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Florence + The Machine
Florence Mary Leontine Welch; don't be fooled by her sweet mouthful of a moniker. Welch's debut album 'Lungs' is a howling allegory with a sharper bite, than any ordinary spitfire's bark. Could one Florence fluttering her wings, be the first ripple of an ensuing, glorious chaos? Feel the force come February, when FLORENCE + THE MACHINE arrives to hold court at the first gathering of St. Jerome's Laneway music festival in Auckland... Read interview HERE.
Florence + The Machine
Did you hear the one about the winsome songstress who found the ear of Major Label Bigwigs; signing her on the strength of a demo- thrusting her into a Meteoric Rise To Fame? Read IV HERE.
Cobra Starship
New Zealand loves COBRA STARSHIP & Cobra Starship, love NZ. Cobra Starship articulate their wishes to be harboured in a shelter on a NZ mountain at the end of the world. Read IV HERE.
La Roux
Perhaps LA ROUX; is just the armour that your doctor has been dying for. Retire old 'Rigby, there's a new Eleanor in town and her boots are by no means little... Read interview HERE.
Anberlin
ANBERLIN are the kind of band that will promise every under-eighteen fan attending their only 2009 New Zealand date, hang-times after the show... Read interview HERE.
white lies
Perhaps there was a hidden English tourist contingent storming the Studio’s balconies, or maybe this truly was the beginning of the glum-rock revival... Read review HERE.
Pixie Lott
Forget crackle and snap. PIXIE; is the new pop! It's about time that gravity was taught a lesson in girl-power... and LOTT, just might be the Pixie for the job. Read interview HERE.
Pearl Jam
PEARL JAM have waved the grunge banner since the Seattle heyday, and their career has been punctuated by a constant battle with their own vitality... Read album review HERE.
Paramore
'brand new eyes' was always going to be a make or break album for PARAMORE; both in cementing their steadily increasing fan-base, as well as securing the future of the band... Read album review HERE.
David Guetta
'One Love’ flows like a Saturday night anthemic mix, that would fit in comfortably at any dance-party. You probably already know if you’ll like this album or not, based off the singles... Read review HERE.
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