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Kody Neilson initially burst onto our music scene with his unhinged, magnetic performances as the lead singer of the Mint Chicks. Now he’s emerged with his own musical project, Opossom, which picks up on the crunchy pop of the late Mint Chicks’ recordings and takes it further into the territory of psych-rock. Gareth Shute caught up with him to find out how Opossom’s debut album, ‘Electric Hawaii’ caught the wave.
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It's a brilliant four weeks and believe me, we're all for it, but to be honest, it can be hard to...
For Kiwi musicians a move abroad has always made sense for those who want to expand beyond New Ze...
It’s with great sadness that we learned of the recent death of New Plymouth-based guitarist, Stev...
OBSERVATION POST
We've invited some folk known for their keen-eyed music industry observations to comment on events and trends in the biz, both here at home and abroad.
NZM Newswire: … and the Quote du Jour goes to Iggy Pop.
"What has a record company ever done for me but humiliate and torment and drag me down?"
NZM Newswire: Kimbra - representing the '90s
As reported over at Billboard.biz, NZ's very own musical wonder woman Kimbra (Johnson) is the first female '90s-born artist to top the Billboard Hot 100
Richard Thorne: Volume’s Off
News that NZ Herald owners APN have decided to turn off their A4-sized newsprint music street press, has come with Volume’s 33rd weekly issue, and a tad awkwardly right on the eve of the 12th annual NZ Music Month.
Mr Observation: There’s more to a free music campaign than free music
Thinking about giving your music away for free? Well, there's more to it than simply posting your track online and talking about it on Facebook.
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Australian singer-songwriter Allan Caswell is suing his music publisher, Sony ATV, for failing to collect royalties for a song that he penned for the 1980s television soap, ‘The Prisoner’.
Organisers of this year’s London Olympics have reportedly invited the Who’s Keith Moon to perform at the closing ceremony, not realising drummer has been dead for 34 years.
US-label Third Man Records tried their hand at non-traditional music distribution over the weekend by releasing Jack White’s latest track, Freedom at 21, into the atmosphere via helium balloon.
In the latest ticket scalping headlines, concert promoter Michael Chugg has called for federal ticket on-selling legislation, as fans fume over scalpers dealing Radiohead tickets.
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New Order should be in a chipper mood when they play Auckland on February 27, with the recent news that some of their long buried master tapes have been unearthed in Manchester.
Dutch copyright group BREIN has been accused of infringing music by not gaining permission to use a track for their anti-piracy campaign.
Kiwi hip-hop artist David Dallas is following the mantra of his song Big Time with news that the track So Close Now has been picked up by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to be used as entrance music for a tag team duo
An Auckland teenager has appeared in Manukau District Court after suggesting explosives were hidden in a government building. Ifraaz Joseph (18) pleaded not guilty to one charge of threatening to harm people or property in what was allegedly a protest against the new Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act.
American band MGMT were pelted with shoes at a show in Huntington Beach, California after band member James Richardson said, trying to hype the crowd up, "...everyone give me your left shoe now..."
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