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Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews

New music and casual chats is what Making Tracks is all about, thanks to NZ On Air. Every week The MOST 100.4 FM features the freshest tracks coming out of Aotearoa with Making Tracks. We top it off with an interview with the artist each Friday – a special treat to kick-start the weekend.

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00:10:53

Vietnam – 'What Have I Done?'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2022/02/03

Initially formed as Wellington high school band, the Māori-led post-punk four-piece Vietnam first stepped into the music scene c.1981-85. Their self-titled debut EP on Jayrem Records in 1985 is often described as a “lost classic” of New Zealand music. Splitting up just as the EP was released, it would be more than 30 years before the band reunited and when their music would be rediscovered by US and European audiences. Now a six-piece band based between Sydney and Wellington, Vietnam have released

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00:13:45

TOI – 'I Wanna Rock' (Live)

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2022/01/27

Wellington six-piece TOI have carved out a reputation as one of the tightest live acts around, a point reinforced on the release of soulful, funk-based 'I Wanna Rock' (Live). This never-before-released track, and this week's Making Tracks feature, has become a crowd favourite amongst TOI's loyal fanbase. Recorded at the band's home turf, Meow, the track showcases TOI in their element – on stage performing to a sold-out hometown crowd.

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00:10:28

Fool's Lagoon – 'Bizarre'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2022/01/20

Fool's Lagoon is an Auckland-based band with Taranaki guitarist Matt Everest. The five-piece band has launched onto the scene with debut single 'Bizarre' – and our first Making Tracks feature in 2022. This catchy, guitar-pop single is packed with hooks, bound to get added to your favourite playlist. It's tight and modern sound gives us a clear foresight of what’s to be expected from this group.

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00:12:06

Fin Rah Zel – 'Power'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/12/16

This week's Making Track featured artist Fin Rah Zel drops new single 'Power' – a song about finding peace within, no matter the external circumstances. "You have the power!"

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00:09:04

Goodspace – 'Kicking Stones'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/12/09

Tāmaki Makurau’s (Auckland) Goodspace's new single 'Kicking Stones' blends genres by diving deep into hip-hop influences while still retaining a rock’n’roll edge. Written, recorded and produced by the group in their home studio in Auckland, the 4-piece band says the song is "kind of chill, but it has this underlying kind of spookiness to it."

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00:08:51

Powder Chutes – 'Take It Or Leave It'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/12/02

Powder Chutes are coming out blazing with debut single 'Take It Or Leave It'. This week's Making Tracks feature is a statement of intent, and a joyful call to arms for anyone who likes pounding filthy rock, with a firm grounding in melodic sensibilities. Powder Chutes are Wanaka-based garage rock miscreants with an impressive work ethic and an unmistakable groove. The all under-16 band bring a freshness to guitar driven music that combines youthful exuberance with sweat-soaked vintage grunt.

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00:14:41

SOJØURN – 'More'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/11/25

Kiwi psych and surf-rock reggae-heads SOJØURN have dropped new summer gem 'More', which fuses glorious grooves with fantastically psychedelic production elements. This week's Making Tracks east-coast groovers have been earmarked by critics and fans as a band on the rise with lofty ambitions.

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00:12:42

SAINT LANE – 'VENOM'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/11/18

Fijian Kiwi artist SAINT LANE releases EP RAINBOWS END alongside new single 'VENOM'. This week's Making Tracks feature offers disco grooves with the audio space of contemporary pop bundled together in the "hip-hop spectrum", SAINT LANE explains. "I've always been an eclectic artist but I feel like 'VENOM' is my most interpolated track. I wanted to make a Daft Punk, Dua Lipa, and Migos hybrid, a combination that might not work on paper but I feel like we found an exciting new groove on this."

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00:11:36

Bellodonna – 'Wide Awake'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/11/04

Like a blossom-scented spring morning comes Bellodonna's new offering 'Wide Awake' – a gentle, luscious and mood-adjusting track curiously contemplating life's questions. Freshly released and brightening up our airwaves, 'Wide Awake' offers dreamy vocals and ethereal synth and guitar to create a sonic atmosphere that allows this pop melody to float along blissfully.

