Alpha Hatchlings Power Hour

22/02/2021

Oh hey, a new show coming up tonight, Tuesday, 9pm over at .nz / www.8k.nz! Lotsa new goodies!

Independent online radio playing a full-spectrum sound selection from Christchurch, NZ. Locally sourced content, brand new tunes and old school classics merged into an eclectic mix.

22/02/2021

Here is last week's Alpha Hatchlings Power for your casual listening pleasures over on Mixcloud so you can check it out whenever you've got time!

This show features IA, Karllo & Chloe Kay, fleaBITE, Zoe Moon, T. G. Shand, Sojourn, Theia & Vayne, Ripple Effect, N.T. Honey, Nic Clay, Motion Sickness, BB Gurl, Missy, Sachi, The Doll MC, Hackjob, Calileo, and CHELSEA JADE!

Listen live to the brand new show today on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio every Tuesday 9pm, Friday 11am and Sunday 8pm!

Want to be on the show?
Are you from New Zealand and just released a new single? The song has to be on Spotify, and mustn't be older than 4 weeks. Email the link to [email protected].

Hi everyone, new week, new show, and even a day earlier than usual, because I've decided NOT to record my show like an hour before it's due to go live, ha! Go me, all the ambition right now. I hope you'll enjoy my picks this week - email me if you want to send me your new music: editorial@nzmusician...

16/02/2021

Just uploaded last week's Alpha Hatchlings Power to Mixcloud so you can check it out whenever you've got time! This show features the awesome talents of Wurld Series, Jarna & EDY, Echo Children, KÉDU CARLÖ, Adam Tukiri, Cavemen, Earth to Zena, Cloudy, Tomorrow People, Elleio, Foley Music, Redwav, Hahko, P.H.F. & Your Angel, MELODOWNZ, Spawts, Team Dynamite & Bailey Wiley.

Listen live to the brand new show today on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio every Tuesday 9pm, Friday 11am and Sunday 8pm! New shows coming up tonight, in fact!

Want to be on the show?
Are you from New Zealand and just released a new single? The song has to be on Spotify, and mustn't be older than 4 weeks. Email the link to [email protected].

A new week, a new show! Hope you'll enjoy! Email me your under-4-week-old NZ song as a link to Spotify to be featured: [email protected]

09/02/2021

Another week down and there's a new show archived over at Mixcloud - the last round of song picks included...

asta rangu, Parabola West, Eastern Bloc & Tom Young & Dende the Sensei, Craig Elliott, Colette Rivers, Booker Brooks & Pretty Stooked, Alice Foulds, Arjuna Oakes Music & Serebii, Julius Black, The May Project, The Chills, Cecily, Merk, Jordan Gavet & CG Fez, leaFwise & Aproh, Emma Dilemma.

A new show will air tonight at 9pm, provided I'll get my s**t together and finish it very last minute by then - worth popping by at 8K.NZ - Independent Radio at 9pm to find out if I made it! ;)

I'm always speechless when it comes to writing a weekly blurb, please forgive my brevity, and go listen to the fine new local music - that's what it's really about!

02/02/2021

Oooo also worth mentioning - the next show is already cued up at 8K.NZ - Independent Radio for 9pm tonight, with repeats on Friday at 11am, and Sunday at 8pm! :)

www.8k.nz

02/02/2021

Just uploaded last week's show on Mixcloud where it'll sit ready for your ears whenever you've got time. The last show featured songs by the following artists:

Jazmine Mary, Spaces, RAZÉ & Omega Levine, DARTZ, SideSister, Terrible Sons, Juno Is, Shaun Malloch, Sapphire & JARNA & Blasé, Mema Wilda, Juwan & Sam V, Ragaire, The Late Starters, Cynthia, Jadukor, Venus In Spirals

https://www.mixcloud.com/alphahatchlingspowerhour/alpha-hatchlings-power-hour-ep-11-jan-26/

Hey everyone, hope your week has been super! There have been some new favourites for me in this show, great tunes amongst it - have a listen and let me know if you agree!

26/01/2021

A new show is ready to go at 9pm tonight on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio, with repeats on Friday 11am, and Sunday 8pm! Get your fix of new music from Aotearoa in one compact hour.

www.8k.nz

25/01/2021

Another week has come and gone, and I've just uploaded last week's show to Mixcloud, if you missed it. Thanks to 8K.NZ - Independent Radio for having me!

19/01/2021

Nearly time for the next show! Broadcast on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio Tuesday 9pm, Friday 11pm and Sunday 8pm!

An hour full of new local music, coming up shortly!

Independent online radio playing a full-spectrum sound selection from Christchurch, NZ. Locally sourced content, brand new tunes and old school classics merged into an eclectic mix.

