1: You were the shit if you had one of these. 2: You were also cool if you had one of these, and the accompanying half-pipe. 3: You could play out in the street until the streetlights went off. 4: You could sing the whole thing. 5: Getting …
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As many of you will have already seen, on Saturday night a gig was cut short featuring some international bands at the Kings Arms Tavern in Auckland. There has been a lot of debate as to who was at fault, who should pay, and whether or not the authorities over-reacted. …
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Recently there was a bit of buzz regarding a post by Pop-Punk band Neck Deep where they said that Warped Tour was coming to New Zealand which people quickly jumped on and got extremely excited about, but just as fast it got corrected and our hopes and dreams were shattered. …
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There is an increasing amount of sub-genres in the world of music as bands and musicians continue to experiment and try to seperate themselves from the pack. But is it getting a to a point of ridiculousness or is it somewhat necessary? I feel this would be quite a polarising …
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It was the morning of Saturday the 4th of March, one of the biggest days for NZ music in 2017, the day that is Jim Beam Homegrown! The journey to Homegrown was altogether uneventful so I won’t bore you with the details. But I arrived outside TSB Arena on the …
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Seas Of Conflict, a progressive metal band from Hamilton, are just about to drop their brand new EP Vestige! They released first single “Temporal Ocean” a few weeks ago and have dropped a second track “Lightless” on the weekend. These songs arn’t for the faint of heart, this is heavy …
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Emma and Tori try and scare the crap outta people… Literally!
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Clean whites. Now usually we’re the kind of people that notice all of our flaws but honestly we never really thought about how white our teeth were before. You often hear of people spending a small fortune to get that photo-shopped looking gum bling. So, when someone suggested we, mere …
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Bands are frequently changing their style and sound, some pull it off, and others not so much… recently there have been a few new releases that have tried a different sound or style and garnered a mixed response. First off let’s start with the latest Linkin Park track “Heavy.” Now …
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