Jnr Ranks Top Ten – June 2008
Jnr Ranks is a DJ/Producer from the Capital city with a dread reputation. Having grown up in and around some of the key players in the early Wellington and Porirua reggae scenes he developed a taste…
Musically Mad Australasian Premier Screening
When: Thursday 7 August Where: The NZ Film Archive (cnr of Taranaki & Ghuznee Streets), Wellington, 7pm start Featuring: Guest speakers Ingrid Leary (British Council director) and DJ Danny Lemon…
Sound the Alarm
When: Friday 30 May 2008 Where: Good Luck Bar - Basement, 126 Cuba Mall, Wellington Featuring: Art Official, Jnr Ranks, Selecta KB & Don Luchito Price: $5 on the door Come to Good Luck Bar for…
Dubwize Sound
2008 has already been a landmark year for Christchurch-based group, Dubwize. This May, four years after the release of their previous two albums, To The Control Tower (2001) and Reality Chant…
Dubwize presents Snypa Levi – The Sojourner
NZ RELEASE DATE: 19 MAY 2008 LABEL: REALITY CHANT, DISTRIBUTOR: RHYTHM METHOD Known throughout New Zealand and internationally as Australasia's premier exponents of authentic roots dancehall music,…
Phaze Top Ten – May 2008
Phaze has been apart of the Aotearoa music scene for many years, kicking off her career in 2001 in Auckland, where she co-founded Wahine Wednesday nights. Since then, she has had extensive experience…
Beta Simon – Kraity Payan Guez
Over the past three decades the Ivory Coast has consistently yielded some of the best African reggae. The pity is that Ivory Coast artists - and African artists at large - seldom have access to…
Crate Killaz – The New Zealand Dubplate Story
Crate Killaz is the first release of its kind in Aotearoa - a collection of dubplates from New Zealand reggae crews that spans a generation of sound-system culture from the North to the South. In…
Stinky Jim Top Ten – April 2008
Stinky Jim is a broadcaster (95bFM, Stinky Grooves since 1990) music journalist (Listener, Real Groove etc), record company owner/operator (Round Trip Mars .. SJD, Phelps & Munro, James Duncan,…
Tarrus Riley – Parables
Parables is the sophmore release from Tarrus Riley (the son of famed roots-era singer, Jimmy Riley). It continues the recent trend in Jamaican music that has seen a shift away from digital dancehall…
Jah Cure – True Reflections…A New Beginning
This being my first ever music review I must say from the start that in my humble opinion there are only two types of music in the world - the type you like and the type you don't, or in some cases…