EPISODE 60 of Z-GR! Radio
August 22, 2025
Abz Winter is a fresh, young talent from Warwickshire in the UK, making waves in the alt-pop/rock scene. She was shortlisted for the final six of AMEX Gold Unsigned 2023 and made a memorable debut at All Points East, London, where she was very well received.
Within the last couple of years, she has released several singles, gaining traction across streaming platforms and airwaves. Her music is regularly played on over 250 global radio stations, including BBC Introducing, Kerrang! Radio, Amazing Radio, Total Rock, and Reverb Radio.
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Tristan Ivemy - Born to Be Ready
Space Sharks - Run For Cover
The Space Sharks are Lonnie Richard and Michael Martino and I’ve reached back for the opening track and a major highlight of The Space Sharks’ first album, which was released in 2011. According to the Sharks themselves, ‘Run For Cover’ is about a black hole that suddenly appears and swallows up the sun. According to me, and as you just heard, the track’s a banger, no lie.
Pink Nun - Quirky TIme
Norway’s Rock trio Pink Nun calls their music Pink Wave Rock, a blend of 1970s–80s New Wave, punk, and garage rock – the band consists of Annette Gil alias PinkNunette on Vocals, Mattias Hellberg alias PinkMoozy on all things strings, Tom Torjussen alias PinkTom bangs the Drums, Søren Hunskaar aka PinkSir picks up the bass duties on stage. Their fan base is known as “Nunkies” and since I’ve made it no secret that I’ve been a fan since their first appearance back on Episode 30, it looks like I’m in need of a colorful new habit. 2024’s Quirky Time — April 2024
Zero-G Racetrack - Sexy Pretty Thing
Full disclosure – I’m Zero-G Racetrack’s singer/lyricist, so I have some insights into our song ‘Sexy Pretty Thing’. Bill Williams, the better half of Z-GR! had the idea to re-imagine a post-punk short and sweet power guitar track as an Electronic Rock song. For the vocal, I was looking to create a big, fat, memorable hook that was pure, stupid sexy Rock and Roll fun while keeping my tongue planted firmly in my cheek. Consider that box checked.
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Modern Day Heroes - Walk on Fire
Olive Dares the Darkness - Drop Gun
Olive Dares the Darkness is an electro-punk band based in Charleston, South Carolina. The band consists of Becca Darling on Vocals and keyboard, Mike Baum on Guitar, Danielle Carlson on Drums and Mr. Minister on Bass
The band formed in 2019 and has been active in the local music scene, performing at venues like Tin Roof in Charleston. They are also known for their online radio show, ODDcast, which airs on SLERadio.com. ‘Drop Gun’ is off of their outstanding first album and I think you’ll dig it as much as I do.
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Puzzled Panther - Venus In Furs
This week’s cover is a modern reimagining of The Velvet Underground’s 1967 classic ‘Venus in Furs’. The lyrics were inspired by the 1890 novella of the same name by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, which explores themes of masochism, power dynamics, and erotic obsession. As such, the track is considered one of the most daring and experimental tracks of the 1960s, showcasing the Velvet Underground’s willingness to confront taboo subjects head on, and while it never charted, the song if often cited as one of the most influential tracks in rock history.
Puzzled Panther is a New York-based band led by songwriter Victoria Espinoza and guitarist Kay Bontempo and their take on the song is really, really great.
Octavian Winters - Hermine
Formed in 2022, Octavian Winters San Francisco-based and NEWHD Featured Artist Octavian Winters has a new release and as anticipated, it’s really awesome – the track marks a return to the band’s edgier sound, serving as the first single from their upcoming debut album, also titled Hermine, which expected in early 2026.
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Weird Wolves - See The Light
Austin’s Weird Wolves is back on the show for the seventh time with 2022’s ‘See the Light’; clearly, I’m a big fan of the Weird Wolves and that track is definitely a favorite of mine – The Wolves have been on Z-GR!’s playlists since 2022, and were featured on the first first Episode of Z-GR Radio. They’ve been releasing some really great material lately, so make sure you check them out.
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Abz Winter - Ran Out of Love
Our latest NEWHD featured artist addition is the UK’s Abz Winters, who started out with a bang in her late teens, winning the AMEX GOLD UNSIGNED competition, recording a bunch of great songs that have been featured on Spotify editorial playlists, radio stations including Kerrang! Radio, Radio WigWam, and now NEWHD Radio – her sound has been steadily evolving from Pop with attitude to Rock with attitude and she and I sat down for a Take 5 interview to talk about the things that make her tick, it was a lot of fun, so take some minutes to check it out.
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Erei Cross - Ainmosni
Closing the show this week is Alternative rock project Erei Cross – they’re for Poitiers, France, they formed in 2019 and. Featured on the album The Widow and The Others, ‘Ainmosni’ is straight-up amazing, no lie, and the perfect way to end this Rock Block Episode of Z-GR! Radio.
