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NZ band DEVILSKIN’s second studio album, Be Like The River released in November 11, 2016 debuted at #1 on the Official Album Chart on the 18th November 2016 has today been certified Gold. Gold status means more than 7,500 copies of Be Like the River have been sold. Certification is awarded on the basis of over-the-counter retail sales and streaming data. Paul Martin ..
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Cupid Baby, the title track from the upcoming Cupid Baby EP, is out now through Black Lotus Records and this is undoubtedly KVKA’s most ambitious project yet. Cupid Baby symbolizes the rebirth of the young New Zealand artist both conceptually and sonically. KVKA delivers his well-known deep and gritty voice over contemporary basslines, arpeggiated riffs and intricate percussion provided by STUSS (Hamilton, NZ). Turning heads after racking up over one million YouTube plays for his track ‘Who You’, Cupid Baby is set to further showcase KVKA’s talents – not only as ..
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Hailed as the saviours of the Kiwi rock ‘n’ roll revival movement, Auckland bandRacing have today dropped their new single ‘The Bass’. Listen to ‘The Bass’ here Racing (consisting of Ed Knowles on vocals, Sven Pettersen on guitar, Daniel Barretton bass and Izaak Houston on drums) emerged from the ashes of one of New Zealand’s most loved and highly regarded indie-rock bands, The Checks, which Knowles and Pettersen ..
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Creating a genuine genre-spanning effort for his first full-length album, Ciaran McMeeken is releasing his self-titled debut on August 4th and pre-orders are now live! Diverging from Ciaran’s classic singer-songwriter sound, this collection of 12 tracks is a result of over 30 months of collaborative writing both in New Zealand and Europe. Recorded at Auckland’s Roundhead Studios, ..
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Although we live in an age of innovation and disruption, many folks are content using new technologies to consume rather than create-especially musicians. Case in point: for many guitarists, the notion of electronic enhancement starts at their instrument’s output jack (or mic) and ends at their amp. Such myopia comes at a price, as Guitar ..
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Fall Out Boy announce their return to Auckland. The group plays The Trusts Arena in Waitakere on 7 March 2018 as part of their worldwide tour for their seventh album, MANIA. The Chicago natives have been perennial chart toppers and sold over 7.5 million albums since emerging as a mainstay of emo’s mid 2000s heyday. ..
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Following up on the success of its popular, award-winning StudioLive® 16.0.2 digital recording and performance mixer, PreSonus® announced the new StudioLive 16.0.2 USB. Compact, portable, and rack-mountable (optional), the 16-channel StudioLive 16.0.2 USB is designed for both studio recording and live sound. It’s ideal for small bands, personal studios, intimate clubs, small churches, community organizations, ..
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FoIk inspired Auckland band alae are ready to take their emotive brand of soulful sound on the road once more with a headlining national New Zealand and Australian tour announced for this August and September. Taking in some of the most intimate venues in the country, alae’s 6 date NZ tour will kick off in Christchurch and ..
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PreSonus® is now shipping its Studio 26 and Studio 68 USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interfaces. Both interfaces record at up to 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution and feature PreSonus’ coveted XMAX microphone preamps, audiophile-grade digital converters, ultra-low-jitter clocking, and MIDI I/O. As with all PreSonus recording systems, Studio-series interfaces come with the company’s award-winning Studio One® Artist DAW software ..
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Gold Coast native AMY SHARK present will return to New Zealand to celebrate the release of her debut EP Night Thinker, playing two headline shows in Wellington and Auckland this September. Playing her first ever international show in Auckland to a sold-out Neck Of The Woods crowd in April this year, Amy is having a whirlwind 2017, with a ..
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