23/12/2022

SJD: Sweetheart

Sean John Donnelly - SJD to the musical world - has quietly become one of NZ’s key musicians of the 21st century. Sweetheart ...

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19/10/2022

Marlon Williams: My Boy

Marlon Williams has always had a darker undertone to his alt-country songs, with melancholic melodies and lyrics, and evocative, ...

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16/08/2022

Tami Neilson: Kingmaker

‘Kingmaker’ is the album Tami Neilson was destined to make. An album of empowerment and lived experience, ‘Kingmaker’ ...

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25/07/2022

Tami Neilson: Mama’s Talkin’ (To The APO)

It would be a bold and brassy move to engage the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as a backing band for your album release ...

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23/03/2022

Forenzics: Time For A Change

Split Enz’ international heyday came in the late 1970s/early ’80s, but the band’s origins as Split Ends date back to ...

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19/01/2022

Luke Buda: Injections Of Contributions

Twelve years since his last, Luke Buda has just released a third solo album, one he’s consciously, and very simply badged ...

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11/01/2022

Celebrating 40 Years Of Flying Nun With Hocken Collections

Amanda Mills has been writing and reviewing for NZ Musician since 2007, and since 2011 has been employed at Hocken Collections ...

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28/11/2021

Ladyhawke: Time Flies

‘Time Flies’ is an appropriate title for this very welcome new Ladyhawke album. Over the five years since her last album ...

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27/10/2021

Maxine Funke: A Sound Of Quiet Shores

Maxine Funke is an enigmatic Dunedin musician, a creator of quiet, acoustic guitar-based folk songs that are closely delivered ...

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