"When I step in the arena, ya'll are like "who the f*** is this here?"" spits Albino on A-L-B-I to the N-O, from his debut offering 'Submerged: Part One', being released on the proudly west Auckland-based 833 Records. ...more

As vitally important as our government-funded support programmes are, you can't sometimes help thinking that they risk breeding an expectation of ongoing state subsidy amongst musicians and record labels. ...more

A new nationally syndicated radio programme, which brings together the top 10 tracks from our local club scene on a weekly basis, hit the airwaves on January 28. ...more

It's been a helluva summer for Hamilton band Chuganaut. In November they reigned supreme in the first World Battle of the Bands contest, earning themselves a single recording and some new music kit. ...more

Geography being what it is, Christchurch being where it is, and the NZM corporate jet still just a wistful twinkle in the editor's eye, teleconferencing became the default setting for a cutting edge, cost-be-damned media face-off with Eskimo's Rob Mayes and Michael Daley. ...more

About bloody time indeed! Plenty have talked about it, some even planned and schemed, but nobody has really been prepared to put their money where the Kiwi music shines. ...more

Geoff Maddock is tired and a little deflated. The hugely talented guitarist, keyboardist and arranger seems to be going through a kind of post-natal depression, having just signed off the last details of the new Goldenhorse album 'Out of the Moon'. ...more

The new year summer months always provide a multitude of outdoor concerts and festivals deserving of NZM coverage - if only we had enough stamina (and pages) available to do justice to them all. ...more

Welcome to Pluto's world. Having worked, begged, and borrowed from every possible source imaginable to finance their second album 'Pipeline Under The Ocean', there's no money left over, even for a drink. ...more

Kog Transmissions original Chris Chetland, aka Baitercell, DJ Timmy Schumacher and vocalist Bex Riley catapulted New Zealand's burgeoning breaks scene into the international spotlight when their debut Baitercell v Schumacher 12" vinyl single What's Down Low, topped online breakbeat radio station Breaks FM's World Chart in 2004. ...more

The great rock'n'roll joy of our Christmas season is in getting to see great live bands performing in sleepy small towns - the annual beach tour pilgrimage. ...more

Everything about her exudes an air of confidence, but for a long time Wellington-based singer-songwriter Lotus Hartley was overcome with nerves. ...more

Local DJs looking for that big break should have their decks at the ready - the third annual Heineken Thirst global DJ search is almost upon us. ...more