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At 23, Sabreen has built a creative practice that spans music, writing and cultural expression. Her songwriting draws from lived experiences, identity and the process of figuring it all out. For Sabreen, making music is as much about growth as it is about creation. With a new EP, Forget Me
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Aotearoa’s live music scene is packed with bands finding bigger audiences, and Wet Denim are right in the middle of it. The Wellington group have spent the past few years building a reputation through their live shows and sharp, guitar driven songwriting. With EP Water For Dogs out tomorrow,
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Sonny and Tiana, better known as MITI have created a brooding dark pop country sound that is both intriguing and highly palatable. They've released three singles to date, the latest being the resolute 'Wasting More Time on You'. The duo have a unique ability to change
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Lacquered Black aren't about typical grunge sob songs. The Auckland band are building a sound around the kind of live energy that leaves a room speechless. They're working towards their first recorded releases, and are keeping things as old school as possible - tracking in a live
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JessB is truly a force of nature. The Aotearoa artist has spent the past seven years experiencing culture around the world, sharing stages with renown global icons and digging deep into the origins of hip hop. More recently, she's been releasing new music. Multiple singles, each unique in
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For GiGi Crayford (aka HINE), music is a way to connect and find belonging. Her recent EP, KA MUA KA MURI, was created over a three-year journey reconnecting with te reo Māori. Raised in a creative whānau with strong jazz lineage, HINE grew up seeing artistic expression as a
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Local Dunedin heroes IVY have never shied away from expressing their opinion. They've recently released a track called ‘Gutter’ that takes aim at the frustration, disillusionment and anger surrounding a system that can leave people feeling powerless and controlled. With their distinct alt rock sound, IVY have become
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Oni Kidman has always been around music. Raised in a creative family, she grew up surrounded by instruments, songwriting and opportunities to perform. Over the years she developed a love for the craft that has carried into her own work as an artist. Now, with her new EP If These
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Since departing Aotearoa for Los Angles over ten ago, Leroy Clampitt has become one of the iconic producers and songwriters in modern pop music. Justin Bieber, Madison Beer, Sabrina Carpenter and Lily Allen to name but a few... Leroy has worked with them all. Now he's created an
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For as long as I can remember, I've had a massive amount of respect for Estère. Her art is innovative and authentic, a unique expression of life like no other. Somewhere in the vicinity of soul, hip hop and electronic grooves, or as she calls it - electric blue
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Mel Parsons has been around for as long as I can remember. In recent years her song craft and immaculate live performances have received some well deserved recognition. Tomorrow she releases her seventh studio album - Castle Hill. Recorded in a remote mountainside setting in the South Island, the process enabled
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Beth Torrance is about to release a new EP. It's darker, more distorted with that same brand of clever songwriting from previous releases. With the backing of a full band 'The Garden Party', the new songs are a glorious modernisation of indie rock in a way
