05/03/2018
Sometimes you come across a song with a title so intriguing that you can't pass on the chance to find out more about it. Brain Bell Jangler is one of those tunes, written and performed by Tauranga rock three-piece Apollo ...
28/02/2018
Singer/songwriter Julia Deans has been performing and making music for over 25 years. Over the course of a decade, her high profile band Fur Patrol had an enduring NZ number one single (Lydia in 2000), relocated to Melbourne, ...
02/10/2017
Combining elements of jazz, funk and psychedelic rock, Wukong The Monkey King are a five-piece band with a knack for expressive and invigorating live shows. Their self-titled debut album was recorded halfway around the world, ...
10/08/2017
Grayson Gilmour is getting older. I say that not to be disrespectful, but because there’s something about his new album, ‘Otherness’, that feels more mature. Not mature in a way that goes to bed before 9pm, rather mature ...
03/08/2017
From farm to fame – you can do it letter-by-letter in just two steps – but real life is typically much more ponderous. As Sam Holdom discovers, it has so far taken southern songsmith Ciaran McMeeken only a remarkably ...