Issue @ NZ Musician

Failsafe Reviews -

by Chris Mooar

Failsafe Record’s Rob Mayes has been a linchpin in recording Christchurch music for over 20 years, often to be seen plugging his recorder into a mixing desk. ...more

Fly My Pretties - Barnaby Weir is Flying High -

by Rebecca Thomson

He burst on to the scene in 1998 with The Black Seeds and is still best known as their front man, but there is a whole lot more to this Wellington musician. ...more

FMR-RIP -

by Melanie Selby

On Friday October 18 the dozen or so Auckland staff of FMR (Festival Mushroom Records) were given some particularly bad news - the business had been sold. ...more

Graeme Jefferies -

by Gareth Shute

Graeme Jefferies is one of New Zealand's most successful ex-pat rock musicians - he is critically recognised around the world, has toured with bands like The Mountain Goats through Europe, and is now making a living off his music in Germany. ...more

Grand Prix - In the Back Seat with Grand Prix -

by Karen Blyth

I am unsure quite what I expected when meeting the members of Grand Prix. ...more

Lorina Harding - Second Time Around -

by Kathryn Nevell

It took the unexpected death of bass player Willy Seiffert to spur singer-songwriter Lorina Harding into making her second album 'Clean Break'. ...more

Rob Mayes and the Retrospective 30 Series Remasters -

by Mark Bell

When Rob Mayes took it upon himself to begin salvaging and archiving recordings by New Zealand bands he had grown up with through the eighties, he clearly had little idea of the real challenges in store for him. ...more

Stranded in Paradise Twice Over -

by Trevor Reekie

Published in 1988, the original 'Stranded in Paradise' became the literary equivalent of a Kiwi turntable hit. ...more

The Beautiful Losers - Beatspeke Meets Cellotronics -

by Andrew Healey

When people ask me what I do for a job I say 'I'm a beautiful loser';" laughs Shane Hollands. ...more

The Exponents - The Insider's Guide to Luck -

by Mark Bell

It is weird to be writing an article about Jordan Luck and The Exponents so many years after the band technically ceased to exist. ...more

The Inkling - An Inkling of a Deluge -

by Kiran Dass

Seeing Wellington band The Inkling play recently at Auckland's Odeon Lounge was a most refreshing musical experience. From a frequent barrage of ironic bands with style triumphing over substance, it was great to see four boys just get up on stage and perform dazzling music without bells and whistles. ...more

Trillion - A Trillion Shades of Jody Loyd -

by Kathryn Shaw

It has been a decade since it all started for Christchurch hip hop artist Jody Lloyd, aka Trillion, who reckons his new album 'The gray between shadow and shade' is better than anything he has ever done. ...more