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01/06/2016

Pop Stars In Waiting

RNZ have published an excellent article by Kate Robertson  on future Kiwi pop stars - musicians who already have one ...

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31/05/2016

Dave Dobbyn: Harmony House

Taking just 37 minutes over 11 harmonious tracks, Dave Dobbyn shows clearly and concisely that he remains a songwriter of ...

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18/05/2016

Hollie Smith: Water Or Gold

From the sweet scatted intro of Hollie Smith’s voice on the opening title track to the end of the album, ‘Water Or Gold’ ...

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Why We Love Repetition In Music

The Guardian published an interesting article on why repetition in music - and pretty much everywhere else - is so popular ...

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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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Fresh Talent: Openside

Let’s start by getting this out of the way. OpenSide’s members Possum Plows (vocals), George Powell (drums), PJ Shepard ...

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11/05/2016

The Leers: Are You Curious?

After a couple of EPs and a number of singles since relocating to Auckland from Mount Maunganui five years back, talented ...

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04/04/2016

Superhero Second Line: Better Second Line

Better Second Line by Superhero Second Line Chances are, if you live in Auckland and have been in the CBD late afternoon/evening ...

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Greg Johnson: Swing The Lantern

It astounds that even a musician with the back catalogue and talent of Greg Johnson has to crowd fund a new album. Just as ...

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