1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:15,493 Speaker 1: from News Talks at b Tonight. 3 00:00:19,133 --> 00:00:38,013 Speaker 2: Sen Cherry's. 4 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:47,173 Speaker 3: See I like this, but then I'm a big Arctic 5 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:51,373 Speaker 3: Monkeys fan from way back. That song is Opening Night. 6 00:00:51,773 --> 00:00:54,373 Speaker 3: Chris Schultz is our music reviewer. He's here this morning 7 00:00:54,853 --> 00:00:57,013 Speaker 3: looking at some of the big albums and some of 8 00:00:57,053 --> 00:00:59,773 Speaker 3: the big shows on their way in twenty twenty six. 9 00:01:00,413 --> 00:01:02,933 Speaker 3: Good morning, Chris, Gotta Jake. 10 00:01:03,013 --> 00:01:04,893 Speaker 4: I like that song too, and I haven't liked a 11 00:01:04,973 --> 00:01:07,893 Speaker 4: lot of what the Arctic Monkeys have done recently. I 12 00:01:08,013 --> 00:01:11,813 Speaker 4: like the guitars Loud Monkeys, and they kind of went 13 00:01:11,853 --> 00:01:16,053 Speaker 4: all Pianoy and Ballady, but that's kind of somewhere between 14 00:01:16,293 --> 00:01:19,853 Speaker 4: the two. That's that's a really good Arctic Monkeys song. 15 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:22,613 Speaker 3: You you're a fan of the what is it? Who 16 00:01:22,613 --> 00:01:25,173 Speaker 3: the hell are the Arctic Monkeys era Arctic Monkeys? 17 00:01:25,693 --> 00:01:27,813 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, the louder, the louder. 18 00:01:28,373 --> 00:01:30,613 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, No, that's me as well. 19 00:01:30,813 --> 00:01:33,213 Speaker 3: I'm into that. I don't want anything that's too introspective, 20 00:01:33,373 --> 00:01:37,373 Speaker 3: necessarily so that they've just released it that's called Opening Night. 21 00:01:38,173 --> 00:01:40,293 Speaker 3: Does that mean that there's no Arctic Monkeys album on 22 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:40,693 Speaker 3: the way. 23 00:01:41,453 --> 00:01:44,933 Speaker 4: It doesn't that's part of a compilation album. At least 24 00:01:44,933 --> 00:01:47,333 Speaker 4: that's what we know so far. I think I think 25 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:51,053 Speaker 4: the big trend this year is going to be surprises, 26 00:01:51,093 --> 00:01:55,053 Speaker 4: and that's certainly shown by Harry Styles this week, out 27 00:01:55,053 --> 00:01:58,693 Speaker 4: of the blue nowhere, turning up with a great new single, 28 00:01:58,933 --> 00:02:02,013 Speaker 4: announcing a new album and a world tour. I think 29 00:02:02,053 --> 00:02:05,533 Speaker 4: this is going to be the thing Exa doing this year, 30 00:02:05,573 --> 00:02:09,653 Speaker 4: sort of coming out of no where and just getting 31 00:02:09,653 --> 00:02:13,093 Speaker 4: that spotlight as fast as possible. Harry Styles, by the way, 32 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:16,453 Speaker 4: like that song Aperture, I think you played it earlier. 