Four-time Grammy nominee Feist will make her long-awaited New Zealand headlining debut, with one show only at Auckland’s Powerstation on Saturday, November 25. Touring in support of her fourth full-length album Pleasure which was released in April, the Canadian singer-songwriter returns to New Zealand after five years, last in Auckland as part of the 2012 Laneway Festival. Tickets go on sale ..

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The British Amp Invasion: How Marshall, Hiwatt, VOX, and More Changed the Sound Of Music

The British Amp Invasion chronicles in detail how what seemed at first like a minor also-ran offshore industry turned quickly into a true world leader. The book features backstage histories, compelling behind-the-scenes stories, and liberal use of period imagery. British guitarists were primed to make some of the most influential music the world would ever know, but they ..

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Newfangled Audio partners with Eventide to release novel EQuivocate auditory graphic EQ plug-in

New audio tools creator Newfangled Audio is proud to announce availability of EQuivocate — entering the EQ fray for free (initially) with a plug-in premiere based on the critical bands of the human ear EQuivocate is the ideal EQ for naturally changing the tone of any sound, so it is perfect for mixing and mastering applications. As EQuivocate uses filters that are ..

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NZ Music Video Directors Directory Now Online

NZMusician.co.nz is pleased to announce the addition of another super helpful tool for New Zealand musicians, a new online Music Video Directors directory. Five times a year NZ On Air announces New Music Single recording and Video funding for as many as 25 new tracks – many for relatively new acts who haven’t yet had the chance to work with a professional ..

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Unfiltered Audio launches out of this world-sounding SpecOps spectral effects processing plugin with Plugin Alliance

Plugin Alliance, a new ‘Über-standard’ supporting all major plugin formats and uniting some of the best-known international audio companies under one virtual roof, is proud to announce availability of SpecOps — extending Californian coding masterminds Unfiltered Audio’s Plugin Alliance partnership with complex and powerful processing packed into an easy-and-fun-to-use plugin possessing 36 diverse and flexible spectral effects, ranging from subtle ..

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PreSonus Announces StudioLive AR22 USB Hybrid Mixer

PreSonus® has introduced the 22-channel StudioLive® AR22 USB hybrid mixers, the newest member of the company’s StudioLive AR series. Lightweight, versatile, and feature-rich, StudioLive AR-series consoles are musician’s mixers, packed with analog connections and digital tools for live performance and studio use. A great companion for the recording musician, the StudioLive AR22 USB mixer is equipped with ..

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Reuben Stone shines with new single

Kicking 2017 off with a bang, multi-instrumentalist and reggae king Reuben Stone spent the Australian summer touring with iconic English supergroup  UB40. He quickly followed-up with back-to-back national runs with Tash Sultana and Pierce Brothers. Now Stone is ready to bring us his shining new single, ‘Brighter Than The Sun’  Produced by Tom Larkin and Reuben Stone at Homesurgery in Melbourne’s musicians mecca Brunswick, Stone’s latest single is a testament to his ..

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Four Year Strong with special guests Knocked Loose: The Rise or Die Trying Tour

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2017- FOUR YEAR STRONG have announced that they will be taking Rise or Die Trying on the road to celebrate the album’s 10th anniversary. The band will head to Auckland’s Kings Arms for one night only, Thursday January 18. Tickets go on sale at 10am Monday, September 25. My Live Nation members can secure tickets first during the ..

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Kimbra Announces Title Of New Album

  ANNOUNCES TITLE OF THIRD ALBUM, ‘PRIMAL HEART’     Two-time Grammy Award-winning, critically-acclaimed New Zealand songstress Kimbra announces the title of her anxiously awaited third full-length album, PRIMAL HEART, coming soon via Warner Bros. Records. Today also sees Kimbra announce a special run of European tour dates, with shows in Norway, Sweden, Germany, the UK, Belgium, France and Holland. ..

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Chainsmokers Announce LDRU and Chores for Auckland Show Supports

LDRU and Chores have been announced as the support acts for the Chainsmokers only New Zealand gig at Spark Arena in Auckland, on Tuesday October 24th. Hailing from Sydney’s sunny Northern Beaches, LDRU has not stopped since releasing his first single in 2013 which caught the attention of Skrillex, A-Track, Diplo and What So Not.  Since then he has released official remixes for Flume, Lorde, Jack Ü and Miami Horror and has been ..

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