16/02/2023
The Beths may need to take a glance over their shoulder - Coast Arcade's new stadium-ready indie rock bop Highest Heights is ready to take over. The single features on NZ On Air Music's NewTracks compilation this February. What's ...
16/09/2022
Released in August, the latest single from Auckland-based Earth Tongue is called Miraculous Death, an exciting new track that combines heavy psych rock with gothic horror, and comes accompanied by a stunning self-directed ...
01/06/2022
The 2022 NZ Music Month Summit was presented by the NZ Music Commission and NZ Music Managers Forum on Saturday May 28, at Auckland harbour-side venue The Tuning Fork. Jemilah Ross-Hayes went along and summarises her impressions ...
16/08/2021
The rise of Auckland indie pop supergroup Phoebe Rings has been monumental. Within the space of two years they have gone from having not existed to opening for the likes of The Beths andLips, and just released their own self-titled ...
07/07/2021
Public transport advocate and enigmatic singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon is soon to release his first studio album in six years. Ever the musical chameleon, Tonnon embraces electronic music on this new record he has called ...
05/10/2023
The several winners for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka were announced at an award ceremony at Spark Arena in Tāmaki Makaurau on October 5. APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka Expert in a Dying ...
01/09/2023
The top 5 songs chosen as finalists for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka have been announced. 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka Top 5 Don't Go Back written by Marlon Williams and Mark Perkins Expert ...
24/08/2023
APRA AMCOS NZ have announced the Top 20 songs nominated for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka, the three finalist waiata for the APRA Maioha Award and the NZ Music Hall Of Fame inductee. The Silver Scroll ...
21/07/2022
APRA has published the list of the top 20 finalists for the 2022 APRA Silver Scroll Award | Kaitito Kaiaka, and the five finalists for the 2022 APRA Maioha Award. The Silver Scroll Awards presentation ceremony will be held ...
30/05/2022
Closing out NZ Music Month with a ceremony that had been postponed from April to Sunday, May 29, the 2022 Taite Music Prize was won by Anthonie Tonnon for his album, 'Leave Love Out Of This'. Released in July 2021, the ...
18/03/2022
Yes I know, I never seem to get it right. Even though every year I usually write an article for the X-Factory trying to predict the winner of the Silver Scrolls I haven’t quite managed it yet. Maybe this year will be different, ...
23/08/2017
For the third Music Spaces, Joel Thomas visits the band practice of Wax Chattels, a three-piece post-punk band based in Auckland. They describe their sound as "guitarless guitar music", and spend a lot of time writing ...