PRESS RELEASE: After winning the hearts of New Zealand audiences in 2008 with their incendiary performances at WOMAD in New Plymouth, soul-funk sensations Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are returning in December to play two dynamite shows in Auckland and Wellington.
PRESS RELEASE: From October 1 2010, Isaac Promotions, Dirty Management and Dawn Raid Entertainment will be merging to form Frequency Media Group (FMG). The new company will be exclusively distributed by Universal Records in NZ and SMC/Fontana for North America. All three companies are market leaders in their field and […]
The last time the Auckland Renewal Collective threw a party it was for their first Community Projects show ‘Black Friday‘, which ended up being one of the best events of the year. Now the crew are back with their latest project, ‘The Circus Downtown’ happening this Wednesday, right in the […]
The last time the Auckland Renewal Collective threw a party it was for their first Community Projects show ‘Black Friday‘, which ended up being one of the best events of the year. Now the crew are back with their latest project, ‘The Circus Downtown’ happening this Wednesday, right in the […]
This happened on Wednesday, along with a whole bunch of memorable moments. Emily Littler’s ‘Giz Funding’ t-shirt, Tom Scott’s ‘Listen To Home Brew Street Chant’ one and the moment where Scott told MTV and C4 to suck his dick. It turns out industry gigs can be fun! But it just […]
iTunes tells me that Flux Pentaphile, the new EP from The Transistors, clocks in at 8.7 minutes. The Transistors tell me this: “On the 29th of August we sat on a bench for a few hours, carried a drumkit around town on foot, ran the length of Queen St several […]
iTunes tells me that Flux Pentaphile, the new EP from The Transistors, clocks in at 8.7 minutes. The Transistors tell me this: “On the 29th of August we sat on a bench for a few hours, carried a drumkit around town on foot, ran the length of Queen St several […]
When I wandered into Blonde Redhead’s performance at a festival in 2007, I was immediately fascinated by the sight of two Italian guys (twins) led by a Japanese girl, head to toe in white playing a guitar. Their orchestrations were overwhelmingly immersive, and for an hour on a hot Texas […]
When I wandered into Blonde Redhead’s performance at a festival in 2007, I was immediately fascinated by the sight of two Italian guys (twins) led by a Japanese girl, head to toe in white playing a guitar. Their orchestrations were overwhelmingly immersive, and for an hour on a hot Texas […]
PRESS RELEASE: The Good Fun are the winners of the 2010 Smokefreerockquest National Final, held at The Founders Theatre in Hamilton on Saturday night in front of a sell out crowd of over 1100.
Photo: Amanda Ratcliffe For a second last night, it seemed liked longevity might have had the advantage over the Silver Scroll awards. There were two relatively new bands on the shortlist for the prize — Artisan Guns and The Naked and Famous — yet the nominees were rounded out by […]
The Bedord – image via Tess McClure and Rebuilding Christchurch The devastating effect the earthquake had on Christchurch on Saturday morning definitely isn’t going away anytime soon. Amongst all the media attention, one man doing his part to get his POV across on the situation is James Dann – a.k.a. […]
PRESS RELEASE: The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame celebrates and pays tribute to the legendary music figures that have shaped, influenced and advanced popular music in New Zealand.
Home Brew Crew tread the line between hilarity and seriousness pretty easily. Below they switch between conversations on the current state of hip-hop in New Zealand, their approach to how to market themselves and their soon-to-be-released EP which includes their ode to Anika Moa (it’s a song called I Wish […]
The Home Brew Crew tour kicked off yesterday and continues throughout the month and ends with a one-off gig on Great Barrier Island in October. We’ll be posting our interview with them next week but in the meantime check out our interview with Chris Graham to find out the latest […]
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