Music 101 for Saturday 21 June 2025

13:15 Liam Finn welcomes you to the Hyperverse

Crowded House’s Liam Finn has released his experimental fourth studio album, Hyperverse, which was recorded entirely on livestream.

Finn had a kōrero with Emile Donovan for Music 101 about Hyperverse – which came out yesterday – and the process of writing, producing and releasing it.

14:00 Fazerdaze announces winter shows

Aotearoa indie-pop singer Fazerdaze has announced a collection of winter shows across the country.

The tour follows her recent success at the Aotearoa Music Awards, where she took home Best Solo Artist and Album of the Year for 2024’s Soft Power (Buttrfly Records).

Fazerdaze caught up with Emile Donovan about the tour, and her latest single, ‘Motorway’.

14:30 Live on Music 101: Lake South

Lake South performs three songs live on Music 101.

South is an electronic singer-songwrtier from Pōneke. The singer is currently touring his new album, We lived our lives on top of this, with his band, with dates spanning the North and South Island.

The band has toured Canada, New Zealand and Australia, and they were booked to play at SXSW 2020 before its cancellation. They played Camp a Low Hum in 2024 and Pōneke’s Cubadupa in 2025, and are set to tour Europe in 2026.

15:15 David Ridler on the state of the NZ music industry

What does the state of the Aotearoa music industry look like today? Emile Donovan chewed it over with Music and Media Industry Consultant, David Ridler, for Music 101.

Ridler is the founder of Ridler Consulting, an initiative that offers advice surrounding New Zealand music and media and broadcasting industries. He has experience in the New Zealand music, broadcasting and media industries, and worked across the Music Funding division of NZ On Air.

16:00 The Mixtape: Lorraine Barry

Aotearoa’s music community is paying tribute to well-respected manager Lorraine Barry.

Originally from Northern Ireland, Barry emigrated to Aotearoa in 2002. She was the manager behind Dave Dobbyn, Tom Scott, Mark Vanilau, Nomad and more recently, acts like Avantdale Bowling Club and Home Brew.

In her RNZ Music Mixtape from 2018, Barry shared songs and tales from her international career working with Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Ice T, Soul II Soul and most famously the Spice Girls.

Lorraine Barry spoke with Yadana Saw.

Songs Played: 

1pm-2pm

• Herbie Hancock – Hang Up Your Hang Ups

• Lorde – Hammer

• Liam Finn – Suspicious 

• Liam Finn – Love in Disguise 

• HAIM – Gone 

• The Soup Dragons – I’m Free 

• Little Simz, Lydia Kitto – Only

• Arc Der Soleil – Got Caught in Amsterdam

2pm-3pm

• Quantic – Twang 

• Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso – Anthems For A Seventeen-Year-Old Girl 

• Fazerdaze – Motorway 

• Stereolab – Aerial Troubles 

• Four Tet – Into Dust

3pm-4pm

• Chris Joss – Tune Down 

• Unknown Mortal Orchestra - BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES 

• Georgia Lines – Wonderful Life 

• 9Lives w/ adore – die for someone 

• Yumi Zouma – Blister 

• Quantic – Take Your Time, Change Your Mind

• Auntie Flo – Esperanto

4pm-5pm

• The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin 

• Al Jarreau – We’re in This Love Together 

• Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance 

• Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy 

• The Mutton Birds – A Thing Well Made  

• Dave Dobbyn – Just What I Need