JOSH LOYD-WATSON of JUNGLE: Kind of a Jamboree An interview by Tim Gruar. Elemental Nights, a captivating concert series during Elemental AKL 2022 returns to Tāmaki Makaurau this July with a sensational season of curated experiences celebrating the unique cultureContinue Reading
NADIA REID: Elemental Orchestrations An interview by Tim Gruar. Port Chalmers singer/songwriter, Silver Scroll and Taite Music nominee, Nadia Reid is going out on the road this July with her band and contemporary classical ensemble NZTrio. She will also performContinue Reading
ANGUS STONE of DOPE LEMON: Manifesting Magic and the Muse An interview by Bridget Herlihy. Dope Lemon, one of the acclaimed Australian songwriter Angus Stone’s guises, is a genre-bending, eclectic delight that has amassed a legion of dedicated fans andContinue Reading
THEO SALMON of DAFFODILS: In Bloom and Never Happier An interview by Bridget Herlihy with photography by Tom Grut. After a serendipitous meeting between Theo Spike Salmon and Jade Bryham at a 1975 gig in 2016, Tamaki Makarau based quartet DaffodilsContinue Reading
CATE LE BON: Devastation Frozen In Lava An interview by Tim Gruar. The last time Welsh multi-instrumentalist avant-pop artist Cate Le Bon was here it was just a year before the world shut down. The show was a complete sell-out. Continue Reading
PAUL MCLANEY of GRAMSCI: No Fear Of Self An interview by Bridget Herlihy. The great David Bowie once asserted that “Ageing is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been”. In and of itself thisContinue Reading
JAMIE MCDELL: A New Kind Of Honesty An interview by Bridget Herlihy. Jamie McDell started making waves when she released her debut album ‘Six Strings and a Sailboat’ in 2012 when she was only 16 years old. Inspired by anContinue Reading
JAMES MILNE of LAWRENCE ARABIA: Flexing A Different Muscle An interview by Tim Gruar. Believed by the artist to be ‘the latest and best of a recent plague of anniversary vinyl re-release tours’ Lawrence Arabia has decided to ‘do’ hisContinue Reading
MILAN BORICH of PLUTO: Switching Off All The Noise An interview by Tim Gruar. Feature Image by Alexander Hallag. PLUTO are back, sort of, dropping their new ‘album’ single by single. They are in no hurry, though, preferring the songContinue Reading