Alternative Music

No wage subsidy for artists during red: 'Frightening and stressful'

Now that Aotearoa is in the Red traffic light setting, the arts industry has come to a grinding halt with events of more than 100 people…

Release of the Week: Kita takes us into 89 lockdown houses around the globe in their latest video

There are fewer phrases more appropriate to this moment than “try to find a way”.

When Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant , Ed Zuccollo and Rick Cranson of Wellington…

New release: Adam Hattaway and the Haunters’ “woozy swamp ballad” hits the spot

“I want to make music that's classic and kind of hits the spot,” says Adam Hattaway.

There’s a repeated motif in Adam Hattaway and the Haunters’ new…

New release: How to be The Beths in four easy steps!

The Beths make music that is jubilant, neurotic, carefree and anxious. I revisited their debut album Future Me Hates Me during a state-sanctioned walk around my…

Premiere: Merk makes door hinges sound cool in his new music video

There’s a metallic synth sound, almost like a squeaking hinge, in Merk’s latest single ‘H.N.Y.B’. You wouldn’t think a door hinge in need of lubrication is…