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December/January 2013

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Interviews

Special Problems: Winning Ways With Videos

Special Problems are a clever, as well as cleverly-named music video production company, that have made a speedy rise to the top of the Kiwi industry – and beyond. They’ve received glowing Twitter ...

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FEATURES

Interviews

El Schlong: Playing The Sch-Long Game

For the last four and a half years ex-Dunedin metal threesome El Schlong have been embarked on the self-proclaimed ‘slowest world tour ever’. To date it has mostly taken them around northern Europe, ...

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Interviews

Rival State: Rival Statement

New Plymouth hasn’t thrown up many popular bands in recent years and many Taranaki-backers would have been disappointed when the budding local rock act Rival State split back in 2007, having cut their ...

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Moments Like These

Moment Like These: Ariana Tikao

Wellington-based singer Ariana Tikao has a new album, ‘From Dust To Light’, accompanied by a stunning video for the single, Te Heke. Ariana is a descendant of the South Island iwi of Kai Tahu and themes ...

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Fresh Talent

Fresh Talent: Males

From that cold, dark corner of NZ known as Dunners comes the sunniest indie-pop band you're likely to hear, this year or next. Males is comprised of Richard Ley-Hamilton (guitar, vocals) Sam Valentine ...

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Fresh Talent

Fresh Talent: Young Lyre

Even though they've supported international heavyweights like Green Day and Kaiser Chiefs, wooed fans at the Parachute Music Festival and had a strong showing with singles Cinema Smile and Make Light, ...

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Fresh Talent

Fresh Talent: Shepherds Of Cassini

It was a fortuitous bit of late night listening that led me to discover Shepherds of Cassini. Having met bassist Vitesh Bava through a mutual friend I was finally checking out the link he'd sent me weeks ...

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LESSONS

Deep Thinking

Deep Thinking: Going Cross-handed

Over the last few issues we have looked at some simple scales and arpeggios, as well as some harmonics and a little elementary tapping. We will continue with these aspects of playing to build up some bass ...

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X-Factory

X-Factory: Six60 – Lost

When you win six Tui at the NZ Music Awards you must be doing something right. The Six60 album is huge, their live shows are epic and they are busy touring and promoting it all over the world. It's time ...

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