Bic Runga Announces Tour Celebrating 20 Years Of ‘Beautiful Collision’
Bic Runga will travel across the country this July celebrating the 20 year anniversary since the release of her eleven-time platinum, best-selling album Beautiful Collision.
Elemental Nights 2023 First Line Up Announced
Elemental Nights 2023 series includes the return of UK rock band IDLES, Mercury Prize nominated rapper Loyle Carner, Swedish pop superstar Tove Lo, and Aotearoa’s own Bic Runga presenting the 20th anniversary of her album ‘Beautiful Collision’.
Gordon Lightfoot Has Died at Age 84: R.I.P.
Gordon Lightfoot has died. The Canadian singer/songwriter was 84. His biggest hits were Sundown, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald and If You Could Read My Mind.
Sharaya Summers – Forever You & Me: New Song Of The Day
Sharaya Summers, Oregon-based indie-Americana singer-songwriter, shares fragile, poignant track “Forever You & Me” out everywhere now. The forthcoming album of the same name is due out later this year. The track is a gentle reminder of life’s fleeting nature and to hold loved ones close in the present moment.
FromThePit 2023 is Live!
FromThePit 2023 is Live! Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Month 2023 is upon us which means so is this year’s FromThePit exhibition!
Dragon 50th Anniversary Show Announced For Auckland’s Powerstation This August
Dragon have announced ‘Dragon 50’ a 50th anniversary show at The Powerstation in Auckland on Friday 25 August.
NZ Music Month (Te Marama Puoro O Aotearoa ) 2023 Kicks Off Today
NZ Music Month (Te Marama Puoro O Aotearoa ) 2023 kicks off today, celebrating ‘Community and Collaboration’. This year’s theme is about working together to build a more connected and collaborative musical landscape across Aotearoa, from songwriting experiments, content co-creation, partnerships to engage and grow audiences, right through to community events.
Eilen Jewell Gets Behind The Wheel: Interview
Eilen Jewell is about to release her 9th studio album, titled Get Behind The Wheel. Find out how it was made and why its her favourite out of the nine.
Maxine Funke – River Said: New Song Of The Day
Maxine Funke has just released River Said, the title track to her 5th album, which has also just been released. Happy NZ Music Month!
The Damned – Darkadelic (Ear Music) Album Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Damned, The Stranglers, and The Buzzcocks are, or were, all punk rock survivors because of their ability to reinvent themselves, to tangent onto differing musical paths and stay relevant to not just their fans, but to also hook into greater masses.
The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein (4AD): Album Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The National The title of their ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein alerts us to their literary and art-as-rock’n’roll sensibilities. This aligns them with Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen. And Nick Cave if you insist.
Tom Lark – Live Wires: New Song Of The Day
Tom Lark a.k.a Shannon Fowler has released ‘Live Wires’, the second single from his forthcoming album, Brave Star.
Rodney Fisher & The Response – ICU: New Song Of The Day
Rodney Fisher is delighted to announce the release of his new single created with The Response, ‘ICU,’ just released!
We Will Ride Fast – Cupid Bar: April 28, 2023
We Will Ride Fast, is the psychedelic post-synth-punk project of Tauranga-based visual artist and Toi Ohomai lecturer Kyle Satter, who has released 30 pieces of waiata during a 25 years career. Tonight he breached the regional borders to share his newly released album Army Of Invisible Zombies with the heathens of Tamaki Makaurau.
Broods – Powerstation: April 28, 2023: (Concert Review)
Broods lay down a great indie pop show where times and musical eras are not fixed. They may well be Aliens travelling in their spaceship bubble.
Josh Ritter Spectral Lines (Thirty Tigers) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Josh Ritter has been banging around, making decent records since 1999. But on this, his 11 studio record, Ritter has struck gold.
Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure (BMG) Album Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rickie Lee Jones’ new album is Pieces of Treasure and the first impression is one of warmth and comfortable familiarity. She sounds like she is inhabiting Billie Holiday to the point she is present in both flesh and spirit.
Kaylee Bell – When Summer Rolls Around: New Song Of The Day
Kaylee Bell releases new anthem, When Summer Rolls Around. 17-date national tour kicks off next week.
New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: April 28, 2023
New Music Friday is here again and there’s a bounty of excellent new releases out today. Here are our top 5 picks. Check them out!
Rickie Lee Jones Finds Pieces Of Treasure: Interview
Rickie Lee Jones releases her new album, Pieces Of Treasure, tomorrow. Today we talked to the Duchess Of Cool about reuniting with her old friend, producer Russ Titelman.