17/03/2021
X-Factory: Ka Mānu, Rob Ruha & Protest Songs
Acclaimed musicologist Daniel Levitin has argued that songs can be split into six categories according to their evolutional, ...
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Tia Drumma: Feeling The Love
Reported by the Bay of Plenty Times in early November, Mount Maunganui College students released what they claim as the first ...
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 >23/06/2020
X-Factory: Chaii – Digebasse
Damn! Someone has beaten me to it! When listening to Digebasse by Chaii, arguably one of the most prominent features of the ...
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X-Factory: Aldous Harding – The Barrel
Question: What do Finding Nemo, Taylor Swift and Aldous Harding have in common? Answer: Perhaps more than you might think. ...
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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