24/08/2022
The last days of July saw the release of Aacacia 's self-titled debut album, a remarkably composed release that belies the ...
READ MORE >16/08/2022
Producer and emcee Santana Thomas, aka Dat 378 Boy, introduced himself as Lake Taupō's unofficial hip hop ambassador ...
READ MORE >18/05/2022
Taupo-born Michaela Pointon has spent the last year rebranding herself into dreamy pop artist Roonie. Her sound is playful, ...
READ MORE >18/02/2022
Taupō reprazents' A Bit Nigel were Rockquest national finalists for three years on the trot, finally nailing the big prize ...
READ MORE >28/09/2020
‘Maybe one day’ sings sultry pop newcomer Aacacia – that name a short stretch from the one she’s had since birth ...
READ MORE >28/11/2018
How good to see a band from the Taupo/central North Island area bubbling up from those geothermal hotbeds! True, Lost Tribe ...
READ MORE >03/09/2016
The album’s titular song Lookin’ For The Light kicks off like early Bob Dylan (sans extremely nasal vocals). Endearingly ...
READ MORE >03/05/2016
Originally from Motueka, now based in Taupo, Jason McIver is a multi-talented musician. Rather than be tied to a band he ...
READ MORE >23/10/2015
Jamie McCaskill sometimes makes up the numbers in the Auckland-based Modern Maori Quartet, a foursome who take a crowd-pleasing, ...
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