Sam Wicks

Onehunga-based producer SmokeyGotBeatz has been spending more time in LA than NZ recently, making beats for some of rap's most influential names. Sam Wicks talks to Smokey and his manager Andy Murnane… Audio

Ahead of their appearance at St Jerome's Laneway Festival 2016, Chvrches' Martin Doherty explains how he's weighed in behind his bandmate, Lauren Mayberry, who has been the target of social media… Audio

Upon the death of Daniel Keighley, the director of the 1980s New Zealand music festival Sweetwaters and founder of the Parihaka International Peace festival,long-time friend, Trevor Reekie shares his… Audio

The Music 101 and The Wireless teams were amongst it at the 2015 APRA Silver Scrolls Awards. Here are all the best bits from the stage, behind-the-scenes and of course the fantastic music from the… Audio, Gallery

Chris Baio is the New York-born, London-based bass player for indie pop four-piece Vampire Weekend. Utilising some downtime from his full time gig, Chris has released a dancefloor-focused solo album… Audio

Wellington electronic soul duo Electric Wire Hustle dropped a new EP late last month. Mara TK and Taay Ninh visit Music 101 to perform two cuts from Aeons. Audio

Jon Spencer has been twisting blues, rock and hip hop into new shapes for three decades. He sits down with Sam Wicks to trawl through a selection of deep cuts from some of his biggest influences. Audio

Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, better known as Earl Sweatshirt, has one of the sharpest tongues of a new school of West Coast hip hop artists, and he's directed it towards a psychiatry checklist of neuroses… Audio

Ditching the lyrics about string theory and Stephen Hawking that marked their former project, @Peace, Tom Scott and Lui Tuiasau have delivered a palette cleanser in the form of the Stream of… Audio

Prince protégé Harts talking to Sam Wicks about the connection he made with His Royal Badness ahead of his Auckland and Wellington shows. Audio