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 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
Win a double pass to a show by the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra on their upcoming tour!
The Wellington Ukulele Orchestra are hitting the road with songs from their latest recording, calling in at as-yet-unvisited towns throughout the country. TOUR DATES Thursday 16 and Friday 17 February Q Theatre, Auckland 8.00pm... More
Latest Reviews (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
Jeremy Mason - You Will Never Know Everything
You Will Never Know Everything is Jeremy Mason's second EP since he left local punk band Kill The Fake Patient, in which he played bass. He wrote this in Glasglow during the winter that fed from 2010 into 2011. It... More
Latest News (More)
Kimbra To Perform At Auckland Cup Week
ARIA-winning kiwi songstress Kimbra will return home to New Zealand for a one-off performance at the TV3 Carnival on TV3 Derby Day which takes place on Saturday 3 March as part of Auckland Cup Week 2012... More
Lloyd Morrison - An Obituary
Wellington identity and successful businessman Lloyd Morrison has died after a long battle with cancer, aged 52. Amongst his many endeavours, Morrison was an avid supporter of the arts... More
Glastonbury Festival & WOMAD Talent Scouts Seek Kiwi Musicians
Sounds Aotearoa 2012 is proud to announce a power-packed line-up of festival bookers and presenters this year that will be in attendance at its two day think tank/showcase in New Plymouth... More
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Latin Fiesta
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra grabs its Lonely Planet guide, clenches a rose between its teeth and heads to Auckland Town Hall for Qantas Presents Latin Fiesta, a celebration of sizzling music from Spain and South America... More
The Exponents Cancel 30th Anniversary Concert Tour
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Civic Events, promoters of The Exponents' 30 Year Anniversary Concert Tour have cancelled the April reunion tour, with a rescheduled Summer Tour announcement planned for late 2012... More
Flip Grater Signs With French Label Vicious Circle
New Zealand singer songwriter Flip Grater has had a busy and exciting few years, gaining French representation with music management and branding company So-U, securing agents for six new territories, signing a deal with German label Make My Day and... More
Supermodel And Sleeping Dogs To Play Four More Shows
Supermodel and Sleeping Dogs are headlining the Live and Loud summer tour for 2012, bringing their exciting stage shows to Raglan, Tauranga, Oakura and Wellington this month... More
Jim Beam Homegrown Sold Out
Jim Beam Homegrown is the stand out gig of the summer, proudly showcasing the cream of New Zealand music. As the last of the 17,000 tickets sold on Tuesday, Homegrown can proudly claim to be one of the only sold... More
Shihad Show In Wellington
Shihad will play a one-off show at Valve/Hole in the Wall (Medusa) on Friday 17 February, the night before headlining Wellington's Homegrown Festival... More
David Dallas Australian Tour
New Zealand chart topping hip hop artist David Dallas will cross the Tasman to celebrate the release of The Rose Tint (Deluxe Edition) with four Australian dates... More
