13/09/2023
Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter Rachel Hamilton is already fully embedded in our local music industry, both on stages and behind the scenes. With a debut EP under her artist name Bridges scheduled for October this year, NZ ...
21/06/2023
Te Whanganui-a-Tara three-piece Soft Plastics have had a long journey to the release of their debut album 'Saturn Return'. The trio worked with producer James Goldsmith during pandemic lockdowns and various other delays, ...
03/07/2022
Wiri Donna emerges from folk seedlings into an indie riff-rock sunflower with her new EP 'Being Alone', due out at the end of May. Touching on lessons often learnt out of loneliness, Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based Bianca Bailey ...
12/05/2022
Wellington three-piece Soft Plastics have embraced a new shoegaze style whilst still paying homage to their garage-pop beginnings. Their ironic latest single Day Job is very relatable, and comes accompanied by a similarly ...
25/08/2016
Separately frustrated with the strictures of the different variations of country music that their respective bands had hitched their wagons to, Wellington musicians Michael Keane and Harriett Ferry found a shared desire to ...
09/12/2020
NZ On Air Music announced the first batch of recipients for the New Music Development funding scheme this week. Launched in October this year, the new scheme is a result of extra investment from Government through the Arts ...
05/10/2022
I take it back. Last year I did successfully predict the winner of the Silver Scrolls 2021, which went to Troy Kingi. Good for me. Are the batteries in my crystal ball charged for this year? Well, I don’t know, but I will ...