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…

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…

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…

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!!!!…

Episode 2 – Reviews of The Transits, Sam Bartells & the Outsiders, Superturtle, PONZ, and Saurian; plus music industry news on releases and tours, more words from the notorious capitalist sponsors, a game amateur musician providing a live feel to our intermission, another lesson in English vowel pronunciation from another region, and finally a question…

Reviews of The Flaxxies, BB & the Bullets, Lachie Hayes, Brent West, and Jeiel; plus music industry news on releases and tours, more words from the notorious capitalist sponsors, a decidedly Gallic intermission, another lesson in English vowel pronunciation from another region, and finally a pearl of wisdom from South East Asia’s only Scottish monkey…

Episode 1 – Reviews of: Mim Jensen “Safe In Body”; Phoebe Rings “Drifting”; Threat.Meet.Protocol “Cancelled”; Kayleb Duckett “Airport”; Miss Crystal Starr “Theatrical In Fact”

Welcome to the new format!

I’m aware Greta Van Den Brink is an actor and stunt artist. She’s turning her hand to music too, and I have to say I am rather impressed. New single, the head-turner of a title being Swimming On A Spoon, has charmed me. I wasn’t expecting it to be as enjoyable as I found it,…

Exciting! A new act for me to review! Papercity are originally from Nelson, although they hang out in the big smoke Tāmaki Makaurau these days. A self-described alt-pop band, they consist of vocalist/guitarist Alex Hargreaves, drummer Sam Edmonds, and bass player (I assume) Jack (great name there!) Rollinson. New single Bored is great. It’s an…