Dictaphone Blues: ‘We’ll all end up at the Grey Lynn RSC playing as 50-year-olds. That would be success’Dictaphone Blues's Ed Castelow on Tinder, synths and redefining indie success. By Martyn Pepperell | 29th June, 2018Contributor
Girlboss show there are second acts in indie rock livesWellington band Girlboss on the transition from music's blog-era to its playlist-era.By Martyn Pepperell | 6th June, 2018Contributor
R&B singer-songwriter Villette: ‘I’ll do whatever the fuck it takes’R&B and neo-soul singer-songwriter Villette on making it from Mad Butcher to Los Angeles.By Martyn Pepperell | 23rd May, 2018Contributor
Wellington electronica act Groeni: ‘I feel like I have come back to life’Alexander Green of Wellington electronica band Groeni about their new album, Nihx, and new sandwich and coffee shop, Good Boy.By Martyn Pepperell | 7th May, 2018Contributor
Folk singer Julie Byrne: ‘Music is a space where I don’t have to conceal my pain’Martyn Pepperell talks to American folk-singer and park ranger Julie Byrne before her two shows with Nadia Reid this weekend in Christchurch this weekend.By Martyn Pepperell | 2nd February, 2018Contributor
How Noah Slee’s new album saved him from himselfBerlin-based Tongan-New Zealand musician Noah Slee talks to Martyn Pepperell ahead of his appearance at Laneway Festival next week.By Martyn Pepperell | 23rd January, 2018Contributor
Jordan Rakei, the introverted multi-instrumentalist: ‘My only hurdle is shyness’Martyn Pepperell talks to New Zealand-born, Australia-raised vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordan Rakei about his shyness and his new album Wallflower, out now on Ninja Tune.By Martyn Pepperell | 5th October, 2017Contributor
An enigma wrapped in a musician: A chat with Ben LemiMartyn Pepperell hangs out at the library and with musical polymath Ben Lemi to talk about Lemi's debut solo EP as Courtesy Caller.By Martyn Pepperell | 15th August, 2017Contributor
Music is just whatever sounds you’re willing to hear as music: Jet Jaguar on his eclectic new albumMartyn Pepperell talks to Jet Jaguar about his new album 'Grounded', the transportive power of field recordings.By Martyn Pepperell | 19th July, 2017Contributor
How two artists on opposite sides of the planet fused electronics and Māori instrumentation on their new albumMartyn Pepperell talks to Fis and Rob Thorne about their new album of trans-continental experimental collaboration, Clear Stones.By Martyn Pepperell | 23rd May, 2017Contributor
