24/08/2022

Aacacia: Don’t Keep Her Waiting

The last days of July saw the release of Aacacia 's self-titled debut album, a remarkably composed release that belies the ...

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16/08/2022

NewTracks New Artist: Dat 378 Boy

Producer and emcee Santana Thomas, aka Dat 378 Boy, introduced himself as Lake Taupō's unofficial hip hop ambassador ...

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18/05/2022

NewTracks New Artist: Roonie

Taupo-born Michaela Pointon has spent the last year rebranding herself into dreamy pop artist Roonie. Her sound is playful, ...

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18/02/2022

NewTracks New Artist: Personal Igloo

Taupō reprazents' A Bit Nigel were Rockquest national finalists for three years on the trot, finally nailing the big prize ...

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28/09/2020

NewTracks New Artist: Aacacia

‘Maybe one day’ sings sultry pop newcomer Aacacia – that name a short stretch from the one she’s had since birth ...

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28/11/2018

NewTracks New Artist: Lost Tribe Aotearoa

How good to see a band from the Taupo/central North Island area bubbling up from those geothermal hotbeds! True, Lost Tribe ...

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03/09/2016

JerseyBob & Our Monika: Lookin’ For The Light

The album’s titular song Lookin’ For The Light kicks off like early Bob Dylan (sans extremely nasal vocals). Endearingly ...

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03/05/2016

The Jason McIver Collective: I May No Perf

Originally from Motueka, now based in Taupo, Jason McIver is a multi-talented musician. Rather than be tied to a band he ...

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23/10/2015

On Foreign Soil: Modern Maori Quartet in Uzbekistan

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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