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News: The Legendary The Bats are alighting in Australia.

  • March 23, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
Good news as the legendary The Bats are touring Australia – well, Sydney and Melbourne at this stage. Although do I note it’s around the time of Dark Mofo in…
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News: Aotearoa/New Zealand magical chanteuse Aldous Harding announces new album ‘Train On The Island’ and leads off with stunning single ‘One Stop’.

  • March 3, 2026
  • Arun Kendall
Aldous Harding has just come off an amazing support slot with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in Australia where she shone with her intense, immersive delivery and soaring vocals…
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News: The legendary Split Enz reunite for antipodean tour next year.

  • November 9, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
The legendary Split Enz – featuring Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Neil Finn, and Noel Crombie – will reunite for their first tour in nearly 20 years on the Forever Enz…
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Track: Drape yourself in the exquisite folds of ‘The Gown’ as The Bats circle above, ready to land their new album in October.

  • August 27, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
It’s the prefect time for The Bats again as they release the single, ‘The Gown’, as we hit the home stretch to their forthcoming new album ‘Corner Coming Up’ on…
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Album review: Aotearoa’s Ringlets unveil ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies)’ – a spectacular post punk blast from the land of the long white cloud, with NZ tour announced.

  • June 27, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s fabulous  Ringlets have released their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ and it is a blast of thoroughly commendable sonic joy. Ringlets…
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News: The magnificent Reb Fountain announces East coast Australian tour on the back of her album ‘How Love Bends’.

  • June 26, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
New Zealand chanteuse extraordinaire Reb Fountain released her album ‘How Love Bends’ earlier this year to great acclaim – an album including the magnificent singles ‘Nothing Like‘ and ‘Forever‘ (premiered…
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Track: ‘I Was on That Roof Once’ – New Zealand’s epic Ringlets bounce back with third single ahead of album release

  • June 11, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
New Zealand’s Ringlets  recently announced the release of their second album, with the cute title ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled…
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Track: Take Fazerdaze’s ethereal ‘Motorway’ to a dreamy world of love and anxiety, with tours ahead.

  • May 22, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
The sun always shines brighter and the general misery of the world dissipates somehow when there is new material from the luminescent Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray). Fazerdaze has…
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Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Ringlets unveil second thundering single ‘Street Massage’ off their forthcoming album.

  • May 1, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
New Zealand’s Ringlets  recently announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the second…
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Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Hemi Hemingway releases the thrilling, enigmatic track ‘(To Be) Without You’.

  • April 30, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Under the moniker Hemi Hemingway, Aotearoan/New Zealand auteur Shaun Blackwell has released the exciting thrum of ‘(To Be) Without You’, a vibrant enigmatic track that is luminsicent as it is…
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