Author: jackg70
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This genre is one that usually gets a solid review from me, as it’s a particular favourite of mine. This song is going to join the ranks of solid reviews. Christie, Josh, Olivia and Charlie are the global phenom that is Yumi Zouma, and they are an absolutely heavenly indie pop act. All Kiwis, they…
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https://yumizouma.com/ Yumi Zouma is a band without borders. But if distance makes the heart grow fonder, then consider the transcontinental indie-pop luminaries bonded for life. Composed of members Christie Simpson (vocals, keyboards), Josh Burgess (guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards), Charlie Ryder (guitar, bass, keyboards), and Olivia Campion (drums), Yumi Zouma originally joined forces in 2013. All New Zealanders, the band’s members have always lived…
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Powder Chutes embark on national tour with The Boondocks! Two of Aotearoa’s most exciting emerging rock bands are hitting the road for an 8-date tour together. Powder Chutes are a rapidly rising, young rock band from Wānaka, New Zealand, known for their incendiary liveperformances and fiercely original sound which blends modern grunge, punk and hard…
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HOW do these guys keep doing this to me??? The Transits are Ryan Lunn, Tyrone Smith and Dom Antelme – and they have yet to provide me with a single that doesn’t make it onto my own personal Spotify playlist. This band consistently finds a soaring chorus to accompany a grower of a verse, over…
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From her November 2025 album Girl, In A Savage World, increasingly influential artist Theia brings us her new single Holy War. Wow. Really Wow! A haunting, breathy top end soprano intro vocal over the gentle sounds of flames from somewhere. A call about her country being in flames, and some almost staccato strings bring us…
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Another belter from Medusa Glare explodes onto my radar in the form of new single Home. These guys sure know how to put a corker of a hard rock number together, believe me! We’ve got riffs and rhythm to die for. Kicking right into it with a nasty ass, heavy on the distortion riff, swiftly…
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Celebrated Aotearoa singer and songwriter Theia (Waikato, Ngaati Tiipaa, Ngaati Aamaru) will perform a special ‘homecoming’ concert exclusively for her haukaainga in Port Waikato on Saturday, February 28. Hosted at Tauranganui Marae on the banks of the Waikato River, and proudly supported by Tainui Live, this show is the centrepiece of Theia’s upcoming nationwide Debut Album Release Tour. Gates will open at 5pm and entry to the whaanau friendly, all-ages…
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Motorhead t-shirts? Beastwars t-shirts? A video recorded in a shipping container on vocalist Cormac‘s front lawn? Speaking of vocalists – a vocal performance that sent me down the mental road until I stopped at the late, great Ronnie James Dio. What a set of pipes young Cormac has indeed! This is an 80s metaller’s dream.…
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Sanoi is German-born, Aotearoa-based DJ, producer and electronic music composer Jonas Fischer. He’s bringing us his cheeky new single Count It as a kind of bridge between the A and B side concept of the release of the two parts of his album Augenblick. We get a visit from, I’m sure I’m correct, Gene Wilder‘s…
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