ONEFEST - part 02
Posted 10:55pm Sunday 26th September 2010
The final night in Radio One’s Onefest series for 2010 draws together soul-inspired low-end theorists from across Aotearoa. Their renown is booming by the day. You will doubtless hear their talents expounded in articles and interviews in the future – but, for now, here are their words on records and Read more...
Truth - Puppets
Posted 10:51pm Sunday 26th September 2010
Aquatic Lab (4/5) Truth’s halfstep swagger is no lightweight matter. Disembodied vocals lie in industrial bass-weight as the trio pursues sound as physical presence, with walls of low-end set against pneumatic percussion. Their debut album, Puppets has to be felt to be believed. Read more...
Truth
Posted 10:47pm Sunday 26th September 2010
Essentially New Zealand's most internationally recognisable dubstep export, this Christchurch based producer/DJ trio have, in member Tristan Roake's words, "been on around forty-five plane flights … and played close to forty shows" over the last eight months. Dividing this air-mileage and Read more...
What is... X Factor?
Posted 10:16pm Sunday 11th July 2010
A Review of Battle of the Bands The atmosphere was kinetic for so early in the evening. Maybe it was the collective nerves, band members tense about not only their own performance, but what the competition would bring. Maybe it was the alcohol. Together, it elicited a potent mix of frenetic Read more...
Fat Freddy's – fucking shit up.
Posted 8:08pm Sunday 11th July 2010
With a vibrancy befitting his cartoon alter ego, Hopepa warmed up the small alcove we were forced under by the rain in a way only someone living their dream can. Having been drawn into the fold of Fat Freddy's Drop only months after their inception, his bad ho jelly-roll dance moves and loose Read more...
DUDSTOWN RUN THIS
Posted 4:07pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Booof speaks with Beau about, like, MCing and shit. Your role in the nightlife and musical culture of Dunedin is long and involved – how did you get started? Damn, you're making me feel like an oldie! I first got into free-styling by mucking around and having fun. I listened to Read more...
The Outsiders - The Words Will Write Themselves
Posted 4:07pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Universal Wellington-based band The Outsiders have been touring relentlessly for their debut album, These Words Will Write Themselves. Live, these songs are fast paced, catchy, and more than anything, fantastic to listen to. Unfortunately, they do not have the same effect on the album. Read more...
Caribou - Swim
Posted 3:11pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Merge 2010 (4/5) Diving headfirst into a wash of haze and colour, Caribou's new album Swim envelops the listener instantly. Dan Snaith seems more focused musically than he has since his debut as Manitoba at the turn of the century, as he steers the opening track Read more...
Groove Armada Black Light
Posted 1:07pm Sunday 11th July 2010
Cooking Vinyl (3/5) As impeccably-timed as much of their back catalogue, Groove Armada’s sixth full length, Black Light, sees the duo channeling mid-‘80s synth-pop reference points to make the inevitable ‘dark’ album. Currently operating sans-frontman, the Read more...