Homefire Burning – Fire It Up
(Subculture System) Homefire Burning are a Roots Rock Reggae band from the Kapiti coast, just north of Wellington city. If you are a fan of Katchafire, House of Shem, The Black Seeds or Steel Pulse,…
Conscious Roots 3
(Various Artists / EMI Music NZ) Compiled by David Allan and Pranja Moodley It's always a hard thing to do the third of a series, especially if the previous two have been such killers. The third has…
Ghetto Red Hot – Mix CD Release Party – Sat 23 Jun 2007
When: Saturday 23 June Where: Vintage Bar - 25 Taranaki Street, Wellington Featuring: Art Official, Kerb and Rhys B $5 entry, free CD plus a Bacardi cocktail to the first 50 peeps Welli's very own…
Cornerstone Roots – Free Yourself
(Motherland) The second full length release from Cornerstone Roots has all the elements of a homegrown roots reggae release: songs about home and belonging, the landscape of Aotearoa, political…
Soul Jazz Records Presents: Box of Dub: Dubstep & Future Dub
Dubstep is something that is only just starting to make sense to me. I've always appreciated its half-time jungle aesthetic and its constant use of reggae and ragga samples and motifs, but a small…
Kerb Top Ten – June 2007
DJ Kerb is a New Zealand hip-hop legend and long time practitioner of the hip-hop arts, as a prolific graffiti writer with his crew Triple S and his company Top Shelf Creative. He is also a well…
Reggae Gold – Sat 19 May 2007
When: Saturday 19 May Where: Tupelo - Edward Street, Wellington Featuring: Conviction Roots, Antoine and Art Official 10pm start, gold coin entry Come join the NiceUp Family for Reggae Gold - a night…
Art Official Top Ten – May 2007
Art Official has been a key player in the Wellington reggae, dancehall and hip-hop scenes for many years. He runs Newtown Sound and produces, promotes and interviews local, national and international…
Antoine Top Ten – April 2007
Antoine has been a resident in Wellington since 2003 after moving to the Capital from Paris, and he has been spreading reggae throughout the city and selecting around town for the past two years. His…
Ride Inna Town – Fri 30 Mar 2007
When: Friday 30 March Where: Tupelo - Edward Street, Wellington Featuring: Dubhead, Cpt Nemo, DJ Lemon, Ras Twig and Tuffy Culture 10pm start, $5 on the door Auckland and Hamilton link-up with…
Digital Mystikz – Mala
23 and 24 March will finally see the arrival in New Zealand of an international dubstep artist. The artist in question is Mala of Digital Mystikz from the UK, one of the styles most well known global…