24/08/2022
With the international touring action only now starting to play out on local stages, Tāmaki Makaurau rock act Daffodils were among the first to enjoy the benefits of playing an enviable support slot, as the opening band ...
24/08/2022
The music video to The Inevitable Fate Of The Universe heightens the already disturbing aural assault of Ōtautahi death metal act Blindfolded And Led To The Woods with a staccato-paced, darkly indistinct evocation of rotting ...
03/07/2022
Wiri Donna emerges from folk seedlings into an indie riff-rock sunflower with her new EP 'Being Alone', due out at the end of May. Touching on lessons often learnt out of loneliness, Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based Bianca Bailey ...
28/06/2022
Tess Liautaud grew up an American in France and she has now brought her softly honest folk-pop sound to NZ. Travelling Te Waipounamu in her van, Tess considers herself a nomad and goes wherever the music takes her. Her most ...
27/05/2022
Something Zesty produce a big sound for just two people. Cooking up their funky fresh tunes in a sleepout, the Whanganui-born and bred duo have just released their second album, ‘Funk't Up 2’. Naturally enough it's a ...
11/03/2014
Last issue, you and your bandmates read my column about deciding on band names. You pondered using a single word to name your band, like Nirvana, or putting 'The' in front of a noun, like The Datsuns. You wondered whether ...
15/11/2013
My full title for this Finding Your Voice column is 'Technique Almighty: 25 Manifestations Of Universal Spiritual Principles Applied To Voice And Song Craft'. Being blind, I don’t find it hard to believe in all-powerful ...
29/10/2013
Legal disputes have long been a part of the music industry and the words of one famous song "send lawyers, guns and money," often don't seem to be too far from the truth in some of the crazier situations you hear about. ...
06/09/2013
Throughout this series of articles I've mostly focused on self-management strategies and techniques that include the whole band rolling up their sleeves. It's always best this way, because the job of moving forward belongs ...
03/07/2013
We might as well face it, we’re addicted to air. Not ‘air that keeps us alive’, rather, a desperate unquenchable full-blown addiction to having full lungs at all times! We subconsciously think we need huge amounts of ...
