Down Under Currents

10/07/2026

🇳🇿 Whanganui drums / electronics duo Birdparty radiates dark body-moving energy. Check them out on Episode 3 of Down Under Currents - along with tracks from Somniium, The Ideas, HOLLIE SMITH, The Dorado Experiment, Cowboy Dan, EBONY LAMB, Bannerman and more!

🎧 Listen right here 👉🏻 https://podcasts.apple.com/.../ep-2.../id6783582129...

Down Under Currents - discovering the best independent music from Aotearoa — new releases, emerging artists, local scenes, and future favourites from New Zealand's indie underground.

All episodes available from
📻 Free FM:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder
🍏 Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple
Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

08/07/2026

🇳🇿 Featured on Episode 3: Hold Your Breath and JUMP -
Somniium, The Ideas, HOLLIE SMITH, The Dorado Experiment, Cowboy Dan, Di-lemma, Ryan Berkeley, Birdparty, Logan Edwards, Lewis Parke, EBONY LAMB, Bannerman and The Chills.

🎧 Listen right here 👉🏻 https://podcasts.apple.com/.../ep-2.../id6783582129...

Down Under Currents - discovering the best independent music from Aotearoa — new releases, emerging artists, local scenes, and future favourites from New Zealand's indie underground.

🇳🇿 Down Under Currents is a music discovery show celebrating the best independent music coming out of Aotearoa. In each episode, host Gary Farrow plunges into the currents beneath the mainstream, featuring emerging artists, new releases, local scenes, and the stories behind the songs. From indie rock and alternative to surf, garage, dream-pop, and everything in between, Down Under Currents is your guide to finding your next favourite New Zealand band.

All episodes available from
📻 Free FM:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder
🍏 Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple
Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

Podcast Episode · Down Under Currents · July 8 · 58m

03/07/2026

🇳🇿 Kiwi alternative music goodness for the weekend!

Check out the brand new single from Bangladeshi-Kiwi indie artist Sabreen on this week's episode of Down Under Currents - along with tracks from Powder Chutes, Glass Vaults, Mainard Larkin, Whisper Dish, RHOMBUS, Tess Liautaud, and more!

🎧 Listen right here 👉🏻 https://podcasts.apple.com/.../ep-2.../id6783582129...

Down Under Currents - discovering the best independent music from Aotearoa — new releases, emerging artists, local scenes, and future favourites from New Zealand's indie underground.

All episodes available from
📻 Free FM:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder
🍏 Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple

Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

02/07/2026

🇳🇿 Featured on this week’s episode - Powder Chutes, Sabreen,Glass Vaults, Mainard Larkin, Whisper Dish, RHOMBUS, Tess Liautaud, Menzies, deepState, The Narcs, Junny, Y-No Juno, Wellington Sea Shanty Society, and StupidSaysWHAT?!

🎧 Listen right here 👉🏻 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-2-welcome-to-the-ride/id6783582129?i=1000774784268

Down Under Currents - discovering the best independent music from Aotearoa — new releases, emerging artists, local scenes, and future favourites from New Zealand's indie underground.

🇳🇿 Down Under Currents is a music discovery show celebrating the best independent music coming out of Aotearoa. In each episode, host Gary Farrow plunges into the currents beneath the mainstream, featuring emerging artists, new releases, local scenes, and the stories behind the songs. From indie rock and alternative to surf, garage, dream-pop, and everything in between, Down Under Currents is your guide to finding your next favourite New Zealand band.

All episodes available from
📻 Free FM:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder

🍏 Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple

Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

30/06/2026

🇳🇿 Powder Chutes spearhead episode 2 of Down Under Currents, which also features new releases and deep cuts from Sabreen, Glass Vaults, Mainard Larkin, Whisper Dish, RHOMBUS, Tess Liautaud, Menzies, deepState, The Narcs, Junny, Y-No Juno, Wellington Sea Shanty Society, and StupidSaysWHAT!?.

Discovering the best independent music from Aotearoa — new releases, emerging artists, local scenes, and future favourites from New Zealand's indie underground.

🇳🇿 Down Under Currents is a music discovery show celebrating the best independent music coming out of Aotearoa. In each episode, host Gary Farrow plunges into the currents beneath the mainstream, featuring emerging artists, new releases, local scenes, and the stories behind the songs. From indie rock and alternative to surf, garage, dream-pop, and everything in between, Down Under Currents is your guide to finding your next favourite New Zealand band.

All episodes available from
📻 Free FM:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder

🍏 Apple Podcasts:
https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple

Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-2-welcome-to-the-ride/id6783582129?i=1000774784268

Podcast Episode · Down Under Currents · June 30 · 58m

29/06/2026

🇳🇿 Thanks to the legendary Hamilton Underground Press for interviewing host Gary Farrow about Down Under Currents!

We interview Gary Farrow about his new podcast Down Under Currents, all about great indie and alternative music from all around New Zealand.

26/06/2026

Listen to Aotearoa’s new indie music show - Down Under Currents.

In the DEBUT EPISODE - we hear from artists currently tearing up the gig circuit - including Coast Arcade, Major Flaws, Dale Kerrigan, Noah Nite, julia deans, The Veils, and more.

🎧 https://freefm.social/DownUnderCurrents-ep1

and all future episodes will be available from
📻 Free FM: https://freefm.social/DownUnder
🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple
🟢 Spotify: https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Spotify

Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

Hamilton Underground Press Nivara Lounge

25/06/2026

PREMIERING TODAY! Down Under Currents is a music discovery show celebrating the best independent music coming out of Aotearoa. In each episode, host Gary Farrow plunges into the currents beneath the mainstream, featuring emerging artists, new releases, local scenes, and the stories behind the songs. From indie rock and alternative to surf, garage, dream-pop, and everything in between, Down Under Currents is your guide to finding your next favourite New Zealand band.

DEBUT EPISODE - we hear from artists currently tearing up the gig circuit - including Coast Arcade, Major Flaws, Dale Kerrigan, Noah Nite, julia deans, The Bleeders, The Veils, and more.

🎧 https://freefm.social/DownUnderCurrents-ep1

and all future episodes will be available from
📻 Free FM: https://freefm.social/DownUnder
🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Apple
🟢 Spotify: https://freefm.social/DownUnder-Spotify

Broadcast in the Free FM 🎵 Music Zone 🎸 – Thursdays at 10pm
📻 89.0 FM Waikato-wide
💻 Livestream: freefm.org.nz
👉🏽 ask your smart speaker to play ‘Free FM eighty-nine point zero’

Tuia ngā reo o te hapori - Bringing together the voices of our community. Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa / Hamilton, NZ. Community Access Media supported by NZ On Air and part of CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance.

Hamilton Underground Press Nivara Lounge