11/12/2025
Having not long settled into the Pōneke scene as a four-piece, alt-rock outfit Dropper released a striking debut album titled ‘Be a Little Kinder’ in November 2025. The album’s propulsive opening track and focus single Anchor sets ...
29/09/2025
It takes time to become a cowboy, and the gentle, rolling ‘aotearoa americana’ songs of US-raised, but these days Wellington-based, singer-songwriter Sig Wilder ‘hold a cracked mirror to the long, slow work of making ...
11/09/2025
Having returned to his homeland from Melbourne, after four decades as a working musician across the ditch, multi-talented Kiwi musician Brian Baker has hung out his shingle in Whanganui, with a newly built recording studio ...
18/07/2025
With a new single every few months, 2025 has been another productive year in the development of Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter Emily Bateman. Her own Spotify artist description cuts to the chase as 'yearning-girl pop', ...
19/06/2025
Self-described garage rock upstarts Powder Chutes look to be carving a track towards Shihad’s just-vacated crown as the nation’s leading hard rock exponents. A band of their youthful calibre coming out of Wānaka may ...
12/10/2018
The 2018 Artisan Awards finalists have been announced this week, the part of the annual NZ Music Awards that recognises the creative talents behind the scenes of the top local records of the past year. Five Tui awards ...
05/04/2018
APRA AMCOS NZ has announced the participants of SongHubs 2018 - a professional songwriting workshop to be held at Auckland's Roundhead Studios this month. Out of 150 applications, producer and curator of the SongHubs ...
18/09/2017
Last Friday, the 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards took place in Hastings. The biggest winner of the night was artist Maisey Rika, who cleaned up with four wins. Rika's awards included Best Traditional Maori Album ...
03/10/2016
Hosted by an enthusiastic John Campbell at Auckland's Vector Arena, the Silver Scrolls 2016 proved both collegial and contentious. Well-judged to avoid any challenge regarding racial balance, the choice of finalists and winner ...
