Sam presents a special on one of Aotearoa's finest bands, The Clean. He chats to author Richard Langston, who has written a new book on the The Clean called "The Clean: In The…

Tonnon can’t quite claim to have been born in Dunedin – he moved there from Tauranga in 1986 with his family, when he was three months old. Most of his childhood was spent in the city’s outskirts at F...

For a while it seemed everyone played at The Oriental, or the “Ori” as it was known. In the mid-80s it was often jammed-packed, choking on cigarette smoke, soaked in that fuggy pub smell, and alive wi...

Hosted by Lily Spencer interviews Richard Langston about his new book "In The Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul" - https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/the-clean/ Also tunes from The Verlaines Georg...

The exhilarating, celebrated and tragic story of Dunedin legends The Clean

The exhilarating, celebrated and tragic story of Dunedin legends The Clean

Pioneers of New Zealand's DIY music movement, The Clean - were one of the first bands to be described as "indie rock". Both a fan and friend of the band, Richard Langston, has documented the history o...

After reforming in the late 80s, The Clean toured the US and UK for the first time, and found word had already spread among underground influencers, half a world away from Dunedin. An excerpt from Ric...

Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 6 April 2026 A Clean-themed quiz. On Thursday 9 April, The Clean:...

Richard Langston has been a friend and fan of The Clean since the start, so who better than to put together a 366-page tome on NZ’s legendary indie pop/psych/punk legends.

There were numerous close friendships within the Dunedin music scene of the late 1970s and 1980s and some significant and lifelong; none more so that between three of its leading performers, David Kil...

There were numerous close friendships within the Dunedin music scene of the late 1970s and 1980s and some significant and lifelong; none more so that between three of its leading performers, David Kil...

9 track album

An excerpt from Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly, by Craig Robertson (Auckland University Press, 2025), published with permission. -- In the late 1980s Chris Knox worked out his solo songs at home with h...

Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.

His was a maverick voice, older, wiser and darker, and his music and words had a knowing beyond many in that fertile time. There, eternal truths could be glimpsed. When Bill Direen

Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...

Martin Phillipps, The Chills, Laneway Auckland 2017. Photo by Stella Gardiner Read: Martin Phillipps interview, June 2024 – part one Read: Martin Phillipps interview, June 2024 – part two In June 2024...

20 track album

YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube