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News: It’s our ‘Lucky Day’ as the legendary The Bats announce new album ‘Corner Coming Up’ through Flying Nun Records, with a glorious new single as a delectable amuse bouche.

The Bats are still swinging from the glorious imperious belfry as the legendary band announce the release of their new album ‘Corner Coming Up’ on 17 October, preceded by the…

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Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand based dream pop/shoegaze exponent T.G. Shand unveils new direction and single ‘The Deadpan Break’

A firm favourite of the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic…

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Album Review: Fazerdaze wields her ‘Soft Power’ with aplomb in a majestic new album.

The inimitable and ethereal Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray) has just released her first LP in seven years – ‘Soft Power’ – via Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, and it is a…

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Track: Aotearoa’s brilliant T.G.Shand unveils ‘Scenes’ of pure joy as she continue her upwards trajectory accompanied by a ground breaking digital visualiser.

T.G. Shand, the nom de plume for Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, continues to stun with her brilliant output – transcendent dreamy pop with a shoegaze edge. Her new single ‘Scenes’…

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Track: T.G. Shand’s new single ‘Cheese’ takes a delicious, immersive, darker turn with its crystalline guitars and ominous drive.

T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of the legendary Melbourne shoegaze band Miniatures (on the iconic Saint Marie Records label) and she returns with her…

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EP Review: T.G. Shand’s ‘Cinnamon’ is a shimmering kaleidoscope of sound that leaves an indelible impression.

Recently New Zealand resident musician and songwriter Annemarie Duff published a detailed Spotify List celebrating the plethora of extraordinarily brilliant antipodean female-fronted dream pop/shoegaze artists currently releasing music at the…

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Premiere: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Model Home unveil their ‘Leaky Home Simulator 2031’ on news of signing to Brisbane’s False Peak Records and launch gig.

We are very pleased to premiere today the new single from Model Home as they announce their signing to Brisbane’s boutique magicians False Peak Records in a joint venture with…

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Track: Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident T.G. Shand returns with the shoegaze shimmer of WAWO ahead of EP release.

The irrepressible dream pop/shoegaze queen T.G. Shand is back with another shimmering masterclass in fuzzy pop with ‘WAWO’. T.G. Shand is the moniker of Ōtautahi/Christchurch resident Annemarie Duff, formerly of…

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Live Review: The Black Seeds – Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Christchurch, 08.07.22

In the depths of a long, cold, Christchurch winter (and even longer pandemic), The Black Seeds arrived at the University of Canterbury’s Ngaio Marsh Theatre for a long-awaited album release…

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Meet: Matthew Smith from New Zealand’s band Deep Water Creek talks about inspirations and influences.

Give us a potted history of you / the band: I started the band Deep Water Creek about four years ago, sort of as a vehicle for my own songs. Before that I…

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