16/10/2018

Q & A: Latinaotearoa

As so neatly encapsulated in that combo handle, Latinaotearoa is about blending Kiwi music influences with those of the colourful ...

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22/07/2016

Aaradhna: A Girl That Likes To Sing

At the 2013 Pacific Music Awards Aaradhna staged the awards’ first ever clean sweep, setting a record with six awards including ...

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05/04/2016

Fat Freddy’s Drop: Bays

BBQ’s! Reggae! One can immediately anticipate the naysayers with an oversimplified derision to two things that Kiwis actually ...

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15/02/2016

Bekah: Relocation EP

Oh man, this is so cool. Rebekah Smith, aka Bekah, began writing music as a teen. Following study at SAE and AUT, she was ...

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15/08/2015

Diaz Grimm: Osiris

The debut album from Diaz Grimm definitely plots a point on the local music landscape for this MC who hails from Cambridge. ...

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23/06/2015

Esther Stephens and The Means: Summing The Parts

Eighteen months ago NZM reported on the outstanding debut EP ('The Ends') from The Means, the Auckland three-piece of Abraham ...

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11/02/2015

The Funky North: Keeping It Loose

It proved to be a rare rainy Saturday afternoon in January when Chip Matthews met up with The Funky North, DJ Definite and ...

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17/12/2014

The Doqument: Double Statement

An album and a series of singles have followed since The Doqument’s self-titled debut track was released in 2012, leading ...

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20/10/2014

Fresh Talent: RakaTrent

I head along to Auckland’'s MAINZ campus to meet with Trent Anderson, aka RakaTrent, with lyrics from his song Get It repeating ...

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