Amplifying
Q&A With Jonny Love
You've spoken a bit about the process of writing and demoing for this album, travelling and writing in hotel rooms, etc. Can you tell us about that experience? It was incredible, South East Asia is just an amazing place to... More
A decent chat with Barnaby Weir
On the eve of the release of his brand new solo album Tarot Card Rock, Ellen Falconer chats to the man himself - Barnaby Weir... More
Home-Brew's Pre-BDO Chat
Local hip-hop outfit Home-Brew has always been one for the DIY route, and have done so rather successfully. Four EPs have been released (with a full-length on the way), there have been a couple of nationwide tours, and last Friday... More
A Letter Home from Urbantramper
Currently meandering around the world playing music and seeing some sights, Urbantramper took a moment to reflect and wrote us a little letter home. Awww! Dear Zealand. I miss you... More
Q&A with Adam Ladley (The Family Cactus)
Taking seven people and their instruments to the other side of the world is no easy feat. Wellington band Family Cactus managed to achieve this late last year, when they lived in New York for two months - performing at... More
Q&A with Street Chant
Auckland band Street Chant have been around for a while now, building their reputation on killer live shows and their ability to create songs worth using your internet bandwidth on. After a name and line up change, their highly anticipated... More
Tour Diary - Mel Parsons On The Road With Anika Moa
Tour Diary Dec 8th 2010 Lyttleton - Wellington It's been a long road but we are finally there! Twenty shows, countless boob signings, many many bottles of wine, and umpteen-thousand kilometres between Kerikeri and Invercargill in our trusty Mazda. Lyttleton... More
A Letter Home - The Ruby Suns
NOTES FROM WHEREVER THE HELL I AM by Ryan McPhun of the Ruby Suns... More
Family Cactus - A Letter From America
Although it was no small feat getting our seven members over to the US, we have almost settled in to the swing of things in NY. Our Brownstone is in the heart of 'old school' Brooklyn - where they still... More
Current Competitions
Win a double pass to any Six60 show on their upcoming New Zealand tour!
Six60 are about to embark on their first world tour. First up is New Zealand, where the band will hit a few towns they didn't get to during their summer tour... More
Win a ticket to a show on An Emerald City's upcoming national tour!
An Emerald City are back in the country and will be treating us to a national tour this March... More
Win a double pass to either of The Mutton Birds' two club shows!
The original line-up of The Mutton Birds, reunited after 10 years, will break off from the Classic Hits Winery tour to play two club shows in Aucklandand Wellington... More
Latest Reviews (More)
Moana & The Tribe - The Best Of Moana & The Tribe
For many years I had thought the best and most powerful music of Moana & The Tribe - stretched over four albums - was deserving of a compilation which would remind people what a singular contribution she has made to New... More
Bannerman - Dearly Departed
Recorded in the same furious sessions as Bannerman's previous release The Dusty Dream Hole, this companion volume as it were confirms the power and darkness of singer-songwriter Richard Setford who is also a member of Batucada Sound Machine... More
Vorn - Down For It
In an alternative universe Frank Zappa would be the head of the music school, radio would refuse to play anything by someone who did a photoshoot before writing a song, and Vorn's bent pop would be as big and as... More
Batucada Sound Machine - Don't Keep Silent
Driven by assertive (and in places aggressive) drumming, boiling bass and propelled by a fist-tight horn section, Batucada Sound Machine here take a major step up from their Rhythm & Rhyme album of three years ago for this sonic implosion where... More
The Chaps - Don't Worry 'Bout Your Age
Selected as one of the three finalists in the folk category at the 2012 New Zealand Music Awards, this album finds Dunedin four-piece The Chaps - average somewhere early 60s at a guess - doing exactly what they do best:... More
Various - Tally Ho! - Flying Nun's Greatest Bits
Although Flying Nun has been down the compilation path in the past, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary and with a new roster of younger acts, this double disc overview (titled Tally Ho! - Flying Nun's Greatest Bits) is... More
Tom Dennison - Zoo
The debut under bassist Tom Dennison's name is made up of seven post-bop tracks which are classy, refined, fluid, democratically distributed among the soloists and at times usefully challenging... More
The Checks - Deadly Summer Sway
The Checks could easily have sat on their Sixties rhythm and blues-based style (think young Stones, Yardbirds, Who etc) and won themselves a wide audience, but they were always destined for something bigger than the familiar... More
Flip Grater - The Cookbook Tour Europe
I'm not a 'foodie'. I own one cookbook with the rather patronizing title Anyone Can Cook, so my interest in this book lay firmly in its musical chapters. But the thing is, within these travel stories, tales of music and... More
Lennart Maschmeyer - 10.98 Seconds Of Wellington Artists
Following the efforts of German-born photographer Lennart Maschmeyer over the last couple of years to capture a portrait of Wellington's vibrant and varied art scene, the fruits of his labour of love are now featured for posterity in a coffee... More
Latest News (More)
JCK Celebrates 10 Years In Music
Hip hop artist JCK celebrates 10 years of music with his brand new album The Bees. He has also released the first single from the album to radio, called I Want To Get Next To You... More
Annabel Fay To Play Sounds In The Sun
Unitec is gearing up for the fast approaching highlight of orientation Lipton Ice Tea Sounds in the Sun on Saturday 3 March. After just announcing their huge headlining band, Shapeshifter, they have just announced that Annabel Fay will also be... More
Outward Sound Recipients 2012 Round 1
Outward Sound is pleased to announce the 1st round of grant recipients for 2012. Four Stage One grants were awarded. Midnight Youth - Stage 1... More
Nathan Haines To Release New Album
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Nathan Haines is set to release his eighth studio album The Poet's Embrace on Monday 19 March in New Zealand... More
IMNZ Responds To Kiwi FM Format Change
Independent Music New Zealand represents NZ-owned labels and distributors that handle the bulk of New Zealand recorded music and the diverse artists who perform those songs - a significantly large sector of which have received airplay and support via Kiwi... More
The Black Seeds Announce New Studio Album
The Black Seeds will release their highly anticipated new studio album Dust And Dirt on Monday 9 April through Rhythmethod / DRM and worldwide from Tuesday 10 April... More
Midnight Youth To Play At Waiariki O Week
Platinum-selling Midnight Youth will perform at Energy Events Centre in Rotorua on Friday 24 February... More
Country Music Awards 2012 Nominations Due This Week
There is one week left to submit nominations for Best Country Music Album and Best Country Song 2012!... More
95bFM Summer Series Line-Up
The 95bFM Summer Series returns on Saturday 10 March with a smorgasbord of gravelly guitars, soundscapey shoegaze, twisted ethereal fairytales, and good old rock'n roll swagger, including The Checks, Die! Die! Die!, Street Chant, The Golden Awesome, Princess Chelsea and... More
Kiwi FM Announce Decrease In NZ Content
Kiwi FM has announced that as of Monday 20 February it will diversify its music format to include 40% international music... More
