Ardon is back! What I love about diversity is that it’s so… well, diverse. He’s Māori, he’s queer, he owes us all a beer! Ardon is a lyrically expressive individual with the flamboyance to pull off the musical statement he’s aiming to make. Plastic is essentially a big “f*** you” to anyone who judges those…

Bird Machine are certainly getting out and about, judging by their social media posts lately. Good! They deserve to get some recognition, as this duo are rapidly becoming a versatile, flexible and very interesting combo indeed. No two songs sound the same, while being anchored to the brand (in a 100% positive way) by Jenna‘s…

Ōtautahi based, originally from Scotland, we say hello to Country/Pop singer/songwriter Karra Rhodes. Her debut single, Why Can’t I Love You Less, is out on Friday 1st March, which is my national day, St. David’s Day. Cymru am byth! Interestingly, this track has been produced by world renowned studio maestro, and my pal, Greg Haver…

Woohoo! Wellington rockers This Silent Divide show us their continued versatility and ear for a great fusion of rock genres with monster new single In This World. What’s more, they’re playing some shows where you’re going to get to see them play it and their other weapons grade numbers in the merry month of March…

I am a really lucky son of a sausage roll. I get to listen to the most amazing music from artists at the very top of their game, and I get to post stuff about what I think of their work. I feel reviewing is different to being a critic: in that I am going…

I’ll clarify something – I do get submissions that I go back to folks and say this track isn’t ready yet. What I post are reviews of tracks that have had the full audit of studio work from A to Z, and if they’re not there, I will advise the artist as much, as I…

A few years back Darren Watson released the famous – or infamous, depending on your beliefs – single Planet Key. Initially banned from airplay, Darren won the right for it to air. I wonder if this new track, Lyin’ Luxon, is going to garner a similar reaction from its subject. Time is going to give…

Can I invent a genre? Or more specifically, can I give a name to a genre? Dystopian Punk. There you go. That’s inspired by the sound I hear from Tāmaki Makaurau trio Repairs, who bring us their new single Mosaic. Written about watching how history seems destined to continuously repeat as we wind back gains…