Music Reviews & Interviews

1st September 2008 - By Stephanie Cairns
Salient interview with Mark from The Enright House and Thomas from i.ryoko... I wanted everyone in the room to be part of a rare and sensual experience, to be able to stand on even ground, for us not to be separated from those who came out to hear us play.

5th September 2008 - By Vicki Anderson | The Press
Black Seeds frontman Barnaby Weir (pictured) talks to VICKI ANDERSON about touring, Tall Poppy Syndrome and the group's new album, Solid Ground...

3rd September 2008
Minimalist folk exponents Mount Pleasant have just released their album through A Low Hum. Mount Pleasant is Christchurchs’ Jonathan Phillips. He writes very frustrating music. Beautiful and moving...

2nd September 2008
Everything you ever wanted to know about New Zealand music - it's a 12-episode series funded by New Zealand On Air. Covering a whole range of topics from reggae, to improvisational collectives, to the enduring appeal of brass instruments...

25th August 2008 - c/o www.nzmusician.co.nz
The tour diary from Flip Grater, highlights from their New Zealand album release tour, kicking off in Christchurch's port own Lyttelton...

By VICKI ANDERSON - c/o The Press | Monday, 18 August 2008
Local and intl acts combined to put on a free concert as MTV's Snow Jam was broadcast to 27 countries. Is it cold? Let me hear you say yeeaaah! But icy winds whipping straight from the snow-covered mountains providing the spectacular stage backdrop did not deter thousands of music-loving punters...

25th July 2008 - c/o Hat, The Press
Rating: * * * *
In music, finding your own voice can be a difficult journey. You seek advice from all the wrong sources. Only the most determined eventually create something that they believe in. That, to me, is what Flip Grater has achieved on her second album Be All And End All...