In less than 1 week the almighty Kings Arms will play host to the first annual Auckland City Rock Fest and it is exactly what it says on the tin, a rock music festival in Auckland! The 10 bands that are playing are Ekko Park, Setting Fire To Stacey, Silence The …
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Bloodnut released their brand new album “St Ranga” today, “St Ranga” is the 2nd album from these Doom/Sludge metalers and it’s a hard hitting, head banging beast!! As you can likely tell from the album title and the band name there is a ginger theme going on and if you’ve …
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Arrays is a new hard rock/metal project by one of the Auckland rock scene staples, JP Carroll. JP is the guitarist and singer for Auckland band Armed In Advance and he has just released the first single from his solo EP “Motives” which is due for release on September 1st. The …
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Through talking to a lot of musicians I have become interested in the progressions that have taken place in regards to what people listen to throughout the years. Some go the classic and consistent route of being exposed to their parents music early on such as Black Sabbath, Queen, AC/DC, or The …
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Any Action Sports Enthusiasts out there? If so you should definitely check out Nitro World Games!! It happened a few days ago and man some crazy shit went down!! The worlds best BMX, Skate, FMX, and Scooter riders hucking the best tricks their crazy minds can conjure up. Bit of …
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I can’t believe its been 10 years since the first Battle At The Berrics professional skate competition… I have watched each one every year for the last decade… man that makes me feel old… For those that don’t know Battle At The Berrics is a professional skate competition put on by …
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Well the time has finally passed, Devilskin have completed their set at Download Festival, and from all accounts it seems like it went off massively!! Paul Martin stating that it may be have been the most enjoyable Devilskin set he has ever played! Which is pretty big considering some of …
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New Zealand has some hugely talented musicians that just do not get the support they deserve from local media as they mostly play old recycled shit, or new cookie cutter nonsense, most of which is from the international market that really doesn’t need our support. I really doubt that playing …
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Everyone has that old faithful song/album/or artist that they can always listen to no matter what, who or what is that for you? For me I have quite a few…. generally any of these artists I can listen to their whole catalogue but here’s a few fave songs. Mudvayne Breaking Benjamin …
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