December 2012
In this issue:
Home Brew, Bic Runga, Bannerman, Sticky Filth, Gin Wigmore and more. 2012 NZM Wallplanner included!!
Home Brew, Bic Runga, Bannerman, Sticky Filth, Gin Wigmore and more. 2012 NZM Wallplanner included!!
Alex Smart: Keeping It Real -
The input of UK producer Greg Haver on her debut album has given Alex Smart an inspired launch to her career as a solo artist.
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Eight: Moving Right Along -
"Yeah, we should have called ourselves, The Eight for a start," laughs Eight's lead singer Bruce Conlon, after being asked what they have learned in the long lead up to the release of their debut album 'Moving', released on BMG in March.
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King Music's Pacific -
As far as King Music's GM Steve Popham is concerned Pacific music is the way forward. Popham believes that the uniquely regional music has the best chance of any New Zealand music to make money internationally, and the growing success of the independent music distribution company he manages is testimony to that belief.
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Maori Television: Opportunities Aplenty -
It's taken a long time to get here, but the wait looks worthwhile for music fans with a trifecta of music shows debuting on the Maori Television Service - viewable for the 82% of the population who can get the channel.
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Music Therapy Centre Opens -
New Zealand children with disabilities now have access to internationally-renowned music therapy services that will enable them to better communicate in their everyday lives. ...more
Obituary - Martin Emond 1969 - 2004 -
Expressions of shock and sadness echoed throughout NZ and global music, comic, and art worlds when word came that painter and cartoon illustrator Martin Emond died in Los Angeles on Sunday March 14. He was 34.
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Paselode -
After five years of musical toil in their Mt. Victoria basement Wellington's Paselode unleash their debut album 'The Taming of the Wasps'.
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Rhian Sheehan: Global Watch -
Wellington musician Rhian Sheehan's 2001 debut album, 'Paradigm Shift' was a delicate synthesis of acoustic instruments and electronic elements. It drew comparisons with local kindred spirits such as Paul 'Gramsci' McLaney and similarly-minded international acts like The Beta Band.
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Sara-Jane Auva'a -
Sara-Jane Auva'a is aiming for the top. It is her dream to be Pacific music's answer to Alicia Keys and for a young woman with her drive, determination and range of talents it just may happen.
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The Have: Keeping It Tight -
The Have emerged from Wanganui via the high school Rockquest competition with the fast paced Right On two years ago. ...more
The Shocking Pinks -
With a resume that includes stints in The Brunettes, Solaa, The Incisions, CM Ensemble and The Hi-Tone Destroyers, Christchurch-based drummer Nick Harte is perhaps one of this country's most stylistically diverse performers.
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The Windy City Strugglers: A Lifetime in Music -
The music industry has a way of weeding out the long term players, those people who music chose as opposed to those who chose music. The difference is vast and usually it's the bread line that moves people on - it gets scarier as you get older.
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Opshop: Opportunity Knocks
Sitting at a picnic table in the courtyard of his Ponsonby abode, Opshop singer, principle songwriter and self-confessed bad guitarist Jason Kerrison is poring over the recently arrived cover mock-ups for the Auckland-via-Christchurch five piece's debut album 'You Are Here'.
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SXSW 2004: Austin, Texas - March 17 - 21
Welcome to Austin, Texas, the self-styled live music capital of the world and home to the South by Southwest music and media festival - the coolest music industry gathering on the planet.
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