Author: jackg70
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And TheSlacks are back! New album Information Ape is out on 3rd May and I will be listening! The promo single for the release is the gorgeous, whimsical Crystal Mountain High. Lemme tell you about the song… The band brings us a blend of folk, rock and country that cracks a mile wide smile through…
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This is my first trip along the waterfront with the good ship Seafarer Fables, and it’s quite a laid back, enjoyable jam by the name of Stanislaw Lem. Seafarer Fables is the project of Kiwi Kelvin Bannan, now based in Melbourne Rock City. This is his first single following a hiatus, and I have to…
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Every time this four piece from Hawkes Bay crosses my path on this site they blow my mind. Latest single K.M.T.L. joins that list of BST tracks to have done this. Where did these guys come from??? This new single has a power and energy to it that raises the bar for this form of…
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Family Band is definitely not your average, run-of-the-mill three-piece combo. These guys and lady were flat-mates who put together the band in 2023, and have been building up a pretty decent live rep up and around Tāmaki. They like to challenge the listener with a repetitiveness of sound that definitely does that. With a beginning…
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Okay, well that was something different. Mia Kelly is the driving force behind Te Whanganui-a-Tara based Japes. This is a more avant-garde sound than a lot you’re going to hear around at the moment, and this is very much music for the introvert who walks among us – by which I mean someone who will…
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DEVILSKIN ANNOUNCE WE RISE 10th ANNIVERSARY TOUR with special guests TADPOLE feat. Emma Dilemma plus SKINNY HOBOS Multi-platinum NZ rockers DEVILSKIN are revving up and getting ready to hit the road this May in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of their ground-breaking debut album WE RISE. Hot on the heels of the release of their jaw-dropping rendition of 70’s hard-kicking rock anthem ‘Barracuda’, DEVILSKIN are now gearing up…
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MOKOTRON releases the long awaited remix album THE UNITED TRIBES OF BASS. It is a landmark remix project, exclusively featuring Māori and Cook Island Māori electronic practitioners from throughout the motu. THE UNITED TRIBES OF BASS feature remixes and reworkings by Caru, Big Fat Raro, Akcept, Netana, Hasji, DJ Oboe, GALOLEAFI and Big Wā. They have taken MOKOTRON’S brooding electro and reconstituted it into optimistic electronica, seismic dub, stoic ambient and club ready Drum n Bass…
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