12/05/2016

X-Factory: Seeking The Secrets Of Top 20 Chart Success

Looking at the NZ music Top 20 (NZ artists ranked by sales) singles chart recently I couldn’t help noticing that it looked ...

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09/05/2016

Lucid Hiest: Welcome To The Show

Never mind the spelling, rhyme Hiest with Feist, as Isiah Ngawaka evidently intended in adopting the name. Rhyming is his ...

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07/05/2016

Esoligh: Walking Up EP

Following the 2014 album, ‘The Way I See The World’, Esoligh (aka David Patterson)’s new EP opens with a mystical Scottish-accented ...

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20/04/2016

Fresh Talent: LVJ

Auckland hip hop artist Elvin Alfaro performs under the alias LVJ. He started making music as an impressionable 14-year-old ...

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04/04/2016

Kong Fooey: Final Destination

Final Destination by KONG FOOEY ‘Final Destination’ is the soul-infused hip hop debut album from Kong Fooey; the collective ...

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31/03/2016

Fresh Talent: Lij

“I love creating, it feels right,” states Elijah Neblett, an assured but cheeky grin on his face, a cap covering his ...

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15/03/2016

Yoko-Zuna: Diversity And Collaboration

Both individually and collectively the four musicians who make up Yoko-Zuna have earned themselves a great reputation in ...

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14/03/2016

Night Gaunts: So Not Afraid

With their flaming, high energy cocktail of sing-a-long punk, pop, ska, reggae and hip hop, Night Gaunts might just be Auckland’s ...

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25/02/2016

Mas Hunt: The Critic and The Visionary EP

Melbourne-based Kiwi hip hop artist Mas Hunt (real name, no gimmicks), brings his perspective to bear on entities every ...

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