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Interviews
18/03/2026
IA : Forward Passing
Blending the typically subtle yet evocative voices of traditional Māori instruments with modern instrumentation, an inclusive writing style and soulful melodies, IA create indigenous soul music. The band has been ground ...
Interviews
13/03/2026
Lipstick: New Colours to New Wave
Bringing a high-energy blend of alternative indie rock to the Party in May 2024, Wellington student four-piece Lipstick delivered a debut EP, ‘Rom-Com’, just months later. Drawn from a style palette of new wave and post ...
On Foreign Soil
08/03/2026
On Foreign Soil: Anj Barton
Originally from Masterton, Anj Barton has spent much of her musical life in Wellington, just recently returning to the capital after a three year stint in the Cook Islands during which she managed to record and release songs ...
NewTracks New Artist
18/11/2025
NewTracks New Artist: Goodspace
Shape-shifting Tāmaki Makaurau artist Goodspace has always been a project of multiple collaborations and forms, Jefferson Chen performing as a soloist or indie band, composing for immersive theatre and short films, and ...
Interviews
05/09/2025
Pearly*: Finding Dunedin’s Sweet Spot
Pearly* are fast becoming one of the new faces of Ōtepoti Dunedin music. The alt-rock guitar band of Joel Field, Phaedra Love, Josh Nicholls and Ryan Hill formed in 2023, very quickly establishing themselves as the ones-to-watch ...
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Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Bass In Your Face
In the last NZM issue, we looked at some iconic Afro-American funk bass lines that used a 'less is more' approach. We'll continue the theme here by looking at two significant bass tracks (one from the 1960s and one from the ...
Deep Thinking
26/06/2016
Deep Thinking: Funk Meets Jazz – James Jamerson (1936-’83)
As promised in the last issue, we are going to look at some of the aspects of James Jamerson's bass playing that made him an individualist who has influenced bass players since the early days of the Tamla Motown record ...
Finding Your Voice
01/06/2016
Finding Your Voice: Avoiding Self-Sabotage
I could write a book about self-sabotage… if ever I overcame those insidious barriers to self-activation and singing success myself. Oh the irony! It can be difficult recognising when we’re (often subconsciously) getting ...
Finding Your Voice
05/04/2016
Finding Your Voice: The Paua Of Evaluation
Good singers and songwriters are master-craftspeople and artists – albeit, often sensitive and insecure ones. Therefore, I’m upset when an armchair critic or unqualified non-musician argues that assessing great songs ...
Deep Thinking
20/12/2015
Deep Thinking: Chris Squire – Godfather of Prog Bass
Deep Thinking is making a brief return to the world of progressive rock in this issue to make a tribute to the great Yes bassist, Chris Squire (1948 - 2015). Squire died in June this year, but the number of tributes ...