Author: jackg70
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Lily Allen. Katie Perry. Sabrina Carpenter. And now Foley, from right here in Aotearoa. Pop at the highest level of professionalism and quality. Foley is duo Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett. New single Cinematic is out now, and I have to confess I am glad to have been introduced to them. We’ve got an irresistibly…
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Is it a push to claim to have listened to a supergroup that consists of two members? Because I find Midwave Breaks makes me want to say that I have done so. New single Waste Of Time does nothing to lessen that conviction or dampen my enthusiasm for this excellent act. The band members –…
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Hold onto your hats, Ardon England is back with new single I’m That Bitch. Ardon (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Āti Awa, Kahuranaki Marae) is releasing the track as forerunner to the EP of the same name on 12th February 2026. As the EPK tells us: “I’M THAT BTCH”* flips ego into liberation—an alter-ego switch that invites…
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This is different. Erase Everything is a new experience to me, and one I am happy to take onboard. Based in Tāmaki Makaurau & Ōtepoti the band released the original version of this track on its EP Glass Souls – itself worth a definite listen. I must flag that the EP is VERY different to…
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January 13th 2025: Angelo Munro, Amber Beaton, Matthew Berry, Grant Sowerby and John Ropiha make up the Erase Everything, a band with members based in Tāmaki Makaurau & Ōtepoti. Featuring seasoned players from the Bleeders, Shitripper, Fever Lake & Crap Date, Erase Everything explore the edges of modern rock by underpinning atmosphere with hardcore sensibilities.
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WOW! That’s what Saurian‘s new single Laced compels me to utter. The band has been having some fun with genre crossing in recent times, playing with punk, pub-boogie and other formats that they have proven themselves equally adept at. What they do here is step into an almost post-thrash Metallica family of sound, and they…
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Well hello again music world. I am back. I am reviewing new Kiwi music once more – and first cab off the rank is the wonderfully organic sound of Taipella Tide, from – where else could it be? New Plymouth, in that magical region that punches absolutely tonnes above its weight in musical talent, TARANAKIIIIIII!!!!…
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Whatever K-pop can do… J-pop did it already!Straight from the streets of Kobe comes KOBE KIDZ! This hunky boy band brings style, looks, attitude and some completely off the charts moves! Enjoy Kenji, Hiro, Riku and Yoshi’s debut EP Kandy. . Our guys are Kenji, a twenty year old lead singer who says he loves…
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From Tallinn, Estonia, comes Lady Garden +. Triplets Jelena (Lena), Tatjana (Janz) and Natalja (Lia) are the writers, performers and musicians of Lady Garden, a percussive-based EDM/Pop crossover act. Now residing in Wellington, New Zealand, they are trained singers and dancers. One of their stated influences is Mariah Carey and the multiple octave range she…
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