Luke Thompson: Luke Thompson is an incredible musician. I’ve seen him live twice now: once with Avalanche City and once when he opened for Passenger. This song is a few years old but is a particular favourite of mine – I love it when singers really go for it in one huge, emotional note and he nails it … More Musical Spotlight: NZ Music Month Edition
While Lox and I were driving through Quebec, we wanted to listen to music but didn’t feel like listening to our mixtapes or to Hamilton for the 784th time. We switched on the radio and I promptly discovered my new musical obsession: Québécois pop. Listening to songs in a language I don’t speak is glorious because … More Musical Spotlight: Québécois Pop
I first discovered Andrew Belle in mid-2012 when my friend Chloe recommended I listen to “In Your Veins”. I fell in love with his chilled out vibes and sincere lyrics, and sought out more of his music. “Don’t Blame Yourself” quickly became one of my favourite songs and I would constantly jam to “Wants What It Wants”. … More Musical Spotlight: Andrew Belle
Hi wordpress! I have been neglecting this blog and I feel super bad about it, but I’ve been crazy busy and also had literally nothing of worth to talk about. I will get back into posting actual posts once I’m feeling a little less like a million birds are slapping me in the face*, but in … More Musical spotlight: Kodaline
A friend introduced me to this band and I am so absolutely in love with them. Their songs are sweet, simple and such feel-good material. If you like indie-folk music, you should give them a listen because they are fabulous and deserve more recognition.
I am perhaps a little late to the Bastille party, but overused sayings have me believing it’s fashionable to be late. I only recently learnt of their existence and am so far liking what I’m hearing. All their songs are pretty awesome, but “Laura Palmer” in particular is fabulous: I could totally do with some … More Musical spotlight: Bastille
I like wonderful things, and as a patriotic New Zealander, I like it when people from my corner of the earth do things that are wonderful. Dave Baxter is one such man. Not only is he the main man behind Avalanche City (check out this song), but he also released an ep around Christmas last … More Musical Spotlight + free download! – Dave Baxter
Because I am a Horrors’ fangirl, naturally I look into things that they recommend. Finally I got around to checking out TOY and I really like them. I love songs that are way longer than is typical and that still manage to be really good; “Left Myself Behind” is a great example of this. Their … More Musical spotlight: TOY
Today I got an email recommendation from NoiseTrade for an album called “The Cabin Sessions” and being a Bon-Iver-loving-writing-music-in-the-woods-folk-hipster, I thought it sounded like it could be up my alley. The band is called Ivan & Alyosha and I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone who likes folk/indie music. You can download 4 songs here free AND … More Musical Spotlight + free download! – Ivan & Alyosha
I really love how Boyce Avenue makes a song their own. So many covers are just carbon copies of the original, so I think it’s lovely that they can take a great song and make it different without deviating too much. Lots of comments about covers say things like “the original was better” or “yours … More Musical spotlight: Boyce Avenue
