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This week’s Local Eye’s video the week is from Gino October with Where Do I Stand?, the first track taken from his upcoming project titled The Fall. Born in 1994 in the township of Mitchells Plain, just outside Cape Town in South Africa, Gino immigrated to Aotearoa with his family in 2006, aged 12. “Some of my […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster Wright Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: 12th May 2021 Guest reviewer: Chris RL Featured release: Shedlyte ‘Shades’ Released: 2021 Featured track #1: 3BROWNUSOS Featured track #2: BREAK BONDS I & II (feat. Chris RL, SSU) Featured track #3: YEAR IS OURS Shedlyte are […]
Waxstar Touring proudly presents Dillastrate LIVE at Cassette 9! Christchurch natives and musician mates Tim Driver and Henare ‘H’ Kaa of Dillastrate and making their way up from the dirty south to bring their high energy live show to Auckland on June 4th. A neo-pop soul group the duo mingles with current soul, hip-hop, jazz and […]
This week on Native Tongues!… Featured Tracks and Artist: ON!ON!ON!, FOOTONFLOOR (feat Kamahumble), THESHINING by Church & AP NZ hip hop game changers Church & AP have shared Side B of their album AT THY FEET. The release sees the pair exhibit their powerful, polished and boisterous style whilst simultaneously addressing a list of important topics such as racial profiling and gentrification in their […]
This week’s Local Eyes is from New Zealand’s newest supergroup Young & $lept On (Y$O) who are the combine forces of artists Sam V, Aidan Fine, JARNA, Brokeboi Ace and producers EDY, CreationKit & M4. This stable of talent is set to disrupt airwaves and social media with their eclectic sense of style, talent and vision – demonstrated by […]
After lockdowns foiled plans, not once, but TWICE for the annual Latte Art Throwdown last year, the milk foaming maddness is returning for 2021, on Thursday, June 10th! Hosted in our neighbourhood at Atomics Kingsland’s HQ, 420c New North Road, and with a bunch of spot prizes, food available by Cheese on Toast and our very […]
The best time in New Zealand Music has rolled around, this May we celebrate 21 years of Aotearoa’s iconic NZ Music Month | Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa. 31 days dedicated to honouring great local music for all New Zealanders – in every place, for every age, and in every genre. Throughout the whole month, […]
This week’s local Eyes is from New Zealand singer-songwriter Mikey Dam with his latest track ‘Would You‘, the music video directed by Connor Pritchard is a moving look back at Mikey’s childhood. The song was initially penned by Mikey during New Zealand’s second lockdown in August of last year, before being further produced by LA-based, New Zealand-born […]
‘Breaking Artists’ on Base is a monthly feature where we pick 3 local artists and showcase 3 new tracks we think you should know. All ‘Breaking Artists’ tracks are fresh and featured for the entire month so that we can push their music far and wide. This month’s picks… Sola Rosa – Chasing the Sun […]
This week’s Local Eyes video of the week comes from Aotearoa’s modern-soul master, Louis Baker. Who has shared a new video for ‘Overdrive’, this summer banger of a tune features double-platinum independent rapper/producer Kings. The striking visuals, directed by photographer and filmmaker Abe Mora (Chaii, Troy Kingi, Stan Walker), take the viewer on an intimate night out in and around Auckland’s Strand Railway Station. Filmed under […]