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!!
Aaradhna - Little Downtime for Aaradhna -
Since she was very young, all Aaradhna Patel wanted to do when she grew up was be a singer.
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Godfrey De grut - My Part in Kanye's Future Success -
Godfrey De Grut was recently asked to do a keyboard session for Kanye West, possibly the world’s most in-demand hip hop producer, and a multi platinum selling artist in his own right. ...more
NZ On Air's Phase Five Scheme - Goin' Fishin' -
Phase Five is NZ On Air's contribution to the campaign to get New Zealand music happening internationally.
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Tadpole - Playing Tadpole to the Bitter End -
My first question for Renee Brennan is whether her band’s third album is in fact going to be simply self-titled ‘Tadpole’, as the pre-release sample in front of us indicates. ...more
Taking on SXSW -
Austin is a bit like a Tex-Mex beans powered version of Christchurch, except, once a year at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival the city becomes the centre of the known musical universe. ...more
The New Zealand Trio - Fancy a Classical Threesome? -
Name a classical music group in New Zealand that has performed collaborations with some of the most well known household music names?
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Woodcut Studios - A Cut Above -
Auckland's Woodcut Productions Ltd began when Aaron Christie decided he would rather work in the music industry than the visually oriented field of advertising, in which he was an accounts manager. ...more
Chong Nee - Getting Around
Like other musicians, John Chong Nee has endured ups and downs throughout his career. He has, without prior calculation, found himself involved with numerous musical movements in New Zealand, which have respectively created their own legacies and provided music of difference. ...more
dDub - The Dawn of dDub
Awake At Dawn' is the name Auckland six-piece dDub have given their long awaited first album. It is a milestone for the members of the hardworking group who have spent the past six years defining their sound; molding elements of rock, roots, reggae, dub and ska into dDub's own distinctive blend.
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Don McGlashan - Loneliness of the Long Distance Strummer
For someone who has just completed his first solo album, Don McGlashan is very sparing in his use of the personal pronouns 'I' and 'me'. Instead he is much more likely to substitute the inclusive 'we'. ...more
The Bleeders - The Sweet Taste of Sincess
Little did the Bleeders, then in their early 20s, know at their first practice session that in just under four years together as a band they'd be releasing their debut album, with the weight of Universal Music - and approximately $100,000 to cover recording costs - behind them.
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