Jazz student turned bedroom producer Miles McDougall (Tiger Tones) is Pikachunes, Lil'Chief's newest signing. There's something charming about a scrawny white guy occupying a stage with nothing more than his drum-machine and laptop, but Pikachunes more than compensates for his physical presence with the grooving hypnotism of his music and in-between song charismatics; and like all Lil'Chief releases, a strong pop sensibility remains. He's doing a release tour in November accompanied by Princes Chelsea and his self-titled album is out on November 22. Read more...

Moving On is the brand new video from Steriogram and it heralds their return to rock n roll mayhem! You can listen to a preview of their third album Taping the Radio now at steriogram.bandcamp.com and it will be available in New Zealand stores on November 2. The band have spent the past year spread out across the globe entertaining themselves with random personal projects; however mid-2009 saw the band reconvene in Los Angeles to record this, the latest offering in Steriogram's twelve year career - a journey which has seen the Grammy-nominated band play thousands of shows across many countries, and in the process sell hundreds of thousands of records worldwide.

Darren Watson was the leader of blues outfit Smoke Shop (1985 - early 1990s). Since leaving the band Watson has released three solo albums, and in 2009 he was a placegeter in the prestigious International Songwriting Competition in 2009, a competition judged by Tom Waits, John Mayall, and Muddy Water's alumni James Cotton and many other luminaries. Watson's fourth solo album is Saint Hilda's Faithless Boy, and it features ex- Smoke Shop drummer Richard Te One Jr. partnered with ex-Southside Of Bombay bassist Elliotte Fuimaono; on piano, organ, and accordion is Wellington R&B stalwart and Windy City Struggler Alan Norman, alongside Ed “Wunderkind” Zuccollo, Terry Casey and Lisa Tomlins. Read more...Cheeky chaps Hogsnort Rupert formed in 1968 as Hogsnort Rupert's Original Flagon Band and in 1969 they were discovered by recording engineer Frank Douglas, signed a 5-year deal with EMI Records, shortened their name to Hogsnort Rupert and a string of hits followed…A Touch Of Hoggers is a selection of recordings from the past 40 years, spanning five decades featuring all their hits including New Zealand's biggest selling hit of 1970 ‘Pretty Girl', ‘Life Begins At 40'and ‘Auntie Alice'to name but a few. Read more...

Carthaginian are an Auckland based four piece indie rock/post‐hardcore band whose debut full length album Crosses was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New York - credits to West West Side's name include Converge, Trans Am and Mastodon as well as Locust, LCD Soundsystem and Run DMC. They have a release show this Friday at Casete in Auckland and have recently played in Dunedin, Wellington and Auckland.

Cheeky chaps Hogsnort Rupert formed in 1968 as Hogsnort Rupert's Original Flagon Band and in 1969 they were discovered by recording engineer Frank Douglas, signed a 5-year deal with EMI Records, shortened their name to Hogsnort Rupert and a string of hits followed…A Touch Of Hoggers is a selection of recordings from the past 40 years, spanning five decades featuring all their hits including New Zealand's biggest selling hit of 1970 ‘Pretty Girl', ‘Life Begins At 40'and ‘Auntie Alice'to name but a few. Read more...

Mole Music's Nevernudes will be releasing their debut album Creepy Crawlies online and on compact disc on the 30th of October 2010, and to celebrate the band are having a Halloween themed album release party in 2 stages (All Ages and R18) at Galatos Basement with some of their friends including DHDFDs, Cool Cult and F in Math. Read more...

Great North release their anticipated debut album, “Newfoundland”. Hailing from Auckland, Great North has already received great praise for their performances and their “Soldiers” EP. “Everything here impresses for its vigour and assured enjoyment in making music.”(Graham Reid – www.elsewhere.co.nz)  Read more...