News Archives - January 2010

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Savvy Promotions have announced the line-up for their next ALL AGES show!! ...more

For those lucky enough to be heading to the St Jeromes Laneway festival, this coming Monday, the timetable can now be downloaded from ...more

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The Mint Chicks will release brand new recordings this February in the form of a limited edition USB stick entitled 'Bad Buzz'. ...more

The line-up has been announced for the 95bFM Summer Series. ...more

The timetable for SOUNDAY 2010 has been released. ...more

NZ’s first Soul Alldayer, 12 hours of Soul Classics, Rare Groove, Northern Soul, Neo Soul, Modern Soul, R&B, Jazz Funk, Soulful House, Disco….will be held at the Kings Arms ...more

New Zealand’s fast changing ticketing business will get even more competitive at the end of the month with the launch of paperless ticketing company, moshtix. ...more

The three finalists for the Best Jazz Album of 2009 have been announced by RIANZ, and include some of the most established names in the genre. ...more

Queenstown’s local rock community will put their talents to good use this weekend with Rock 4 Haiti, ...more

Bruce Russell, of groups The Dead C and Handful of Dust and founder of renowned record-labels Corpus Hermeticum and Xpressway, has published a book. ...more

This February, NZ’s premier hardcore and punk acts will converge in Hamilton for the Hamtown Smakdown. ...more

A collection of Kiwi musicians will perform in a musical extravaganza, Save the Children - Haiti, at Auckland's Powerstation on Saturday 30 January to raise money for Save the Children's Haiti Emergency Appeal. ...more

New Zealand’s first dedicated music trade event, Sounds Aotearoa, will take place in New Plymouth from 10-11 March in the run up to WOMAD Taranaki. ...more

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The Rotorua District Council and Police have introduced a liquor ban in the streets surrounding Rotorua International Stadium for Saturday's Raggamuffin Festival. ...more

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A THIRD Shapeshifter show has been added for Thursday 11 February at the Powerstation in Auckland ...more

After taking home five Tui’s at the NZ Music awards in October and two ARIA’s (Australian Music Awards) in November, Kiwi artist Ladyhawke has scored a nomination at the 2010 Brit Awards. ...more

Remember Channel Z? - That alternative music station that came about in the nineties and disappeared in the mid 00’s? ...more

NZ’s very own Balkan Gypsy brass extravaganza Niko Ne Zna will release their debut self-titled EP, which consists of five traditional and original Gypsy tunes, on January 25. ...more

The finalists for the 2010 Jim Beam Homegrown band search have been announced. ...more

Grammy Award winner and New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) recipient Alan Broadbent will be performing as part of a jazz trio ...more

London based Kiwi’s Her Make Believe Band will return to NZ for a 15-date acoustic tour in March/April ...more

Following a two and a half-year hiatus, Auckland screamo/post punk five piece Cold by Winter will return for two shows. ...more

This year the LATE series will feature discussion on the theme of innovation, with bands and artists performing in the museum’s galleries. ...more

As reported in Roy Martyn’s blog at www.chrisknox.co.nz, Chris Knox and The Nothing will be playing at Auckland’s Laneway festival ...more

Shapeshifter's show at The Powerstation in Auckland on February 12, has SOLD OUT! ...more

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Can't find a way to the Big Day Out tomorrow?? Buses to the BDO will run at regular intervals from 9am through to 2pm ...more

Over 10,000 artists from 49 countries applied for the coveted 1800 performance slots the South by Southwest Music & Media Festival in Austin Texas ...more

Nominations for the 2010 S3 Pacific Music Awards are now open. ...more

For 17 years, Auckland City Council has been providing Music in Parks, a series of free music and film events in the city's parks and reserves. ...more

Autozamm will be previewing new songs from their forthcoming 2010 album...... ...more

The European flavoured event Fiesta Del Sol returns to Waiheke Island’s Stonyridge Vineyard this summer with a line up of international and local artists. ...more

Auckland’s dirty post punk rock and rollers The Twitch have finished work on their sophomore album and will be hitting the road this February. ...more

A Thunderstorm swept across South Taranaki last night, forcing an early close to the Parihaka International Peace Festival. ...more

The finalists for New Zealand’s Best Folk Album of 2009 have been announced. ...more

The NZ Music Commission is running a songwriting competition, open to all school children, to create the theme song for NZ Music Month 2010. ...more

Rail construction crews in Auckland are sweating to complete track work in time for special trains to run for the Big Day Out festival next week. ...more

The search to find ‘the greatest guitarist in NZ who never played’ is on once again. ...more

Christchurch's busiest and hardest working Soul/Nu Jazz three piece, Switch, Sanchez & Nacoa are set to release their debut single this February. ...more

April Sun In Cuba hitmakers, Dragon will return to NZ shores this January to play four shows across the North Island. ...more

The Big Day Out are bringing tickets and spot prizes to the streets in the final week before the music festival rolls into Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium on January 15. ...more

Auckland 9 piece Unknown Peace has been crowned the winner of the 2009 Battle of the Bands National Championship. ...more