The new single is out from Kirikiriroa’s duo Bird Machine. Luke and Jenna have brought us a multi-genre spanning work that is deeply thought out lyrically and performed with technical precision and hearts on sleeves – as they always do with their writing. It’s been great to see the duo has been playing some good…

Okay. I’m a Welsh bloke. Born, raised, still got the accent. I am scratching my noggin trying to think of a more Welsh name than Evan Rhys though! This multi-instrumentalist from New Plymouth certainly means business, and I’ll tell you for why. There’s not many who I have known who would engage man-who-is-everywhere-right-now, the infallible…

And the Auckland heavy rock band factory delivers up another elite quality act in Swerve City. Man these guys pack a punch! Consisting of Kev Ashby, JP Carroll, Adam Forsdyke and Shannon Coulomb, we have ourselves a classic four piece that certainly delivers on the classic rock sound. I’ve not got the info on where…

Welly band This Silent Divide is a major, directed force building in the New Zealand music industry. These guys need to get on the road and dust off the passports, because places like Melbourne, Los Angeles, London, Glasgow, Dublin, Buenos Aires – the rock centres – will lap these guys up. I’m reviewing a remix…

I mentioned on another review that I really like Ska music. I had an in-depth intro to it courtesy of a brother wayyyyy back in the mists of time. I got to listen to early Selecter, The Beat, The Specials, Bad Manners. And man, did it resonate! Music created by a combination of cultures, urban…

Ohhh, and the ‘Naki has done it for me again. The Mara return with a single so unlike their previous one I would think it was a different band, if I didn’t know better. This is a true talent. New single Candy Sun is a dreamy, ethereal Brit-pop ode written by frontman Jordan Jones. From…

Decorated time is the solo project of Wellington multi-instrumentalist Adam McDonald. His latest single, Where The Hills Meet The Sea, features Sam Minot on lead guitar break and lead fade out. Produced at Adam‘s home studio, we have some interesting indie pop/rock with generous allowance for instrumental pairings and fiddling around. It absolutely smacks of…

I’ve never hidden the fact that I absolutely love 80s music. This adopted homeland of mine, Aotearoa New Zealand, appears to be rich with talented musicians, many of whom seem to share this love of all things 80s. isunray and Cosmic Address evidently fit into this clique. Kudos to them, says I! These two intrepid…

I’m seeing the names Scott Seabright and Chris Chetland popping up regularly in New Zealand bands EPKs. Not surprised. These engineering work-horses certainly know how to pull a number through the studio and keep its heart and spirit. No different here, with Medusa Glare‘s newest release Winning The Game. The band together with Scott produced…

Zoë Larsen-Cumming (she/her), musician and songwriter based in Tāmaki Makaurau, is the brains behind Babe Martin. I’m reviewing the debut single from her newly launched E.P, also named Versoix, and this is most definitely an interesting song from an interesting act. With some intense restraint, Babe Martin brings us an organ-driven folk/dream-pop crossover of surprising commerciality.…