33 00:02:16,613 --> 00:02:19,733 Speaker 4: That is the first Harry Styles song I've fallen in 34 00:02:19,733 --> 00:02:22,333 Speaker 4: love with. I must have played that twelve times since 35 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:26,613 Speaker 4: it came in yesterday. Yeah, it's not a Harry Styles song. 36 00:02:26,653 --> 00:02:29,493 Speaker 4: It doesn't sound like him anyway. He's a pop star, 37 00:02:30,293 --> 00:02:33,773 Speaker 4: and that is more like a sad banger you'd hear 38 00:02:33,813 --> 00:02:36,093 Speaker 4: in the club at two am. And look, I haven't 39 00:02:36,133 --> 00:02:39,213 Speaker 4: been in a club at two am in a long time, Jack, 40 00:02:39,253 --> 00:02:42,093 Speaker 4: But that's the vibe it gives me. It's five minutes 41 00:02:42,133 --> 00:02:45,533 Speaker 4: long too. Who releases a five minute pop song? You 42 00:02:45,613 --> 00:02:48,173 Speaker 4: only do that if you're really confident, and clearly Harry 43 00:02:48,173 --> 00:02:51,573 Speaker 4: Styles is confident. Sadly, he is not coming to New 44 00:02:51,653 --> 00:02:54,813 Speaker 4: Zealand on this world to He's doing that thing where 45 00:02:55,213 --> 00:02:58,413 Speaker 4: he's playing four shows in Australia exclusively. If you want 46 00:02:58,413 --> 00:03:00,533 Speaker 4: to do that, just like last year with Kendrick and 47 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:03,293 Speaker 4: Lady Gaga, you'll have to travel. I'm not going to 48 00:03:03,373 --> 00:03:05,813 Speaker 4: dwell on that. I'm fairly optimistic. I want to talk 49 00:03:05,853 --> 00:03:08,693 Speaker 4: about all of the great things that we know we're 50 00:03:08,733 --> 00:03:12,813 Speaker 4: getting this year. I sat down with Big Runger this week. 51 00:03:13,013 --> 00:03:15,813 Speaker 4: She is making her comeback in three weeks and her 52 00:03:15,813 --> 00:03:19,173 Speaker 4: first new album in fifteen years. It's been fifteen years 53 00:03:19,973 --> 00:03:23,733 Speaker 4: since you last released an album of all original material. 54 00:03:23,813 --> 00:03:25,853 Speaker 4: She told me that it sort of took that time 55 00:03:25,933 --> 00:03:28,813 Speaker 4: to get rid of the weight of being Big Runger 56 00:03:28,853 --> 00:03:32,653 Speaker 4: of one of the country's most celebrated songwriters. I love 57 00:03:32,893 --> 00:03:35,733 Speaker 4: what she's doing on this album. We've heard three songs 58 00:03:35,773 --> 00:03:38,973 Speaker 4: from her, and she clearly is just kind of stopped caring, 59 00:03:39,013 --> 00:03:42,213 Speaker 4: and not stop caring in the music, but stop caring 60 00:03:42,213 --> 00:03:45,733 Speaker 4: about what people think about her. She sounds really free. 61 00:03:47,253 --> 00:03:50,693 Speaker 4: I'm really looking forward to that. The same day, Charlie 62 00:03:50,853 --> 00:03:54,613 Speaker 4: XCX releases her first post Bratt album, It's the Wuthering 63 00:03:54,653 --> 00:03:56,613 Speaker 4: Heights soundtrack. That was only supposed to be a song 64 00:03:56,653 --> 00:04:00,693 Speaker 4: and became a whole album. So that's a huge, huge 65 00:04:00,773 --> 00:04:05,373 Speaker 4: day for pop fans and local music fans. And then 66 00:04:05,653 --> 00:04:09,093 Speaker 4: the other big one on my radar is Robin's Sex 67 00:04:09,253 --> 00:04:12,853 Speaker 4: Essential March twenty seven. Great name for an album. She 68 00:04:13,133 --> 00:04:18,413 Speaker 4: hasn't released anything for eight years and Robin's always class. 69 00:04:18,293 --> 00:04:22,093 Speaker 3: So totally that you appreciate Robin. Both producer Libby and 70 00:04:22,133 --> 00:04:25,373 Speaker 3: I are huge Robin fans my deck. So yeah, I'm 71 00:04:25,453 --> 00:04:27,853 Speaker 3: really really looking forward to I've been actually going back 72 00:04:28,013 --> 00:04:30,133 Speaker 3: just with the hype around a new album, I've been 73 00:04:30,133 --> 00:04:32,333 Speaker 3: going back and listening to lots of old stuff. It's 74 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:34,373 Speaker 3: going to be great, great to have that album OUTO. 75 00:04:35,173 --> 00:04:36,453 Speaker 4: Have you been dancing on your own? 76 00:04:37,213 --> 00:04:39,053 Speaker 3: Always? 