"Incredibly original, really unusual and one of the most interesting things I heard in a while." Mark Ronson"Jonti definitely has his own style, which makes working with him very exciting, He's a real great musician" Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes)"Firework Spraying Moon makes want to run from this city, huddle up in a make shift tent and live by the light of galaxies... Read the full post

Last Friday some of the MusicHype team caught Family Cactus on their album tour, with opening slot filled by Andrew Keoghan.After filling up on curry and beer we hit the San Francisco Bathhouse. Read the full post

New Zealand's finest ever Steampunk band are back and are hitting the South Island for two gigs this weekend. Alex The Kid are a must see if you're into hooky synth pop with post-Orwellian overtones (and seriously, why wouldn't you be). Here's the details: Read the full post

Urban Ether presents the first ever Black Cotton Acoustic Session at Meow in Wellington on May 11th. A night of chilled out acoustic jam sessions, this is an event for the artists to play what they love for people who love to hear what they play. Read the full post

Andrew Keoghan and friends left me buzzy last Thursday at Mighty Mighty.It's been awhile since I had that bizzy-buzzy feeling after a show - the one where you're lying in bed and the music keeps happily repeating. I get this happy buzz when I see performers enjoying themselves & loving their music. Tick and Tick for Andrew Keoghan and friends. Read the full post

Last night was the album release show for Wellington singer songwriter Eva Prowse's debut album I Can't Keep Secrets. Read the full post

Knives at Noon - what a band. I know I say this a lot but I'm constantly amazed by the level of talent and diversity we have in the New Zealand music scene at the moment. Something of a golden era for emerging NZ music, methinks.Knives at Noon play epic synth driven rock that's hard to pin down stylistically - there's a strong... Read the full post

This weekend was a busy one for good gigs in Wellington, with Rocktober and Sophie Burbery putting on great gigs on Friday.And Saturday brought us Decortica at Medusa, Supermodel at Bodega and of course (since it's the subject of this review) Kids of 88 and The Naked and Famous at the San Francisco Bathouse.Kids of 88 were up first in what was their... Read the full post

We had the pleasure of attending the Decortica gig at Medusa Bar in Wellington on Saturday night for what was an epic night of effects-laden heavy rock music.We got there just in time to catch local Welly group Fear of the Dark. Describing themselves as trip-hop electro, they had a very nice, darkly melodic sound with great moody vocals and it made a... Read the full post

Hard working Wellington rockers Supermodel marked their return to New Zealand - following album recording sessions in the UK - with a double show (one all ages, one R18) at The Garden Bar, with support from Mercury Crowe and The Earlybirds.I'm surprised The Garden Bar isn't used for more rock gigs in Wellington - it's a great venue. Read the full post