25/02/2016
71 Sunset: Nothing Left To Say
An oddly catchy name that, on the face of it, might deliver anything from Californian radio pop to nu metal. Turns out 71 ...
READ MORE >02/11/2015
B2KDA: Abbreviated Fusion
We’ve been dancing happily to them for a decade but now Batucada Sound Machine is no more, the band instead formally acronymed ...
READ MORE >21/09/2015
Ex-Pat Files: Asti-Loren Newman
Christchurch, as anyone who has been in the local music industry for long well knows, has produced many of our biggest and ...
READ MORE >15/08/2015
Rackets: Walking The Skeleton
Rackets have done it again. The Auckland three-piece's fourth or so – details are sketchy – full album 'Walking The Skeleton' ...
READ MORE >31/07/2015
Radioglo: The Warm Glow Of Valves
One regular criticism of music in this hyper-creative digital era is that too little attention is given to the details, to ...
READ MORE >24/04/2015
Marlon Williams: This Charming Man
Born and raised in Christchurch port suburb of Lyttelton, music started early for young Marlon Williams, though the trail ...
READ MORE >17/02/2015
Maree Thom: On Bass With Sugar Man
Her name may not be familiar, but Maree Thom spent much of last year touring with Rodriguez, the very famous American singer ...
READ MORE >13/11/2014
Sola Rosa: Sola Flare
If you’ve ever gone to a festival in New Zealand, chances are you might’ve seen Sola Rosa in one incarnation or the other ...
READ MORE >05/09/2014
The Nukes: Ditty Deeds Done Uke Sweet
Their Peas and Carrots won The Nukes an APRA award for best original ukulele song just six months after their first performance, ...
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