gets all misty-eyed over a classic from Sheffield band, Pulp, and also looks at new vinyl releases from Larry's Rebels, Bitch and Delaney Davidson, all due to be released next Saturday… Audio

Featuring @Peace, Kimbra, Delaney Davidson and Electric Wire Hustle who are finalists for the Taite Prize (named after music journalist Dylan Taite). Audio

Grant Smithies looks at the seventh album from Auckland singer/ songwriter, Sean James Donnelly, and his live-band follow-up to 2013's Taite Prize- winning solo electronic LP, Elastic Wasteland. Audio

A round-up of tracks by four artists due to play at the upcoming WOMAD festival (March 13-15 at Brooklands Park in New Plymouth), an event which features over 300 performers from 20 countries across… Audio

Music today from the much loved indie pop band from Glasgow - Belle & Sebastian, and from Dunedin tracks from Ha The Unclear. Audio

A compilation of 1950s and 60s Carribean music. Audio

Nine to Noon music reviewer rounds-up some of the best reissues and compilations of 2014. Audio

Grant Smithies reviews two low-fi bedroom music producers, Amelia Murray and Tom Lark. Audio

Featuring Dudley Benson, Neil Young and Mary J Blige. Audio

Grant Smithies rides side-saddle from Te Aro to Thorndon with Wellington grunge revivalists Bunnies On Ponies, then fires up the hookah pipe for a listen to A Day In My Mind's Mind - a double vinyl… Audio

Grant Smithies checks out the lesbian love songs and post-modern murder ballads of New Orleans folk band Hurray For The Riff Raff, then gets sand in his Speedoes while listening to Nelson surf-rock… Audio

Grant Smithies considers new releases from balladeering Buddhist monk Leonard Cohen, Scottish reggae sound system Mungo's HiFi and English electronic music pioneer, Richard "Aphex Twin" James. Audio

Grant Smithies rounds-up the five finalists for the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll, the only peer voted songwriting award in New Zealand, with the winner decided by over 10,000 fellow songwriters from the… Audio