18/09/2024
Having a bad day? Try this on… Tāmaki Makaurau indie four-piece Soft Bait have recently released a colourful music video for their latest single No Bad Days, made by local creative crew Sports Team. NZ On Air Music featured ...
12/06/2024
Melbourne-based musicians Matt Joe Gow and Kerryn Fields are Kiwi country-folk troubadours and storytellers, with careers that have spanned over a decade, and half a dozen albums as solo artists between them. After teaming ...
12/06/2024
Hailing from fast urbanising Tāmaki Makaurau suburb Pukekohe, Rosina & The Weavers describe themselves as a "kind'a-rock band", which is rather selling their produce short. The five-piece showcase a much more diverse ...
25/03/2024
Alexander Grant performs music as Xuzz. His new single Mississippi can provide the right alt-pop vibes for any happy moment that requires a quick boogie, and NZ On Air Music added the song to their NewTracks compilation ...
08/03/2024
Catching the wave of up-and-coming surfy indie pop artists, Ōtepoti quartet Cruze Control work hard to keep the local jangle alive and bring the good vibes. Their latest single When I Land featured on NZ On Air Music's ...
11/07/2018
The Amped Music Project is a Dunedin-based mentorship programme for young musicians. Over seven weeks, Amped 2018 aims to prepare local high school students for a musical career, led this year by local songwriter Nadia Reid. Concluding ...
04/05/2018
Entries for the 2018 Silver Scroll Awards are open during NZ Music Month. Included are the APRA Silver Scroll, the Maioha Award, SOUNZ Contemporary Award, Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and Best Original Music ...
01/11/2017
Auckland has joined 17 other cities in the world on the list of UNESCO Creative Cities as a significant hub for music. On October 31, 64 cities from 44 countries have been added to the list of the United Nations Educational, ...
29/09/2017
With two of the five finalists – Nadia Reid (Richard) and Aldous Harding (Horizon) – hailing from that part of the world, it was an ideal year for the 2017 APRA Silver Scroll Award ceremony to head south for a first-ever ...
25/08/2017
The finalists for the 2017 Silver Scrolls, Maioha Award for contemporary Māori songwriting, the Contemporary Award, as well as two Screen Music Awards have been announced. Though some of the songs were co-written by men, ...
20/03/2018
I’ve always been an admirer of Sting ’s songwriting and singing (especially while playing some very tricky bass lines). However, I often feel that his bass playing is overlooked because of his other talents. For me, he ...
09/02/2018
What more could a bassist ask for than something to play while sitting in the sun waiting for the onslaught of New Year’s Eve gigs? I may have the answer in a chordal tune that moves slightly away from standard bass playing ...
01/12/2017
Six60 - two new NZ Top 10 songs in 2 weeks - how do they do it? The word Authenticity (in existentialist philosophy) is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘relating to or denoting an emotionally appropriate, significant, ...
25/10/2017
Back in February, I had an accident that every musician dreads – I cut the tendon and nerves that control my left index finger. (Never leave a rug curled up so you can trip over it and crush a glass into your palm, that’s ...
17/07/2017
Just as I had finished writing about the mathematical complexities of Meshuggah and Tessaract in the last edition, the news came through of Chuck Berry’s passing. I thought that, given the huge musical legacy he left, and ...
22/08/2018
On Friday, August 24 Vitamin S will host two meaningful tributes to valued local musicians at Auckland’s Wine Cellar (8pm, koha entry). Steve Cournane and John Bell will present two beautifully crafted pieces, in tribute ...
16/05/2018
The official Music Month Summit 2018 is tackling some of the issues the music industry has been facing up to over the last year. The summit features a stellar line up of music industry professionals and speakers, who will ...
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 ...
28/06/2017
Photographer James Rattray just sent us photos from June 24's instalment of Dunedin songwriter Devine's single release tour. Devine was supported by Abigail Knudson and Paul Cathro.
15/05/2017
Trevor Villers went along to the sold out Auckland show of The Chills' 2017 tour to take photos for us. The band was supported by former Dunedinite, songwriter Anthony Tonnon.
