Renee Jones

AMA | Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards is the annual showcase event for the music industry, celebrating artists and music from Aotearoa.

...while Persian-New Zealand rapper CHAII is also nominated for 5 awards including Album of the Year and Best Producer for her debut album Safar.
2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the Tūī awards, and will be held on Thursday May 29th. 2/2
aotearoamusicawards.co.nz/awards

Stan Walker - AudioCulture Aotearoa eventually drew him home and his songs became more personal, with lyrics often written in te reo Māori. It became clear he was not only a hitmaker but a songwriter with a unique artistic visi...

The finalists for the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards have just been announced, with Stan Walker and CHAII leading the nominations. Walker is up for 5 awards including Best Solo Artist and Best Māori artist... audioculture.co.nz/profile/stan... 1/2 @stanwalker.bsky.social

WTAF.

AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below.  AudioCulture Quiz, 7 April, 2025 The Ruby Suns at Camp A Low Hum - Rachel Brandon ...

It's Rāhina Monday, and it's time for the AudioCulture Quiz :)
This week's questions are instrument-themed, and are set by @garethshute.bsky.social.
How did you get on?
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

Gone, but not forgotten. Many splendid gigs and a pie at the pie cart to finish. Halcyon days.

The Oriental - Article | AudioCulture For a while it seemed everyone played at The Oriental, or the “Ori” as it was known. In the mid-80s it was often jammed-packed, choking on cigarette smoke, soaked in that fuggy pub smell, and alive wi...

Sadly, Ōtepoti Dunedin's legendary Oriental Tavern is being demolished today. Richard Langston says, "in its heyday – roughly 1983 to 1987...after the initial assault of The Enemy and The Clean, this was the time of the second flush of Dunedin music." www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

I recognise Ray! I worked with him at the Zoo for a while :)

This week's AudioCulture Quiz is up if you'd like an evening distraction :) How did you get on?

Would you like to have a go at today's AudioCulture Quiz?
It's a tricky one, but there are some fascinating answers.

Dear Manager,
I have:
1. Woke up, fell out of bed
2. Dragged a comb across my head
3. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup...
4. Found my coat and grabbed my hat
5. Made the bus in seconds flat
6. Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
7. And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

This is quite fun.
What would you tell Elon you've done productively?

(Looks like I almost worked 8 days a week!)

Dear Manager,
I have:
1. Woke up, fell out of bed
2. Dragged a comb across my head
3. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup...
4. Found my coat and grabbed my hat
5. Made the bus in seconds flat
6. Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
7. And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

@garethshute.bsky.social
#lilchiefrecords #lovesongs #NZMusic

Lawrence Arabia

As Billy Bragg says, Valentine's Day is over, but there's always room for great love songs, such as The Reduction Agents 'Waiting For Your Love'. Karl Puschmann notes that "Cupid could empty his quiver firing arrows at the catalogue of Lil’ Chief Records..."
audioculture.co.nz/articles/ten...

Black Clouds in Stereo, by Brett Adams 10 track album

...of instrumental pieces titled Black Clouds In Stereo (Rattle). Composed and recorded during Covid lockdowns in his Waitakere home, these dramatic soundscapes are a realisation of Adams’s potential as an artist. Listen here: 2/2 brett-adams.bandcamp.com/album/black-...

Brett Adams - AudioCulture The album had been a long time coming. Adams is one of New Zealand’s most sought-after guitarists. As well as being a member of The Mockers at their peak, he has fronted alt-country band The Bads with...

He's played with everyone from The Mockers to Tami Neilson, and in 2022 sought-after guitarist Brett Adams finally released his first solo album, a critically acclaimed collection... 1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/bret...

Cool :)

YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (Official Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5t...

It's prize time! You could win a double pass to any show on The Veils' Asphodels album release tour.⁠ To enter, answer the question in our latest newsletter by midday tomorrow. (This is a cool Valentine's day gift!)⁠ mailchi.mp/audioculture...

AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below.  AudioCulture Quiz, 10 February, 2025 Aaradhna, 2024 - Photo by Prasenjit Das Risha...

Happy Rāhina Monday! it's time for the weekly AudioCulture Quiz :)
The questions in this week's quiz were set by Amanda Mills, of the Hocken Collections library at the University of Otago Library. How did you get on?
audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud... #AudioCultureQuiz

WTF??!!

This must be statistically significant :)

This is exciting – AudioCulture ("the noisy music of Aotearoa New Zealand music") is now here on Bluesky :)
Feel free to follow...

There is definitely a theme emerging :)

Yes that was news to me too!

Thanks :)

That's ok, it's the most popular score by far today!