Multi-talented Mia Kelly is the Wellington-based force behind Japes. This newest single, Lighter Thief, takes us on another audio journey through their avant-garde world of sound and inspired minds-eye vision. A tad more up-tempo from the previous track, Japes does put me in mind of Icelandic queen of the alternative synth-pop, Bjork. Not in timbre,…

Ray Leslie is certainly on her way! This latest single I Still Love You is a great mark of studio nouse and commercial savvy for a breezy rap single with a whimsical twist that’s going to draw in a lot of people. Ray has a waif-like aura about her. This doesn’t mean vulnerability in the…

Tāmaki Makaurau is surely going to be echoing with the Punk Rock chords of the fabulous Celine throughout the rest of the winter! They’re storming back into our lexicon with new single Thanks For Sharing. Described in the EPK as a bit pop-punk, I have to let you know right now it’s definitely more snarlier…

Debut single for Porirua’s Tavita & Bay Road, we are in MOTOWN ’24! What a funky number! Led by Samoan/Pakeha Tavita De Seymour vocalist, I was transported to the Midnight Special, Soul Train, you name it! Fused by a Flanger-dripping bass that absolutely screams Stevie Wonder‘s mega-hit Superstitious, this is a funkalicious trip through an…

From her brand new EP Living In The Shadows, released on 7th June, Filipina songstress Ms. Mia brings us the promo track, and what a saucy belter it is! We’re looking at one of those jazzy, sleazy 1920s Speakeasy scenes. The big band is having a slug of Moonshine, while a handful of the band…

Well now. It’s not often I get a song that’s over six minutes long, and as avant-garde as anything I have reviewed. That’s what I have been presented with, with Please Give Blood‘s new single, Ambition. We have a track that can qualify as punk, industrial, goth, electronica. The list is lengthy. Like the song!…

BAKeR, aka Mike Baker, has been in and around the music scene on both sides of the ditch for a long time. I do like it when an artist is still hungry for more, and attacks the scene with something new, unique and personal. That’s what the entire vibe is around new single Moonface, the…

Once in a blue moon a song comes along that truly takes my breath away. Now I have reviewed several Steffany Beck numbers and I am absolutely sold on this artist as a truly talented and professional performer, singer, songwriter, guitar player. I’ve reviewed one absolutely brilliant Miranda Easten single, and this lady is equal…

I’ve been waiting for Blake‘s new single since I was privileged to comment on her earlier release about mental health. Such a talented wordsmith to be able to put such significant life experiences into such captivating lyrics, surrounded by such commercially viable yet individualistic singles. I really like this artists emotional intelligence and her ability…

Once the frontman for Atlas, which holds the record for the longest tenure for a single at the top of the NZ singles chart (beating even Scribe), Sean Cunningham is back under his own name and new single Habit is going onto my personal Spotify playlist as well as the Flash-Trax one. What a gorgeous…