12/05/2026
Heavy rock four-piece Silcrow have a discography dating back to 2020, but have been noticeably quiet on the singles front since releasing their self-titled debut album in 2024. They put that down to international plans that ...
06/06/2025
As one of six rangitahi who featured in the 2021 Crescendo Trust music mentoring docuseries The Collective, Iris G publicly revealed plenty of her back story, in particular the loss of her voice in 2017 due to the trauma ...
28/08/2024
In 2004 a young Glaswegian stepped off the plane onto the tarmac of Auckland Airport with the hopes of making a name for himself in the graphic design arena of the NZ music industry. Now, 20 years and hundreds of local album ...
23/02/2015
With less than a year having passed since Taste Nasa’s debut EP ‘No Questions Asked’ was released, Leroy Clampitt has been all over the place. After moving to the States in May 2014, he has seen the sights touring with ...
29/10/2013
Familiar as one of the Teacups’ trio and as an eye-catching, if shy, live backing vocalist to various break out acts including James Duncan and Punches, Chelsea Jade Metcalf effectively burst onto the scene as Watercolours ...
16/11/2017
As reported in the last NZM Update, Sam Taylor who is the guitar voice for Nadia Reid (among others), has recently started work at SAE in Auckland as Audio Head of Department. Now it seems that the SAE Campus Director, Dr ...
16/11/2018
Dave Gibson is on stage in a red bomber jacket and a hat that reads ‘Drop Out’, wiping away sweat and telling the crowd that it’s been 10 years since the last Elemeno P show in Wellington. In the song that follows he ...
16/08/2018
Invited as an SAE Auckland employee to observe and absorb APRA AMCOS NZ’s SongHubs Sphere event last week, Lani Purkis reports that it was “a life-changing experience.” After mulling it over for a few days she provided ...
