L.A.B.
Aotearoa Music Awards’s celebrated the musicians that make the soundtracks to our lives at the 2021, this star studded evening took place at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. With the big smoke finally out of lockdown, it was time for New Zealand’s finest to walk the red carpet and celebrate an incredible year of Kiwi […]
Celebrating 36 finalists across 15 different categories in a special live television event The 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards will be a live television event screened on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ OnDemand from the Aotea Centre. The event will take place in December and will be rescheduled to a date in early 2022 if Covid-19 restrictions […]
TALKING POINTS on Base FM – hosted by Ian Beatmaster Wright Thanks to NZ On Air Music Date: 3rd April 2020 Guest reviewer: Tony & James from Sojourn Featured release: L.A.B. III Released: 2019 Featured track #1: Personify Featured track #2: In The Air Featured track #3: For The Love Of Jane L.A.B. is a […]
This week’s Local Eyes video is from a band founded by the legendary Kora brothers with the extraordinary talent of Joel Shadbolt on lead vocals & guitar plus Ara Adams-Tamatea from the mighty Katchafire on bass & Miharo Gregory on keys. Following on from the release of ‘Personify’, L.A.B. release the second single from their upcoming album, L.A.B. III. […]
This week’s Local Eyes is for Fat Freddy’s Drop‘s summer anthem ‘Special Edition‘ taken from their new album ‘Special Edition Part 1‘. The ‘Special Edition’ music video features the return of Fat Freddys Drop marionette band vs Baby Dorge & a furry puppet posse grooving to the new single. The video is directed by Mark […]
The ‘Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards | Ngā Tohu Puoro o Aotearoa’ have been announced and it’s a strong group of 2019 Tui finalists! Kiwi hip hop artist Tom Scott’s jazz-inspired hip hop project Avantdale Bowling Club was three years in the making, but only took one week to reach #1 in the NZ Album […]
A political Jamaican Reggae icon, an ambassador of African music and a group of seasoned musicians from Aotearoa are just a few of the heavy-hitting performers announced for WOMAD New Zealand 2020 – 13 – 15 March 2020, New Plymouth WOMAD New Zealand is famous for bringing together artists from all over the globe for a vibrant showcase of […]
The mighty Salmonella Dub return to the North Island for Queens Birthday weekend with their original line up featuring Dave, Andrew and Mark + a big horn section, The Mighty Asterix on vox with Dave and Brent Thompson (ex Southside of Bombay) Also featuring guests and good mates Soulware and L.A.B. Friday 1 June 8pm The […]
This week’s local eyes video of the week is Yoko-Zuna – Day Job (feat. SWIDT). Check out this amazing animation produced by A Makers Initiative Production with artwork by Lyle Hawthorne and amination by Owen Watts additional effects by Swap Gomez. The track itself is produced by Jamal Muavae and Frank Eliesa with cuts by Ill […]
Corona Sunsets Presents: 10 Years of Sustainable Coastlines with The Black Seeds & L.A.B. Sunday March 25 – Mantells on the Water, Auckland Limited tickets available 9am Friday February 23 from Eventfinda For more info – www.corona.co.nz/sunsets Tickets are from www.eventfinda.co.nz sustainablecoastlines.org Since its creation 10 years ago, Sustainable Coastlines has had a simple mission: to enable people to look after the coastlines and waterways […]