Music

Kieren brings you a very special episode of Street Knowledge, as we look towards the end of this truly landmark hip-hop series(?). El-P and Killer Mike…

Since Decemeber, BIRSt’s hip-hop connoisseur Kieren Thomson has been bringing you bangin’ beats and the slickest rhymes this side of Christchurch. Now, for the first time…

This Summer, the album named ‘the greatest of all time’ by magazines NME and Q – The Smiths’ sophomore The Queen is Dead – turned 30.…

Another chance to hear all 25 episodes of Allison Blaes’ Midnight Metal Hour. Warning: Content may be inappropriate for some listeners. Episode 1: Tune in for…

Sir Paul McCartney celebrated his 74th birthday in June, and just days earlier, a brand new career-spanning compilation album was released. In a year where the…

Kieren and Sarah like Bruce Springsteen, this much is true. Kieren once said he’d happily leave his then-partner for Bruce Springsteen, and moments later she became…

This week, Kieren and Allison swapped shows.  You can hear Kieren on the Midnight Metal Hour and Allison right here on Street Knowledge.  It’s a 90s…

On this week’s Street Knowledge: music from the likes of Denzel Curry, Chance the Rapper, Skepta, Lethal Bizzle and Nelly, as well as news on next…