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 ...
READ MORE >26/07/2018
Boom Boom Deluxe: Boom Boom Deluxe EP
Released in March, Boom Boom Deluxe's self-titled debut EP is a swinging six-track modern twist on American rockabilly styles ...
READ MORE >01/12/2017
X-Factory: Six60
Six60 - two new NZ Top 10 songs in 2 weeks - how do they do it? The word Authenticity (in existentialist philosophy) is ...
READ MORE >06/09/2017
X-Factory: Rounding Up The Silver Scroll Finalists
The five songs in with a chance to win this year’s APRA Silver Scroll Award are Close Your Eyes by Bic Runga, Life of the ...
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