New Zealand

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Remembrance Rock 

My Vanished Friend: Remembering Martin Phillipps of The Chills

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments Flying Nun Records, Martin Phillipps, Martyn Bull, New Zealand, RIP, Soft Bomb, Submarine Bells, The Chills

Reflecting on the career of New Zealand’s greatest songwriter

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop Rock 

In the Lowlands: Crowded House’s Temple of Low Men at 35

July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Better Be Home Soon, Crowded House, Fleetwood Mac, Mitchell Froom, Neil Finn, New Zealand, Nick Seymour, Paul Hester, Split Enz, Tchad Blake, Temple of Low Men, Tim Finn

A look back on Neil Finn’s inward turn while surfing a wave of unprecedented success

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Indie Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

Hamish Kilgour Gone At 65

December 5, 2022December 6, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments David Kilgour, Flying Nun Records, Hamish Kilgour, Merge Records, New Zealand, The Clean, The Mad Scene

The influential New Zealand musician and songwriter had been missing for several days

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Country and/or Western North Americana 

WATCH: Jackie Bristow Takes An “Outsider” Approach

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2022, Blue Corn Music, Jackie Bristow, Mark Punch, Nashville, New Zealand, Oceania, Outsider

The New Zealand-born singer-songwriter illustrates her journey on title track to forthcoming album

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Post-Punk Punk 

LISTEN: Die! Die! Die! — Our Darlings

February 17, 2022February 19, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments album, Amphetamine Reptile, Die! Die! Die!, New Zealand, Premiere, Steve Albini, Tall Dwarfs, This Is Not An Island

Dig the first album from the original lineup of the New Zealand punk juggernaut since 2005

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Pop 

Brave Words, Submarine Bells, Soft Bombs and Me

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1990, Dunedin, Fire Records, Heavenly Pop Hit, Martin Phillipps, New Zealand, Slash Records, Submarine Bells. Soft Bomb, The Chills

An exclusive, career-spanning chat with Martin Phillipps of The Chills

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Pop 

Connecting The Dots With The (Original) Chicks!

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1965, Cat Stevens, Modern Harmonic, New Zealand, Sundaz, The Chicks, The Pretty Things, The Sound Of The Chicks

An exclusive chat with Suzanne Donaldson about the history of New Zealand’s pop pioneers and the first-ever U.S. edition or their classic LP The Sound Of The Chicks

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"Shoegaze" Alternative Rock Pop 

Heavenly Pop Group

March 20, 2019March 21, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Martin Phillipps, New Zealand, The Chills

An exclusive chat with Martin Phillipps of The Chills

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