Bic Runga may have spent time away from the stage spotlight, but she needs no introduction. Songs like Drive, Sway and Listening for the Weather are part of our collective consciousness, solidifying her ...
You can find plenty of video content online by and about Kiwi virtuoso guitarist Ashton Sellars, including a series of teaching videos called Advanced Neo-Soul Guitar Master Class – though he’s never ...
Jet-propelled with a simple TikTok/Insta clip that gives a glance behind the studio curtain at her vocal recording process, Echo by Talia Perese has raced towards a million Spotify plays since its release ...
Yumi Zouma are in promotion mode for their January 2026 LP, ‘No Love Lost to Kindness’, the alt rock act’s fifth album, and ninth release overall. Yumi Zouma have been in existence for over a decade ...
Still only in relatively early stages of their career, the quirky and vivid world of Club Ruby makes them one of the most eye-catching up and comers in today’s NZ music scene. Having recently secured ...
Kaleidoscopic is a good way to describe the music of Te Whanganui-a-Tara’s BADTAB. Weaving together synths and swirling guitars with rock and jazz-inspired drums, BADTAB create a consciously unique ‘neo-psychedelic’ ...
Karl Sölve Steven will need little introduction to most NZM readers. Energised frontman of Supergroove in the late 1990s (and again since the band reformed a decade after), Steven went on to make music ...
Lily Stiven isn’t mucking around. Releasing her first single of the ’25 year (williams tragedy) in May, she followed that up with two more by October, her own genre description changing up in the process, ...
Karaka-based musician VÏKAE (Veronika Bell) has released a string of emotionally charged alt-pop music throughout her career. ‘Doomsday Collective’ is the name Ukrainian-born dark-pop artist has given ...
These days living in Auckland, producer/rapper JosiahXVI (Josiah Ioane) grew up in Timaru, later heading north to Wellington in order to have a crack at Massey University’s Commercial Music course. Even ...
By now 15 years into a prolific and diverse career, Rei has captured the hearts of many with his smooth voice, ambitiously energetic performances and bilingual Māori wit. The Auckland urban/electronic ...
Merv Pinny bought his first guitar at 10, and five decades on it’s evident that making music is still what he most loves to do. 2025 sees him releasing ‘Hard Road’, remarkably only his second album ...
Marlon Williams continued his award-winning streak in 2025, taking home the APRA Silver Scroll Award for Aua Atu Rā, the lead single of his recent album ‘Te Whare Tīwekaweka’, co-written with Te ...
Here are some of the warm up exercises that I recommend for any readers as an aid to developing strength and ability on bass guitar. Exercise 1 is a hand stretcher. It involves making your fretting hand ...