18/01/2021

Yeeee it's up! Last week's show is happily archived over at Mixcloud in case you want to have a leisurely listen to my picks of lovely local tunes!

This week with JANG , ITS TREE, Drax Project, Womb, This Little Badge, PollyHill, Cootie Cuties, Traec, Big Tasty, Seekr, Androgynous Lemon, Cloudy, YahBoySoa & Kolo Maka, Mackensie Grace, Ainslie Allen, Sonshine Unit .

https://www.mixcloud.com/alphahatchlingspowerhour/alpha-hatchlings-power-hour-ep-9-jan-12/

First show of the year, short and quick, put together just before the show was due to air, yikes, not doing that again! Hope you'll enjoy!

12/01/2021

The last show from 2020 is now also archived online over at Mixcloud for your anytime listening pleasures, featuring King Sweeties, Jed Parsons, Cowboy Machine, Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Deryk, Motion Sickness, Venice Qin, Full Bloom, Foley Music, Disciple Pati & Leaping Tiger, Poetik, Nouri, Adam Hattaway and the Haunters, Meer & Morgana Osaki, Marmalade Skies, Aroha and Indi & Sofia Labropoulou.

https://www.mixcloud.com/alphahatchlingspowerhour/alpha-hatchlings-power-hour-ep-8-dec-8-2020/

Woah, I forgot to upload the latest show - my bad! Here you go! Lots of great music that week, so definitely worth your while! x

12/01/2021

Happy 2021 to you! Alpha Hatchlings Power Hour is back tonight with the first show of the year at the best of times that is 9pm on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio, the mothership! Check out some new NZ tunes, if you're free!

TUESDAYS 8PM NZT // Silke plays the tastiest treats of the freshest additions to NZ Musician magazine's Hatchlings playlist on Spotify.

12/01/2021

08/12/2020

Recording the current show lead to listening to Cowboy Machine's debut album a lot - listen to the new show on Friday, 11am, and Sunday 8pm for this and more new music. It streams on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio!

8 track album

07/12/2020

Friendly friends, last week's show is now up on Mixcloud, featuring the beautiful talents that are SKILAA, Brown Boy Magik feat Imugi 이무기, Suza, Victor Hawkins-Sulfa, There’s A Tuesday, The Beths, Anna Coddington feat. Louis Baker, Bo And The Contrictors, Ov Pain, Theajsound feat NEEKOH, Emily Edrosa, EDY feat Jarna Parsons & Sean Carson, The Solomon Cole Band, VILLETTE, Paploco feat. Liam K. Swiggs, and Caii-Michelle "Kiwi Songstress".

01/12/2020

If you're curious - my music pick of the week is Anna Coddington's new album Beams - my favourite of hers thus far.

10 track album

30/11/2020

Episode 7 of the Alpha Hatchlings Power Hour will premiere tonight, Tuesday, at 8pm on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio - some funk, some blues, some chilled out electronica - a little bit of everything, really!

Repeats of the show will run on Friday at 11am, and Sunday at 8pm over at http://www.8k.nz.

Independent online radio playing a full-spectrum sound selection from Christchurch, NZ. Locally sourced content, brand new tunes and old school classics merged into an eclectic mix.

23/11/2020

I've just uploaded last week's show to Mixcloud, in case you missed it and would like to catch up! I'd be really keen to hear which songs you liked best of each show - I sort of make mental notes each time someone lets me know.

NO COMPLY, DJ Noiz w/ Vili Langi & Raggadatcris-music, Estère, Bright Music, Adelaide Cara, MMC & Emily Tattersall, Glencoe, Solo Ono, Yung Grave, Alexa Casino & Womb, Pretty Dumb, Lilly Carron, Glass Vaults & Instant Fantasy, Pariah, Tami Neilson, Imperial April, Christo Ferti.

https://www.mixcloud.com/alphahatchlingspowerhour/alpha-hatchlings-power-hour-ep-45-nov-17-2020/

PS: When I talk about Tia Drumma/Beaufort I messed up - it's actually a he! Whoops! I apologised already, but now you know, too, when listening to this! :)

Want to be on the show?
Are you from New Zealand and just released a new single? The song has to be on Spotify, and mustn't be older than 4 weeks. Email the link to [email protected].

Admission: A few days after recording this podcast I found out that Tia Drumma is, in fact, a guy. Whoops! I immediately apologised, even though he had no idea I misgendered him, because honesty and that! Anyway, that doesn't change that the music is great, do check out his latest project with MMC (...

