From Tāmaki Makaurau, Ra Charmian brings us the follow up to their Te Reo cover of Satchmo‘s Wonderful World, the enchanting nee single Te Aroha. With a vid filmed on and in Manukau Harbour, we get a glimpse of the warmth and togetherness felt by whanau of the band, and extended as is tradition, to…

Nicely different to anything else around at the moment, Chances Are sits in a very nice spot of being genre-less. Or do we say they hit numerous genres? Being a three piece band located in three different places, I kind of feel the push and pull of their various environments stimulating in different directions and…

I just got my first listen to Midwave Breaks’ new single All She Was. WOW! What an immense number. The song is an up-tempo rock love song from vocalist Bruce to his wife. Highly emotive composition and lyrics, with some brilliance on the tools by the band, make this a surefire hit single for the…

Underwire. My mates band, and I don’t care that I give them good reviews, because their music is bloody good and it’s my site so there! New single Gloves Off is still ringing in my lugholes, and I don’t know how but this one is the best one yet. We’ve got some rich guitar layering,…

New album Hold My Gun is out. The Naki’ Blues behemoth The Mons Whaler keeps doing it for me, and man oh man, lead single Linger On is intense! This track is the nominated release day promo track for radio promo, and man it must have been a hard job to pick one, because this…

Tāmaki Makaurau is home to Family Band. I’ve just heard their debut single Large Dirt Piles, which has been out, to be fair, since Feb 21st so I’m a little behin the 8 ball on this one, sorry. It’s the opener for their forthcoming E.P. The Dog Box, released on 30th April. The three members…