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Track: The Chills brighten our solar system with new track ‘Monolith’ and announcement of a new album

The sun shines that little brighter and warmer this morning – even here at the southern edge of the world – with news of a new album from New Zealand…

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Track: New Zealand’s Pale Lady release the bright and bouncy track ‘Lost and Found’

Just as New Zealand is the first major land mass to hit 2021, it is fitting that Wellington’s Pale Lady is the first review for 2021 from me. ‘Lost And…

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Backseat Downunder: Favourite Releases from Australia/New Zealand in 2020

Last week Backseat Mafia released its Top Fifty Albums of 2020 – a incredibly rich and diverse list of albums from across a wide range of writers with different tastes…

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SEE: The animation for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘If Not Now, When?’

TWO THINGS about New Zealand’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: one. They’re immense, ass ‘n’ tousled locks-shaking fun. Two. Christ, they’re prolific. Their cup of creativity runneth o’er. Twenty-three…

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Track: The Chills – You’re Immortal

The Chills have provided a very nice end of the year surprise in the form of a new single ‘You’re Immortal’, and all the horrors of 2020 suddenly seem to…

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Track: Bitter Defeat – Long Lash

Bitter Defeat caught our eye earlier this year with the single ‘The Light That Shines‘ – I described it as an effervescent slice of classic New Zealand indie pop mixed…

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Album Review: Dead Famous People – Harry

There is a simple and very expressive joy that threads its way through the new album by the enigmatic Dons Savage under the nom de plume of Dead Famous People.…

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Track: Bitter Defeat – The Light That Shines

Bitter Defeat hails from Kirikiriroa/Hamilton in the North Island of New Zealand and their debut single ‘The Light That Shines’ is an effervescent slice of classic New Zealand indie pop…

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TRACK: Race Banyon’s ‘Pressure Off’ drinks from the deep house well

EDDIE JOHNSTON, who is carving out something of a name for himself in his native New Zealand with a brace of contrasting musical identities, has released a rather tasty little…

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TRACK: Internet Death’s ‘NOT YOUR DOG’ is industrial gabba fury

CHARTING the times we are in, with all the fear, anger, hostility and frustration inherent, is something of a mission for Finlay Anderson – the man behind those purveyors of…

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