Adam Holt signing The Exponents to PolyGram in 1990 wasn't his start in music (that was with a band called The Contents), but it was a step toward a 4-decade career, during which he played a vital role in taking NZ music to the world. By @opdiner.comwww.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ada...
One of the things I've most enjoyed writing for AC. Honouring a lifetime friend who made a massive difference to the way the world heard the music he loved.
On April 30, 2025, Adam Holt stepped down as MD of Universal Music NZ; he was the longest-serving head of a major record company in New Zealand, ever. Holt started out as a musician…By @opdiner.comwww.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ada...
On April 30, 2025, Adam Holt stepped down as MD of Universal Music NZ; he was the longest-serving head of a major record company in New Zealand, ever. Holt started out as a musician…By @opdiner.comwww.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ada...
November 7: Beastwars launch a new album, The Ship//The Sea. Nov 20: the band go on tour. On Beastwars' origins: "Nathan Hickey & Clayton Anderson found they had a shared love of Kyuss so agreed to jam together..." (By @garethshute.bsky.social). The new... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/beas...
...album's cover artist Nick Keller says, "From my earliest discussions with Nato, the ocean theme was the primary lead... Singer Matt was keen to explore the idea of a ship adrift upon a turbulent sea as a metaphor for the human individual..." www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/22480/B...
November 7: Beastwars launch a new album, The Ship//The Sea. Nov 20: the band go on tour. On Beastwars' origins: "Nathan Hickey & Clayton Anderson found they had a shared love of Kyuss so agreed to jam together..." (By @garethshute.bsky.social). The new... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/beas...
On this day in 2001, Anika Moa's debut album 'Thinking Room' went to No. 1 on the Aotearoa Music Chart. As a teen she signed to US label Atlantic Records: the first Kiwi to sign to a major international label before releasing an album at home. www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/anik...
"Pluto immediately had success on student radio with 2 poppy acoustic tracks, 'She's Jive' and 'Hey Little'. Yet their real aim was the multi-layered rock sound they achieved on their second album, Pipeline Under The Ocean (2005)..." www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/pluto@garethshute.bsky.social
"Pluto immediately had success on student radio with 2 poppy acoustic tracks, 'She's Jive' and 'Hey Little'. Yet their real aim was the multi-layered rock sound they achieved on their second album, Pipeline Under The Ocean (2005)..." www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/pluto@garethshute.bsky.social
The things you find. This is the first profile of a wee indie label I set up once upon a time. They were such unique and new things in NZ that the writer had to explain how they worked—45 years ago (gulp)...
Nominees for the 2025 Aotearoa Alternative Awards have been announced, and AudioCulture is thrilled to be sponsoring Te Whiringa Toa 2025 ki a Te Pou Hononga/The SRN Top 10 of 2025 award :) Also, you can vote here for the People's Choice award: srn.nz
APRA AMCOS Aotearoa have announced that the Music Director of the 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka (held on October 29) is the singular singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arts laureate, and producer/svengali, Delaney Davidson. Cool! www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dela...
Congratulations to The Warratahs, who will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll awards on October 29. AudioCulture has several pages devoted to the band, and its original members... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-...
Congratulations to The Warratahs, who will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll awards on October 29. AudioCulture has several pages devoted to the band, and its original members... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-...
