International and Industry Action

MMF and PPNZ have announced the winners of the 2012 Music Managers Awards: Manager of the Year - Teresa Patterson (Six60, I Am Giant, Iva Lamkum);  Breakthrough Manager of the Year - Haddon Smith (Annah Mac); International Achievement - Paul McKessar & Campbell Smith (The Naked & Famous, Brooke Fraser);  Best Independent Tour - Teresa Patterson (Six60 Mini Tours 2011);  Best Venue - Leigh Sawmill;  Online Achievement Award - Tim Youngson & Scott Maclachlan (Mt Eden);  Self Managed Artist of the Year - Patu Colbert (1814);  Outside The Box Award - Ingrid Bennie (David Dallas);  Upcoming Manager of the Year - Cushla Aston (The Thomas Oliver Band);  MMF Mentoring Success Story - Ryan Kershaw (self managed artist);  Industry Champion - NZ Music Commission.
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MusicHype has launched its new music platform which will enable artists, managers and labels to connect with the fans that matter most. MusicHype.com's platform tracks personal fan behaviour across every major social network and streaming service, then feeds this back to artists through a real-time dashboard. Budding young Rotorua musicians will be given the chance to work alongside some of the country's top music talent next weekend, as a series of music clinics arrive in town for NZ Music Month. Workshops are being offered in bass with Rob Paterson (OMC); guitar with Ben Fulton (Red Witch Analog Pedals); songwriting with Jan Hellriegel (Native Tongue Publishing); drumming with Mickey Ututaonga (She Just Greedy/Nathan Haines); and percussion with Michael Barker (NZSO). The clinics will be held on Saturday 19 May at Rotorua Lakes High School from 10am to 4.30pm. The programme is open to 15 to 24 year olds and costs $5.

Off the back of their #1 chart debut and successful disorderly 48-hour album release party, Home Brew have set up camp on Ponsonby Road this week hocking off exclusive Home Brew merchandise for fans. An array of Home Brew T-Shirts, crew neck sweaters and other merch is available along with their critically acclaimed self-titled album. Come down and hang with the crew, play some Street Fighter II and buy a T-Shirt from: The Home Brew Take Over Store, Next to Video Ezy, 160 Ponsonby Road, Monday 14 May - Sunday 20 May, 11am - 11pm daily. After a huge online/viral buzz from his self-released single and video ‘Slow Wind’, Dawn Raid Entertainment have announced the signing of RnB/Reggae artist Swiss to a worldwide deal for the release of his new EP Mr Slow Wind through Dawn Raid/FMG/Universal Records. Currently residing in Brisbane, the 19 year-old Wellington-born singer of Tongan descent has gone from strength to strength, recently performing shows in Australia, New Zealand, and a four city tour of the United States plus supporting acts such as Nesian Mystik, J-Boog, Fiji and 3 Houses Down.


New release fanfare

This week Street Chant released two music videos on the same day, with the double A-side singles "Frail Girls/Salad Daze" get a the double A-side video treatment. The first video went online at 4.20AM (New Zealand Time) on Monday & and the second video "Salad Daze" was released at 4.20PM that afternoon.
 Paul McLaney has been releasing quality music, solo, or with others, for over 10 years. In that time he s collaborated with the likes of Concord Dawn, Anika Moa, Module, Rhian Sheehan and Fly My Pretties. His new project, Nameless Sons, has been in the pipeline for some time, thankfully, the official release is here and was well worth the wait. PNC is celebrating the recent release of his new street album Under The Influence with an exclusive show at Auckland's 1885 on Friday 18 May. He'll be performing the critically acclaimed album in its entirety on the night with support from special guests including Fire & Ice, Onny Kaulima and People of Paris.


On the live front

The folk at Cheese on Toast have announced their NZ Music Month Showcase - happening at Silo Park on the last Saturday of May - the 26th - as part of the Silo Sessions series of free shows. The event is totally free to all and everyone to attend. It kicks off at midday and will end at 6pm. It's all ages, and there is no liquor ban at Silo Park (there is a dick-head ban, though). The headline act will be Ruby Frost, with Cool Rainbows, Dictaphone Blues, Luckless, Cat Venom and CAREERWOLF. With the annual NZ Music Month festivities well underway, THE WHISKEY bar in Ponsonby presents their line up for week three of the five-week WHISKEY LIVE series which boasts a massive 99 kiwi acts over 25 nights in May. The line up includes: Aaron Tokona (AHoriBuzz and Cairo Knife Fight), Boy Crush, Cool Rainbows, Cut Off Your Hands, Hollie Smith, Iva Lamkum, Jennifer Zea, Nairobi Trio, Nathan Haines, Nick D & Dick Johnson, Peter Urlich Sextet, Seth Haapu and Tiki Taane with DJs Arash, Bobby Brazuka, Jason Eli, Manuel Bundy, Uncle Barnie and Phoebe Falconer set to close each night after the headline act.

Shapeshifter bring it back to where it all began with a one-off show at Christchurch's Bedford Big Top on Saturday the 14th of July. After spending the beginning of 2012 hunkered down in the studio recording their new album, the band are more than ready for a return to their natural habitat.
Lucy Lawless and friends invite you to a night of wickedness, all in the name of rock'n'roll licks, good times and tickling the funny bone. With a cluster of high grade musical and comedic friends, Lucy Lawless invites you to a one night only event of rock 'n' roll 'n' revellry and R18 indulgence on Sunday 27 May at Auckland's iconic King's Arms. It's an all-star team up including Amazon queens - Anika Moa and Julia Deans, Scott Wotherspoon, Ben Jurisich and JaSonic Smith. Plus long-time Lawless compadre Joe Lo Duca; composer of Xean, Hercules and Spartacus soundtracks. Fanning the flames of this wild desire is the wickedly talented Urzila Carlson.


Around the World

Brett Gurewitz, founder of label Epitaph and co-founder of legendary SoCal punk band Bad Religion, was awarded the prestigious National Association of Recording Merchandiser's Independent Spirit Award at their Awards ceremony at the Awards ceremony on May 10. Katy Perry and Lionel Richie were other winners on the night.  Past recipients of the award include Tom Silverman, Founder and CEO of Tommy Boy Entertainment and Don Van Cleave, formerly the President of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2012/05/10/epitaph-and-bad-religions-brett-gurewitz-to-receive-independent-spirit-award/