New Zealand Music has come a long way and is starting to make waves with
people all over the world. We're lucky enough to live here, so we've put
together this handy list of the top 5 homegrown gigs you should check out
during may!
Without further ado, here are our top 5!
#5 – Covered –
Celebrating the incomparable songbook of New Zealand music
‘Covered’ brings together a range of much loved local artists to tear the
roof off at the Kings Arms Tavern and perform covers of their favourite
homegrown classics.
Each artist will play 2–3 cover songs along with one of their original
hits. We're personally super excited to see Tami Neilson do
her thing!
It should be a great night for all involved!
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On April 17, Shihad will release the 20th
Anniversary reissue of KILLJOY on remastered Vinyl LP
& CD.
Listening to KILLJOY is like getting a big, beautiful punch in the face.
It'll give you two black eyes but leave you smiling. It's that good. And now
that Shihad's classic second album is turning 20,
it's fitting it gets the re-mastered and reissue treatment to make it sound
bigger and more imposing than ever. KILLJOY is volatile, catchy, and intense all
in one.
This storm of sonic power isn't just one of New Zealand's finest rock
albums – it's one of the country's best albums
full stop.
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Mumford & Sons have broken their agonizingly long
silence and have announced a new album, titled ‘Wilder
Mind’. In an extremely unexpected move, the new album sees the
band wandering away from certain signature elements like the banjo, acoustic
strumming & stomping kick drum.
In place of these Mumford & Sons have evolved their sound to incorporate
guitars, synths, spacey mellotrons and even some drum machines. “We felt
that doing the same thing, or the same instrumentation again, just wasn't for
us” says frontman Marcus Mumford.
"Towards the end of the Babel tour, we’d always play new songs during
sound-checks, and none of them featured the banjo, or a kick-drum.
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The Brit
awards have just wrapped up and I'm still buzzing about that epic Kanye West
debut of his much hyped track “All Day”.
Who won big at this years awards? Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran both added to
their trophy cabinets with a cool two Brits each. Taylor Swift continued her
takeover of Pop with her very first Brit award and a stellar performance. Paloma
Faith took away the much coveted “British Female Solo Artist” award, beating
out some tough competition from the likes of Ella Henderson, Fka Twigs, Lily
Allen and Jessie Ware.
Without further ado, here is the full list of nominees and winners!
BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST
Ed Sheeran –
WINNER
Damon Albarn
George Ezra
Paolo Nutini
Sam Smith
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Yesterday marked the 87th Academy Awards hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. There
were a tonne of outstanding live performances from some of the hottest artists
right now. Adam Levine, Rita Ora, Lady
Gaga, Common and John Legend with
“Glory” all hit the stage to celebrate one of the biggest nights of the year
in the movie industry.
We've got some sweet videos below of some of our favourite
performances of the night!
Adam Levine's “Lost Stars”
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The 2015 Grammy Awards have come to a close and while Sam
Smith & Beck dominated this years awards there were still some a tonne of
other winners.
Check out the list of winners below.
Album of the Year: Beck, Morning
Phase
Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert,
Platinum
Best R&B Performance: Beyonce f/ Jay
Z, ‘Drunk In Love’
Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning
Phase
Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam
Smith, In The Lonely Hour
Best Pop Solo Performance: Pharrell,
‘Happy’
Best New Artist: Sam
Smith
Best Urban Contemporary Album: Pharrell G I R L
Best R&B Song: Beyonce f/ Jay
Z, ‘Drunk In Love’
Best Rap Album: Eminem,
The Marshall Mathers LP2
Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, “i”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Eminem
f/ Rihanna ‘The Monster’
Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St.
Vincent
Best Rock Song: Paramore, ‘Ain't
It Fun’
Best Rock Performance: Jack White,
Lazaretto
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett
and Lady Gaga, Cheek To Cheek
Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly
Rasta
Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical): Beck, Morning
Phase
Best Surround Sound Album: Beyoncé,
Beyoncé
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Frozen
Best Song Written For Visual Media: Kristen Anderson-Lopez
& Robert Lopez (songwriters), Idina Menzel (vocalist): Let It
Go
Best Music Video: Pharrell,
‘Happy’
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Here at Mighty Ape we take a real pride in bringing you great products. So
when we come across companies that aren't just looking to make the next big
thing, but make the world a little better while doing it, we jump at the chance
to get involved.
The range of LSTN
Headphones does just that. For every pair of headphones sold, LSTN
helps restore hearing to a person in need through the Starkey Hearing
Foundation.
Already they've been able to help over 19,000 people hear in places like the
U.S., Peru, Kenya, Uganda, China and Sri Lanka, and they're just getting
started.
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Just in time for summer, we've just landed stock of the latest in the
Braven range!
The Braven
705 offers you the same high quality portable sound as you've come to
expect with the Braven range, while packing in a couple of awesome new
features!
In a range of stunningly fresh pastel colours, the 705 series packs plenty
of style into a device that's all about substance. With a built-in microphone
and speaker phone capabilities with your phone, you're not just limited to
playing music with this device. A shock absorbent thermoplastic exterior makes
it reliable in your on-the-go lifestyle.
However, the biggest and best feature of the Braven 705 has to be its
TrueWireless technology, which allows you to pair 2 Braven 7-Series speakers
together for a bigger sound – perfect for when that beach picnic evolves into
a full blown party.
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Well, it's safe to say that Christmas fever is most definitely upon us!
With that comes the added stress of finding the perfect gift. We've made
things easy and put together this handy list of the top 5 Pop
albums to treat that special someone this Christmas!
1. Taylor
Swift – 1989
1989 is a touchstone; Taylor's songwriting and sonic
evolution surprises us more than ever before. Heavily keyboard and beat driven,
the pop sensibilities that have always been the hallmark of Taylor’s music
now move front and centre on 1989.
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We've just received stock of the huge Christmas
at Downton Abbey album!
Christmas at Downton Abbey is the official festive
collection from the much loved, award-winning television series,
Downton Abbey.
Transport yourself back to a simpler time and enjoy this two CD collection of
well-known carols and hymns, which have been carefully curated to evoke the
Christmas At Downton Abbey spirit.
Christmas at Downton Abbey brings together the ultimate classic carols &
hymns collection plus exclusive new recordings of traditional carols from
Downton Abbey cast members Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Cora) and Julian Ovenden
(Charles Blake) plus a special, spoken word Christmas story read by Jim Carter
(Mr. Carson). Added to this The Downton Abbey composer John Lunn has written a
new & exclusive extended seasonal suite version of the Downton Abbey theme
music, part 1 & part 2 open each disc.
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