16/08/2023
Tic Tac Toe kicked things off for No Comply. That was the name of their debut single back in March 2020, and it's fair to say the Blackwood brothers, Ethan and Fynn, bring a strong air of play when performing live, even more ...
11/05/2022
Ngāpuhi singer-songwriter Erny Belle (Aimee Renata) finds influences for her dark Kiwi sound everywhere and in everything. Most drawn to her family hometown in Maungatūroto, her recently released debut album 'Venus Is ...
11/01/2021
Music is fashion and movements within the musical landscape often come in waves that follow, or sometimes herald the arrival of the latest industry trend. The closing end of 2020 saw a flurry of initiatives aimed squarely ...
21/05/2020
Fynn and Ethan Blackwood have had plenty of band experience between them, notably with Lakes & The Magic Band or Molly & The Chromatics. After working with mate Harper Finn on his first solo music forays they were ...
12/12/2018
The humble USB audio interface. Since entering the MI market 15 years ago or so, they have become one of the most ubiquitous and taken-for-granted items within a musician’s kit. I still have a first generation Focusrite ...
23/01/2019
After six years as Depot Sound studio manager and head engineer Dave Rhodes is moving on from the boutique Auckland studio at the end of February. He will be replaced by Morgan Allen who has been his 2IC in recent years. In ...
20/09/2017
Molly & The Chromatics are taking their soulful grooves on a nationwide tour to celebrate the release of their new single Anubis. Silke Hartung caught up with frontwoman Molly Rowlandson a few days before. It's been ...