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News: Aotearoa’s Dream Queen Fazerdaze announces first LP in seven years with delectable new single ‘Cherry Pie’.

  • September 9, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
Spring has definitely sprung here in the southern hemisphere as it is announced today that the magnificent Fazerdaze will be releasing her first LP in seven years – ‘Soft Power’…
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News: The legendary Martin Phillipps from The Chills has died.

  • July 28, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
Very sad news coming out of New Zealand that Martin Phillips, the legendary singer and songwriter from seminal New Zealand band The Chills , has died. In a post to Facebook,…
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Track: It’s a ‘brand new day’ – Aotearoan artist Lucian Rice unveils gorgeous new dreamy single.

  • June 24, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
‘brand new day’, the new single from Aotearoa/New Zealand-born and based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Lucian Rice is a gorgeous, luscious track that positively shimmers with colours and textures. It…
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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.

  • May 31, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
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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Premiere: Aotearoa/New Zealand chanteuse Isla Noon unveils the delicious vibrancy of ‘Her’ with her exquisite soaring vocals.

  • May 7, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
We are overjoyed at being able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single from Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Isla Noon, an artist we have followed with great interest for…
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Album Review: Alma Leta’s Nik Brinkman-produced ‘Time Of Our Lives’ sparkles and shines like a glittering jewel in the firmament.

  • March 7, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
Born in California but raised in New Zealand, Wellington-based singer and songwriter Alma Leta (the nom de plume of Emmanuelle Alma-Rose Baur) has worked with one of our favourite antipodean…
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Track: Aotearoa’s Lilly Carron is ‘Wild For Change’ – an ethereal and dreamy prelude to a new EP on the way.

  • February 1, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
We are inordinately proud to review the shimmering new track ‘Wild For Change’ from New Zealand artist Lilly Carron, whose voice has a diaphanous delicacy, ethereal and filled with a…
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Track: New Zealand’s DARTZ take aim at sleazy developers in the ebullient ‘Paradise’, with album and tour news.

  • January 24, 2024
  • Arun Kendall
Signed to the illustrious Flying Nun Records label, New Zealand punk popsters DARTZ have flung a well aimed missile at the plethora of sleazy property developers and the ultra rich…
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Album Review: She’s ‘Not Your Cupid’ – Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Erny Belle unveils a delicately beautiful collection of sonic jewels ahead of live dates. Out through Flying Nun.

  • November 9, 2023
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Released through the legendary Flying Nun label, the new album ‘Not Your Cupid from Tāmaki Makaurau’s Erny Belle is an absolute treasure. Delicate and nuanced, it has an indie pop…
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Premiere: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Isla Noon provides us with an exclusive look at the video for her new single, the shimmering and lush single ‘Body’.

  • September 20, 2023
  • Arun Kendall
We are very honoured to premiere the brilliant accompanying video for the shimmering new single ‘Body’ from New Zealand chanteuse Isla Noon. The project of Shani Sauerman, her vocals are…
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