19/06/2025
Powder Chutes: Wickedness Increase
Self-described garage rock upstarts Powder Chutes look to be carving a track towards Shihad’s just-vacated crown as the ...
READ MORE >28/08/2024
Barny Bewick: Designing Up A Storm
In 2004 a young Glaswegian stepped off the plane onto the tarmac of Auckland Airport with the hopes of making a name for ...
READ MORE >24/07/2024
2024 Going Global Music Summit & Artist Showcase
Tickets are on sale for Independent Music NZ's 2024 Going Global Music Summit and artist showcase, alongside an announcement ...
READ MORE >13/02/2024
Shepherds Reign: Samoan Industrious Metal
Shepherds Reign are a Kiwi heavy metal band from the Polynesian stronghold suburbs of Tāmaki Makaurau. The band have reached ...
READ MORE >17/01/2024
NewTracks New Artist: Black Smoke Trigger
Determined and evidently well-connected, Hawkes Bay rock act Black Smoke Trigger have come a long way from their earliest ...
READ MORE >13/09/2023
Shepherds Reign: Ala Mai
Five long years after their eponymous first album release and building on the success of recent kickass single Le Manu, heavy-weight ...
READ MORE >03/12/2022
The Sun Gods: The Light Of Day EP
For those who maybe feel that Kiwi rock music has atrophied in the last few years here’s something to prick your ears up, ...
READ MORE >10/11/2022
2022 AMA Winners Announced – L.A.B Grand Slam
Among the 2022 AMA winners announced (with considerably less than usual pomp and ceremony) on November 10 was a remarkable ...
READ MORE >06/10/2022
2022 Aotearoa Music Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2022 Aotearoa Music Awards | Nga Tohu Puoro O Aotearoa have been announced, with Rob Ruha the clear frontrunner ...
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