16/11/2020

Here we go, I just uploaded and scheduled episode 5 of the show to the backend of 8K.NZ - Independent Radio! If you're keen to listen to it, the premiere will be tonight, Tuesday, at 8pm. Lots of really great songs this week, some of them really special - will post a link to a full album in the next few days for you to check out!

If you're busy, no worries, repeats of the show will run on Friday at 11am, and Sunday at 8pm over at http://www.8k.nz.

Independent online radio playing a full-spectrum sound selection from Christchurch, NZ. Locally sourced content, brand new tunes and old school classics merged into an eclectic mix.

15/11/2020

Last week's show is now up on Mixcloud, in case you missed it on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio this week, featuring Kerryn Fields, Arjuna Oakes, NahBo, Makeshift Parachutes, Empress, Dyalla, Na Noise, Robbie Evison, Lontalius & Quiet Luke, Neil MacLeod, Emma Rose, Krisy Erin & Mikey Mayz, Dual, O & The Mo, Meg Theron, Clo Chaperon Music

Oh hai, every week this box aks me to say something, but it's just the same old brand new music from NZ, picked from a new music playlist on Spotify (Hatchlings) as every week! Some great music this week - check out Kerryn Fields, holy smokes!

10/11/2020

Btw, this is the song I started this week's show with. Have a listen, and give Kerryn Fields a follow - she's an amazing artist!

track by Kerryn Fields

10/11/2020

It's Tuesday, and this week's show premiered earlier tonight. I made a point to listen to it live, because it peculiarly sounds different when it's completely out of your hands. I'm slowly getting back into relaxing, and laughing about myself on air, phew! ^_^

Repeats of the show will be on Friday at 11am, and Sunday at 8pm on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio.

http://www.8k.nz

08/11/2020

I just uploaded last week's show to Mixcloud, if you missed it on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio. Featuring brand new tunes by BENEE, Raiza Biza, Emily C Browning, An Electric Heart, Laiika, The Avondale Spiders, Mikaela Cougar, IA, Imugi 이무기, David Auld Kilgour, Emily Edrosa, Lee Mvtthews & Prins, Raggadatcris-music, Shli & Jaz Paterson, Lou'ana, TEEKS and Sarah Mary Chadwick.

08/11/2020

03/11/2020

Episode 3 of the Alpha Hatchlings Power Hour will premiere tonight at 8pm on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio - be lovely to know you're listening! Repeats of the show will air on Friday 11am, Sunday 8pm, and after that you can stream in on Mixcloud!

It's quite a bumper show - I think I managed to squeeze in 17 songs!

TUESDAYS 8PM NZT // Silke plays the tastiest treats of the freshest additions to NZ Musician magazine's Hatchlings playlist on Spotify.

02/11/2020

If you missed Ep. 2 from last week, you can listen to it on Mixcloud now!

Featuring new songs from Balu Brigada, Suza, Turn Pro, The Beths, Ahlei, Gino October, Marlon Williams, Alex TZ, Bina Butta, Drax Project w/ Fetty Wap & AACACIA, There’s A Tuesday, SWIDT w/ B Wise & Mikey Dam, King Ketchup, Te Mana, Sonshine Unit, Origin Roots Aotearoa, Mini, No Romance.

https://www.mixcloud.com/alphahatchlingspowerhour/alpha-hatchlings-power-hour-ep-2-oct-27-2020/

25/10/2020

If you missed Ep. 1 - you can listen to it on Mixcloud now!

With the latest from CHAII, Terrible Sons, Kings & Sons Of Zion, The Bats, Phodiso, Amamelia, Dick Move, Oliv, Module, Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Treenurse, Curlys Jewels, Valere, Casper Rose & Rhys Rich, Dead Famous People Official and Dan Kye.

And we're live! Pleased to have ya, how are you? Here is one hour filled with brand new Kiwi music - from now on weekly, premiering on Tuesdays at 8pm on www.8k.nz.

25/10/2020

Just uploaded episode 2 to the backend of 8K.NZ - Independent Radio - it'll premiere on Tuesday at 8pm, and repeat on Friday at 11am and Sunday at 8pm. One compact hour of new NZ music waiting for your ears. :)

www.8k.nz

16/10/2020

Before we get into regular, properly named radio shows, check out the soft launch of the show - it didn't have a name or place in the world when it was made!

Alpha Hatchlings Power Hour will be starting off properly on Tuesday, October 20 at 8pm on 8K.NZ - Independent Radio!

One hour of the best new music from Aotearoa New Zealand, strongly tied to a Spotify playlist called Hatchlings. This is a soft launch/trial that won't air anywhere just yet but do come back next week for official show #1! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60C3LAHXga4hw73HeyU7U0?si=rLuLT8ujSkmISlzwx...

16/10/2020