27/08/2020
Sugar highs anyone? Of course you've had ’em. Then what about a soda dream? Well, if not, one 3min 42 second exposure to the addictive new song from Raglan newcomers Masaya will likely make you wanna give it a try, such ...
19/08/2020
Announcing her arrival on the scene in 2019, Vayne's raw and honest rap delivery of two bangers, waitwait! and YUCK, turned heads even in the corporate shelter of major label land. Released by Sony Music NZ at the start ...
04/03/2020
With summer (officially) having come to an end, NZM asked readers, artists and industry types about their favourite NZ Music Moments Summer 2019/2020. Em-Haley Walker, Theia, Sydney Honestly, this summer was the best ...
15/03/2019
With a recent mini EP release, summer festival stints and an eight-stop ‘Late Night Hype’ North Island tour under their belt, Otium is a growing presence on the local music scene. First established during high school ...
09/01/2019
Bianca Tomena Erceg aka Tommie grew up in Whangarei but calls Auckland her home these days. After starting out on the guitar at age 8, she soon went on to dabble in other instruments like bass, piano, and a little bit of ...
06/06/2017
Whangarei soprano Eliza Boom has won the first prize in the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Christchurch Aria 2017. The 23-year-old competed alongside 14 aspiring young opera singers in Christchurch at the weekend, with ...
28/09/2020
Red Wav from Aorere College and Marcellin College in Auckland have been crowned winners of the 2020 Smokefree Rockquest National Final, with this year’s event streamed live as an online showcase. The line up of Red ...
24/09/2020
Neo-soul RnB band Jam & Jelly from Papatoetoe High School in Tāmaki Makaurau have taken out the national final of the 2020 Smokefree Tangata Beats competition. Jam & Jelly are Skylah Hewett (vocals), Ozarius Tu'ua ...
10/02/2020
While RNZ finds itself in the middle of a bunfight over the future of Concert FM, Te Māngai Pāho has begun consultation on the development of its National Māori Music Strategy. A series of nine hui are taking place across ...
25/09/2019
Neo-soul outfit 78 District from Papatoetoe High School, in Auckland, took out the National Final of the 2019 Smokefree Tangata Beats staged in Manukau on Saturday, September 21. 78 District include vocalists Silika Isaia ...
21/07/2020
How about recreating that cushy, cruisey, comfy lockdown feeling one more time, but this time with live sets by full bands you can stream from the convenience of your home sofa! Bringing you the full groove online at Live ...
18/09/2019
Those Lethals' singer Liz Cameron and guitarist Lane Twigden have been playing together since 2015 – when a friend set them up on a musical blind date. The two amalgamated their songwriting into an indie-folk sound, ...
12/10/2018
Celebrating the release of their singles With You and For You, Whangarei funk-soul-jazz five-piece Otium will be hitting the roads of the North Island over the next few weeks. Since their establishment in 2014, Otium ...