The new single from her second album Set Her Free, Tiny Spaces really highlights the reasons behind Alayna‘s success as a streaming artist over the past few years. With a lush production that elevates the organic use of “real” instruments, Tiny Spaces shows why Alayna is attracting fans from across some very diverse genres. This…

How does this band keep doing this??? Somebody tell me? If I ever get the chance to see The Transits live I will be down the front, roaring at the top of my lungs to rock anthem after rock anthem. Messrs. Lunn, Antelme and Smith have got the writing, performing, recording and visualising of their…

I often wax lyrical about the Taranaki region and its evident abundance of musical talent. Amongst these, most deservedly so, sits MissCrystal Starr. From her fabbo EP Eyes To The Stars I am going to review the eponymously titled single. Firstly, when searching Spotify etc. make sure you search the full title MissCrystal Starr! Two…

Cry Wolf feels to me like a supergroup of acts I have reviewed over the past few years. And the sound of this single, Player One, certainly lives up to the term supergroup. Kevin Ashby, Josh Dillner, Nick Raven, James Porteous. A roll call of names from a list if heavyweight bands of recent times,…

What do you get when you cross The Undertones with The Jam, transport them to Aotearoa in 2026, and stick a Dublin-born, Wellington-based vocalist who’s Facebook says he’s from Helsinki, into the mix? You get the rather splendid Oven, by Dónal Gunning, that’s what. With an instantly attention-grabbing bass and drums intro straight out of…

AAAAAAAA, what a winner of a song! Play For Keeps, formerly monickered Ellie Oak, are a Christchurch-based five-piece indie band, and when I say indie I mean INDIE. This is totally up my street! I am going to gush. Play For Keeps single Handsome Boy gives us a light melody that’s catchy, swinging, commercial and…

I’ve been introduced to Christchurch hardcore 4-piece Crisis, and again I find myself happy with the intro. Consisting of vocalist Jack (that’s a great name to call your children), guitar/BVs from Nathan, drummer/BVs by Liam, and bass/BVs by Callum, the guys have released a demo recording of new single Bones. The demo allows us to…

South African born, New Zealand based Lee Martin brings us her latest single Feel. This is a great acoustic based track that captures a specific fan base right in the sweet spot. I shall endeavour to elaborate… We have a soft, warm acoustic guitar, picked instead of strummed, sitting atop a creamy chocolatey bottom end…

Harry Charles brings us his new single Great Pages, from his album Movement, which has been available since May 2025. I’ve been given the full version plus a cut-back radio edit to review. Harry has honed his talent and experience, and clearly drawn a slice of his audio influence from, the Bohemian nightlife of underground…

Oooooohhh smooth! Tāmaki Makaurau based TiGER is bringing his new single Chameleon out this coming Friday, 6th February 2026 – and if slow, seductive, sultry, compelling soul/R &B is your cup of tea, you my friends need to mark this on your calendar. In a breathtaking display of top tenor breaking into a full voiced…