77 00:04:40,653 --> 00:04:40,933 Speaker 4: Okay? 78 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:43,253 Speaker 3: So what about the tours you're most looking forward to? 79 00:04:43,293 --> 00:04:46,933 Speaker 4: Then, yeah, there's some, there's some. We've got a couple 80 00:04:46,973 --> 00:04:49,853 Speaker 4: of months coming up. So in just two weeks, Chapel 81 00:04:49,933 --> 00:04:52,973 Speaker 4: Rowan plays her first New Zealand show. She's headlining Lame 82 00:04:53,013 --> 00:04:55,133 Speaker 4: Way where we're also getting by the way, if you're 83 00:04:55,133 --> 00:04:59,933 Speaker 4: an Arctic Monkeys fan, Geese, the super hyped new rock 84 00:04:59,973 --> 00:05:02,613 Speaker 4: band out of America, the hype around them does remind 85 00:05:02,613 --> 00:05:04,693 Speaker 4: me of the kind of height that followed the Arctic 86 00:05:04,733 --> 00:05:07,693 Speaker 4: monkeys at started their career. I know so many people 87 00:05:07,693 --> 00:05:11,333 Speaker 4: are going to Lane Way just to see geese, so 88 00:05:11,533 --> 00:05:15,173 Speaker 4: that's definitely on my radar. Also, the day after Lame 89 00:05:15,213 --> 00:05:19,973 Speaker 4: Way done in Wellington, Nick Cave is playing the opening 90 00:05:20,013 --> 00:05:23,333 Speaker 4: night of the Wellington Arts Festival, with oldest Harding opening 91 00:05:23,373 --> 00:05:25,893 Speaker 4: for it. They're on two nights together that is going 92 00:05:25,933 --> 00:05:28,413 Speaker 4: to be warped and dark and twisted. I actually just 93 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:30,693 Speaker 4: booked my flights yesterday for this. I think that's going 94 00:05:30,773 --> 00:05:34,573 Speaker 4: to be something to behold, those two oldest Harting and 95 00:05:34,653 --> 00:05:36,693 Speaker 4: Nick Cave together, It's just going to be a really 96 00:05:36,773 --> 00:05:43,453 Speaker 4: like twisted night. And then of course the Spliteans reunion. 97 00:05:43,493 --> 00:05:46,213 Speaker 4: I've never seen Splitoeans. You know, I was just a kid, 98 00:05:46,773 --> 00:05:50,373 Speaker 4: a toddler when they were you know, big in the eighties. 99 00:05:50,613 --> 00:05:52,373 Speaker 4: I've never had the chance to see them live. They're 100 00:05:52,373 --> 00:05:55,573 Speaker 4: headlining Electric Avenue their first shows. I think it's in 101 00:05:55,653 --> 00:05:59,973 Speaker 4: fifteen years too, so yeah, that's probably the one I'm 102 00:06:00,013 --> 00:06:01,853 Speaker 4: most looking forward to. What is that like? Are they 103 00:06:01,973 --> 00:06:03,973 Speaker 4: still going to wear those crazy outfits? 104 00:06:04,053 --> 00:06:04,533 Speaker 2: What are they? 105 00:06:04,613 --> 00:06:05,573 Speaker 4: What are they? What are they? 106 00:06:05,733 --> 00:06:06,373 Speaker 3: What are they going to do? 107 00:06:06,493 --> 00:06:08,693 Speaker 4: What there yeah, it's gonna be wild. 108 00:06:08,773 --> 00:06:11,053 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's gonna be fantastic. I'm pretty sure that 109 00:06:11,133 --> 00:06:14,653 Speaker 3: the lead guitarist from Geese as well, Cameron Winter, he's 110 00:06:14,653 --> 00:06:18,293 Speaker 3: playing a solo show I think like at the Holy 