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00:16:36

Clap Clap Riot – 'Mama'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/10/28

Magnetic, guitar-pop Kiwi rockers Clap Clap Riot are back again with energetic new single, 'Mama'. This week's Making Tracks feature captures an iconic live energy through a solid, punchy rhythm section matched with unbridled guitar fuzz. The massive, stadium-worthy sing-along choruses deliver what Clap Clap Riot fans have come to know and love. 'Mama' is an emotive call to come home. “It looks at the way we often try and avoid our problems by running away”, Clap Clap Riot's Dave Rowland says. “It’s

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00:18:43

The Black Seeds – 'Let The Sunshine Through'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/10/21

The Black Seeds are the sound of summer for many Kiwis. Their latest single, and this week’s NZ On Air Making Tracks feature, 'Let The Sunshine Through' is every bit the New Zealand summertime banger. The eight piece Wellington band, who for nearly 25 years, have crafted their own brand of South Pacific soul. Skill-fully blending deep grooves of reggae, funk, afrobeat and dub into an undeniably infectious mix that has embedded itself in Aotearoa's collective consciousness.

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00:15:27

Blue River Baby – 'Green Cones'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/10/14

Blue River Baby's latest track 'Green Cones' is a magical reggae dub track – a cheeky smokey daydream that floats us over the weight of others' expectations. The perfect sound, to kick back with, as we come into the warmer months.

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00:12:23

Pretty Stooked – 'My Line'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/09/30

Pretty Stooked stamp their name on the NZ indie pop-rock card with their debut release, 'My Line'. This week's Making Tracks feature embodies the over-reflective person, taking us down the rabbit hole of insecurity. Frontman Eddie Kiesanowski says the words we’ve all felt - "I’d wake up in the middle of the night and randomly start thinking about moments of my life and end up keeping myself awake for hours. It would be the weirdest stuff too, that I hadn’t thought about in years and I’d get myself

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00:10:22

The Broken – 'GRAVITAS'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/09/16

The Broken is a five piece band from Aotearoa New Zealand that fuses 80s inspired electronica, slide guitar and laid back vocals to create a sound that is very different, yet familiar. THE BACK STORY Planets form from the debris and particles within the space they inhabit. As they combine, their new gravity grows, pulling more matter around them into this new orbit. The same can be said for The Broken. Previously a three-piece band of Pearl Runga, Justin Maclaren and Simon Finnel, their music and

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00:11:21

False Heights – 'Heavy Metal Runaway'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/08/26

Taupō based duo False Heights have been writing infectious pop bops since they started jamming together in 2016. United by a mutual love for storytelling and their eclectic tastes in music, April Pirie (vocals/keys) and Ashley Pirie (drums/guitars/vocals) display an uncanny chemistry, co-creating an adventurous sound and delivering high energy performances. Their latest single, 'Heavy Metal Runaway', features as our Making Tracks song this week.

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00:10:01

Michael Llewellyn – 'Whangamatā'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/08/19

Michael Llewellyn is a 'Rhaspy and Poetic' songwriter based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Influenced by The Velvet Underground, KEVIN MORBY, Leonard Cohen and the likes, Michael's vulnerable and smokey melodies pack a punch. His first single, and our Making Tracks feature of the week, 'Whangamatā' is bouncy and wild. A psychedelic induced road trip that will throw you beneath the summer skies of Aotearoa. Confronting in his raw honesty, Llewellyn opens and invites you into his heart. Sharing in his

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00:09:53

La Coco – 'Gone'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/08/12

La Coco is back, unveiling newest single 'Gone' – a romantically ethereal and heartbreaking ode to the space left behind after someone has gone. The song, featuring backing vocals by Freedom Setu and beats by Malachi Samuelu, makes its way to our weekly Making Tracks feature! "Letting go of something or someone is a hard thing to do, especially when it is who or what you love most", says the South Auckland artist. "Memories keep them alive in your mind, the dreams of them returning keep you awake at

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00:10:42

Clap Clap Riot – 'It’s Alright'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/08/05

Clap Clap Riot raises the bar with new single 'It’s Alright' – a short, firecracker of fuzz pop about "our ability to overthink things." This week's Making Tracks feature reinforces the band’s reputation for turning out rollicking classic guitar pop, with raw and energetic songwriting.

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00:16:11

Speech Act Theory – 'Holding Out'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/07/29

Speech Act Theoryis an alternative, downtempo, electronica band that began late-2019 and have already made it to our NZ On Air Music Making Tracks feature. Live instruments fused with electronica music gives this Auckland band an edgy difference. Their new single 'Holding Out' is a banger!

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00:08:24

Viices – 'Breath'

Making Tracks with The MOST FM: Artist Interviews ·

2021/07/22

Grown from solo project of New Plymouth frontman Jake McComb – son of O Juliet – three-piece Viicesmakes it to our weekly Making Tracks feature. Their latest single 'Breath' signals a new direction for the Wellington-based band. Much more rooted in rock and punk, rather their indie beginnings, 'Breath' deals with the frustration of imposter syndrome and difficulty of balancing creativity with the reality of needing to work, though the lyrics are tongue-in-cheek as Jake lightly mocks himself for

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