- Neil Macleod & Oscar Keys On Crowdfunding And Their Next Project 'I Need A Battle'.
Neil Macleod and Oscar Keys are both ambitious, talented and incredibly nice. I had a conversation with them about their new ambitious visual album 'I Need A Battle' and its Boosted crowdfunding campaign amongst other topics.
Donate to the Boosted campaign for I Need A Battle here - https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/i-need-a-battle
42m | Sep 25, 2023 - Weekender: 'A Night With Buda' + Better Living IRL
Here's my weekend recap ft music and audio excerpts from my time spent at three gigs in three nights - including A Night With Buda and the Ōtautahi festival 'Better Living IRL'
34m | Aug 22, 2023 - Violet Hirst: 'Donegal' Interview
I caught Violet Hirst and collaborator Reuben Scott (Salt Water Criminals) before their Christchurch show to talk about the new Violet Hirst album 'Donegal'
Enjoy music from the bewitching and beautifully-crafted album alongside my interview and discussions on Central Otago, vulnerability and finding sustainability in the music industry.
41m | Aug 17, 2023 - Weekender: Violet Hirst, Fazerdaze, Pickle Darling & More.
Part audio-diary, part solo-podcast, Weekender is the continuation of an experiment in podcasting that I started with the FODRPODR on tour with my band FODR.
Listen to what I got up to this weekend in music world alongside relevant audio clips I collected from the events I'm describing!
This episode features Violet Hirst, the Fazerdaze solo show + opener Pickle Darling and an all ages show organised by high school band Stonechild.
35m | Aug 14, 2023 - 'A Night With' Returns With Vera Ellen!
The best music event I've been a part of is back and hitting Wellington for the first time at the wonderful Vogelmorn Bowling Club.
18m | May 21, 2023 - NZ Music Month: The Annual Corporate Action Committee For Aotearoa Music
"at our venue it's been exclusively comedy festival all through music month"
read the newsletter here - https://hahko.substack.com/p/nz-music-month-the-annual-corporate
18m | May 16, 2023 - The Great Southern Road Trip
In an effort to reconnect with my southern roots I followed Soft Plastics from Christchurch down to Dunedin and had a lovely time.
17m | May 11, 2023 - Soft Plastics: The 'Saturn Return' Interview
Soft Plastics are a three-piece shoegaze / indie rock band from Wellington that put beautiful vocals up-front, fill the middle with lush atmosphere and finish it all off with big bombastic rock-outs.
I chat to the band about recording, track-listing, approaching the live sets and the challenges of being an independent band between tracks from the wonderful debut record 'Saturn Return' out now.
49m | Apr 10, 2023 - Should You Put Your Music On Streaming Platforms?
My personal philosophy for selling digital music in the modern music industry and how streaming platforms fit into it.
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25m | Apr 5, 2023 - Nic And Reuben: The 'Four' Interview
The Pōneke based two-piece chat about atmosphere, friendship and their latest release 'Four' out now.
33m | Apr 3, 2023 - Snacks: Mt Noise, Camp A Low Hum & Music Is Good Actually!
My semi-weekly newsletter featuring everything you need to know in music and culture cut up into tasty little chunks for a nice afternoon tea treat.
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21m | Mar 29, 2023 - Riot Gull: The 'Scabbing' Interview
RIOT GULL are a four-piece band from Ōtepoti.
As their Bandcamp description states they “make what they want, because they want to, because they can.”
Listen to the band chat about the creation of the album & sustaining a band amongst tracks from the record itself.
Purchase 'SCABBING' here - https://riotgull.bandcamp.com/album/scabbing
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51m | Mar 27, 2023 - Working More & Creating Less: The Backstory To My Metro Magazine Article
The context and mindset behind the article, what I hoped to achieve and the 'caustic' first draft.
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23m | Mar 23, 2023 - Snacks: My New Band, The UNSCENE Project & Best New Music
I chat about my new band FODR, the UNSCENE photography project I've just launched, my upcoming radio show and ofcourse my favourite new music of the week.
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31m | Mar 15, 2023 - Rediscovering Creativity & Play In My 30's
The audio accompaniment to my latest newsletter 'Finding Play', I expand on my journey with creativity and reference the themes of Rick Rubin's latest book 'The Creative Act'.
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27m | Mar 9, 2023 - Soaked Oats: The 'Working Title' Interview
Hahko catches The Soakies for a quick outdoor beer and chat about their debut album 'Working Title', out now on Dot Dash Recordings
42m | Nov 24, 2022 - George Clarke (Deafheaven) & The Global Touring Crisis
Hahko chats to Deafheaven frontman George Clarke, who has just completed tours of the continental US, UK, Europe & Asia, on the state of touring infrastructure and what has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stream the latest Deafheaven record 'Infinite Granite' now.
31m | Nov 13, 2022 - Introducing: Soft Plastics
Soft Plastics, the Wellington based trio, make moody & lush shoegaze inspired indie-rock.
Hear the tunes and the chat from the band themselves, on this episode of Hahko FM.
40m | Nov 8, 2022 - Laneway is back! But is it any good? with Alex Cabré
In the first of a new series, Hahko is joined by UK born, NZ based music journalist Alex Cabré to discuss the relevant topics of the music world.
In this first episode we talk about St. Jeromes Laneway Festival, it's history, who its for and if this next lineup is actually any good.
1h 3m | Oct 6, 2022 - Wiri Donna on the release and rollout of their latest EP 'Being Alone'
Hahko connects with Bianca Bailey aka Wiri Donna to discuss rollouts and release strategies from the perspective of an artist who is on the verge of completing the most comprehensive of their career.
Touching on topics like PR, radio, live tours, intentions and goals this is an insightful conversation filled with insights you can only get from someone on this inside living it.
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52m | Sep 28, 2022
