01/08/2023
X-Factory: Hans Pucket – No Drama
Hans Pucket 's No Drama - an intelligent song. Intelligence comes in many forms, and with regards to music in particular, ...
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X-Factory: Kimbra – Save Me
I'm not quite sure why but Kimbra hasn't really been on my radar before. We primarily listen to music to be moved emotionally, ...
READ MORE >05/10/2022
X-Factory: The Top Five 2022 APRA Silver Scroll Finalist Songs
I take it back. Last year I did successfully predict the winner of the Silver Scrolls 2021, which went to Troy Kingi. Good ...
READ MORE >15/06/2021
X-Factory: Rosé – On The Ground
Rosé, hyperreality, harmony and the pop-drop. The term hyperreality was coined by French theorist Jean Baudrillard to describe ...
READ MORE >07/10/2020
X-Factory: The Beths – I’m Not Getting Excited
Occasionally, like once in a blue moon, when the conditions are just right, and the stars align for a nanosecond, maybe the ...
READ MORE >02/09/2020
X-Factory: Silver Scroll Finalists 2020
It almost seems ritualistic now. I see the email announcing the five finalists for this year’s APRA Silver Scroll Award ...
READ MORE >20/09/2019
X-Factory: Sorrento – Look Up
Somewhere deep within the NZ music scene lies a musical entity called Sorrento. In the Top 20 shortlist for the 2019 Silver ...
READ MORE >10/05/2019
X-Factory: Bene – Soaked
And the award goes to... Bene for the quickest earworm I have ever experienced – I think I may have even dreamt about ...
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