21/03/2024
Fresh Talent: Allophones
Ben and Barney Connolly, along with Tane Cotton hail "pretty much from Ōtepoti". Devolving from various prior bands with ...
READ MORE >07/02/2024
Mohi: Bridging Culture & Language
Mohi Allen (and co-writers) won the 2023 APRA Maioha Award in October, the smooth-voiced neo soul artist pipping the Tuari ...
READ MORE >16/01/2024
2023 Review Of NZ On Air’s Music Funding
Formerly known as the Broadcasting Commission, NZ On Air is an autonomous Crown entity responsible for funding support for ...
READ MORE >16/08/2023
No Comply: Bending The Hip Hop Playbook
Tic Tac Toe kicked things off for No Comply. That was the name of their debut single back in March 2020, and it's fair to ...
READ MORE >11/08/2023
Fresh Talent: Sabreen Islam
“These six songs are like an introduction to the inner workings of my brain; they lay bare how I think, love, dream and ...
READ MORE >06/06/2023
Industry: MAINZ To An End
Back in the 1990s, the tiny Greymouth-based Tai Poutini Polytechnic was offering a unique musician and audio engineering ...
READ MORE >24/05/2023
Mini Simmons: Foundation, Eye Shadow, Lip Gloss & Rock
The name may be slightly, if not downright mis-directional, because Mini Simmons are a big energy five-piece that readily ...
READ MORE >26/04/2023
Damien Binder: Glass Half Full Kind Of Guy
With a strong stake in NZ music’s ’90s rock narrative and four subsequent solo alt-pop albums, his just released ‘Bright ...
READ MORE >27/03/2023
Fresh Talent: Greta O’Leary
Perhaps it's a function of the (mostly) slow pace and deliberately sparse backing, but there is a real fragility in Greta ...
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