01/03/2019
The new pride of Palmerston North, the two members of Fruit Juice Parade, guitarist/singer Shannen Petersen and drummer Tharushi Bowatte are still really a couple of kids. the more you don't know the less you know by fruit ...
07/02/2019
In her last year of high school Georgia Lines won Smokefree Rockquest with her song Wannabe. That was 2014 and not long after she headed overseas, travelling and writing music along the way. Now back in Mt Maunganui, ...
03/10/2018
Elementary, of course. It's not about alcohol at all but rather a metaphor for toxic human infatuations. Stephen Watson was born in Scotland but spent his growing up years in the Waikato, and for the past two years has ...
28/09/2018
Featuring as Fresh Talent in NZM back in 2014 after winning Smokefree Pacifica Beats, it took until mid-2017 to see the release of the debut album from livewire reggae/ska act Strangely Arousing. The self-titled release ...
27/07/2018
Auckland songwriter Sam Bartells is hardly prolific – it's around a year since he last released original material, and even longer between that and his prior single. There's good reason, namely struggles with addiction ...
