17/12/2015
Incredibly the story of Ill Semantics runs over more than two decades – albeit with an eight year break ahead of their getting back into the studio to record their third album. With that length of history and the association ...
13/11/2015
A quarter century past now, the much talked-over ‘Dunedin sound’ left the city with a number of resident musical heroes, surely none more enigmatic and reluctant than The Chills’ Martin Phillipps. A new, really new, ...
23/06/2015
Talking up the 'Cairo Knife Fight II' EP back in NZM's August/September 2011 issue, Nick Gaffaney had this to say to writer Mark Bell. "I think there's a strong chemistry between Aaron and I that neither of us understand, ...
04/09/2014
There’s no escaping that this is a big album for Kimbra. While there may have been an element of flukey luck in sharing Somebody That I Used To Know with Gotye, she has undeniably made the best of the opportunities it brought. ...
03/07/2013
The rise to wider public prominence of Soljah has been testament to a long history of five musicians honing their craft, both in the studio and by playing kinetic live shows around the country. With the recent release of ...