111 00:06:18,333 --> 00:06:21,293 Speaker 3: Trinity or someone like that, because he's got he's got. Yeah, 112 00:06:21,413 --> 00:06:23,093 Speaker 3: solo music is quite different. I think game. 113 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:26,773 Speaker 4: Yeah, I have a ticket for that too, Jack, look 114 00:06:26,773 --> 00:06:27,013 Speaker 4: at you. 115 00:06:27,693 --> 00:06:30,613 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course you do. I think, yeah, yeah, 116 00:06:30,693 --> 00:06:32,373 Speaker 3: it's it's going to be fantastic. Man, there is a 117 00:06:32,373 --> 00:06:34,333 Speaker 3: lot to look forward to, but you reckon Surprise is 118 00:06:34,373 --> 00:06:35,773 Speaker 3: going to be the It is going to be the 119 00:06:35,773 --> 00:06:38,933 Speaker 3: big thing for twenty twenty six. So when when When 120 00:06:38,973 --> 00:06:40,253 Speaker 3: is Harry Styles actually touring? 121 00:06:41,013 --> 00:06:44,853 Speaker 4: He's doing throughout twenty twenty six. He's doing thirty dates 122 00:06:44,853 --> 00:06:48,813 Speaker 4: at Medicine Square Garden, which is just unbelievable. To the 123 00:06:48,853 --> 00:06:51,173 Speaker 4: confidence to go out there and book thirty shows at 124 00:06:51,173 --> 00:06:53,933 Speaker 4: Medicins Square Garden. I don't think anyone's ever done that before. 125 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:56,293 Speaker 4: He's playing there for like two and a half months, 126 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:59,133 Speaker 4: like a residency. 127 00:06:59,213 --> 00:07:03,373 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, well I was going to say the confidence 128 00:07:03,413 --> 00:07:06,813 Speaker 3: to it. The thing I love is that the announcing 129 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:09,653 Speaker 3: the tour dates and announcing a month at Madison School 130 00:07:09,693 --> 00:07:12,613 Speaker 3: Garden before the album has actually been released. Like, that's 131 00:07:12,653 --> 00:07:14,453 Speaker 3: the real flex and the whole thing, don't you think 132 00:07:15,653 --> 00:07:16,013 Speaker 3: it is? 133 00:07:16,093 --> 00:07:18,293 Speaker 4: But when you listen to that song, I think, of 134 00:07:18,413 --> 00:07:19,893 Speaker 4: course he must know. 135 00:07:20,293 --> 00:07:22,253 Speaker 3: I think he knows. Yeah, yeah, I don't think he's 136 00:07:22,293 --> 00:07:24,333 Speaker 3: just putting his finger in the air. I think Harry 137 00:07:24,373 --> 00:07:26,933 Speaker 3: Stars has every reason to be pretty confident on that front. 138 00:07:27,493 --> 00:07:30,093 Speaker 3: Very good, All right, hey, look forward to your thoughts 139 00:07:30,133 --> 00:07:32,853 Speaker 3: on all those different shows and albums in the next week. 140 00:07:32,853 --> 00:07:35,613 Speaker 3: While thanks Chris, Chris Shultz. Of course, you can find 141 00:07:35,653 --> 00:07:37,853 Speaker 3: him on a substack. Boiler Room is the name of 142 00:07:37,893 --> 00:07:39,653 Speaker 3: his substack, and we will pick out one of those 143 00:07:39,653 --> 00:07:41,373 Speaker 3: good big songs to play out the show in a 144 00:07:41,373 --> 00:07:41,973 Speaker 3: couple of minutes. 145 00:07:42,413 --> 00:07:45,533 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 146 00:07:45,613 --> 00:07:48,413 Speaker 1: to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or 147 00:07:48,533 --> 00:07:50,413 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.