01/07/2016
At the 2016 Taite Music Prize Awards held in April Upper Hutt Posse were announced as recipients of this year's Classic Record award for their crucial 1988 12” single E Tū. Released on Wellington indie label Jayrem, E ...
08/06/2016
In person Roger Shepherd can be laconic, but his autobiography is a genuine page-turner. It’s witty, informative and filled with a wealth of musical revelations about New Zealand’s most iconic modern record label. Shepherd’s ...
22/04/2016
Heavy metal, sludge metal, doom metal, stoner rock – call it as you hear it – but the key point is that Wellington’s Beastwars have earned themselves a variety of enthusiastic praise from all parts of the metal world. ...
18/03/2016
On the face of things Groeni is an electronic act producing a deliberate, almost minimalist, percussive rhythm-based ambient drum’n’bass-meets-trip hop. We’re thinking bedroom producer with a laptop and USB mic, right? ...
11/03/2016
Wairarapa-origined neo-dub act Tunes Of I were able to raise enough funds through a Kickstarter campaign to record their first album, a follow up to their late 2013 EP titled ‘T.O.I’. Having just listened to ‘Restless’ ...