Grant Smithies
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Electrified is a spanking new double album of new and collected tracks by mighty French psych-rock duo, The Liminanas. We'll hear two tracks from that today, plus something from a new EP from… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Music reviewer Grant Smithies joins Susie with a selection of new music from Running Club a new collaboration between New Brighton musician Blair Parkes and Auckland's Stephen Reay and a new song from… Audio
New music with Grant Smithies
Winter Of Discontent is a great new compilation of key singles from the early British DIY post-punk scene of the late 70s. We'll hear key tracks from Zounds and Scritti Politti today, alongside an… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Today's music session is a diverse pick'n'mix of tracks Grant Smithies stumbled across during the Xmas break, ranging from the op-shop ambient of Panchinko to the Jamaican funk of Jackie Mittoo, from… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
For his last music slot of the year, Grant rounds up four of his favourite reissues from the past 12 months. Expect songs from The Pretenders, Nancy Sinatra/ Lee Hazlewood, the late Lee Perry and… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
The music of Brazil seems to make a special kind of sense during summer, so we'll be hearing two classic Brazilian tracks today, from the late Gal Costa and Noriel Vilela. After that, an understated… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Conceived as a loving tribute to trippy 60s pop, RESET is a collaboration between Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) from Animal Collective and Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) from Spacemen 3. We'll hear two key… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
From Melancholy, dream-like ballads to post-punk surf instrumentals, Israeli singer/ guitarist Charlie Megira covered a lot of musical ground before his suicide in 2016. We hear two key tracks from… Audio
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Some voices just cannot be denied, and Grant says it is with the weightless falsetto of Josh Lane from San Diego sweet soul luminaries, Thee Sacred Souls. We'll hear tracks from Young Moon and classic… Audio
Music with Grant Smithies
One of the most influential garage bands to come out of America's Pacific Northwest in the late '80s and '90s, Dead Moon turned down shows playing with Nirvana to honour a prior commitment to tour New… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Wellington's ENJOY Contemporary Art Space hosts a show called Everybody Soundsystem over the coming weeks, inspired by Aotearoa's early underground dance party scene. Inspired by that project, Grant… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Freshly remastered and sounding better than ever, Safe As Milk was the first studio album by Californian musical auteur Captan Beefheart (Don Van Vliet). We'll hear two key tracks from that today… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies: The sound of young Sheffield!
Grant plays a couple of reissued classics today from influential South Yorkshire bands Cabaret Voltaire and The Human League (who David Bowie once famously called "the future of music!"). After that… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
The latest signing to Aotearoa's premier wonk-pop label Flying Nun is 7-piece Wellington, followed by a scalding new single from ex-pat Aucklander Dion Lunadon (The D4) and a classic from Nigerian… Audio
Music with Grant Smithies
Today we'll hear two tracks from a killer collection spotlighting "The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul" Betty Harris, followed by raucous power pop action from Rangiora's Best Bets and some prime UK… Audio
Music with Grant Smithies
The debut album from Chicago trio Horsegirl is released today, and it's a rough and ready noise-pop ripper. We'll hear two tracks from it, plus a great new single from Wellington band Let's Planet and… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Produced by Velvet Underground's John Cale and subsequently disowned by lead singer Jonathan Richman, Grant says the Modern Lovers' 1976 debut album remains one of the all-time greats. We'll hear two… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
We'll hear two tracks today from a new classic funk compilation on French label, Wagram, followed by a new song from New Brighton shoe-gazer Blair Parkes and a dusty sound-system classic from Jamaican… Audio
Music reviewer Grant Smithies
Released to coincide with an exhibition at London's Tate Modern, Life Between Islands focuses on the myriad musical styles to emerge out of the distinctly Caribbean world of sound systems. We'll hear… Audio
Why Does UB40 do this to me?! - on Aotearoa's complicated musical relationship
Love them or loathe them, the English band UB40 are deeply entwined into Aotearoa's musical DNA. Yadana Saw explores how a reggae-pop band from the British West Midlands burrowed into the South… Video, Audio
