Wiri Donna - EP Review: Being Alone
26 May 2022 // review by bethany_rachell
It’s been two years since Wiri Donna’s first and only official release - a double single Manuka Money and Wandering Willies. Those who are in Wellington and have had the opportunity to see Wiri Donna live will be more accustomed to the heavier sound that they bring live.
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Captain Festus McBoyle's Travellin' Variety Show - MNZ Interview: Capital BS 008: Captain Festus McBoyle
06 Dec 2021 // interview by bethany_rachell
For volume 8 of Capital BS, Beth caught up with Captain Festus McBoyle about his new radio show Shipwreck Sunday. Bonus content includes: the history of the band name Buzzcocks, the benefits of theatre performance in NZ and some really positive and wholesome take-aways from Covid (yes, they do exist)!
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Lunavela - Single Review: Six-Out-Of-Ten Friend
21 Sep 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
I'm not gonna lie; Six-Out-Of-Ten Friend was stuck in my head for a solid week after I listened to it for the first time – so be warned. Perhaps the reason it stuck so solidly in my head was that I kept finding myself in the painfully mundane and tricky situations that it laments.
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Samuel Gaskin - Single/Video Review: Reckoning
31 Aug 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
Reckoning is a new single and video release from Samuel Gaskin that follows in the wake of his stage production by the same name. New Zealand born and now based in Melbourne, Gaskin intertwines his own roots and the roots of his current placing in this video, with a cast of 20 First Nations Aboriginal and Maori performers.
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Bluey Green - EP Review: Bluey Green
08 Jul 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
July 9, 2021, sees the first ever release of Bluey Green – the self-titled EP. As I sometimes do with reviews, I dived right into this EP before reading about, or even having heard of Bluey Green, and nothing could have been a more fitting description than the wavering, reflective shine of the ocean that the name alone evokes.
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MNZ Interview: Capital BS 005: Toby Lloyd – Tiny Triumph Recordings
30 Jun 2021 // interview by bethany_rachell
Capital BS, live to you from our Capital City, Toby Lloyd of Tiny Triumph Recordings chats to us about All-Blacks, gentrification and demo-itis: Tell us a bit about Tiny Triumph, your role within it, how it came about and everything like that! I worked in the film industry, and at Park Road Production for close to a decade and the whole time I was working there on the Hobbit films and everything like that I was still producing artists and bands.
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Oh Sweet Nothings - Gig Review: Oh Sweet Nothings @ Valhalla, Wellington - 06/06/2021
09 Jun 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
I’m not sure what I expected, but last Sunday’s Oh Sweet Nothings album release party painted a very interesting scene at Valhalla. The following day, Monday, was to be Queen’s birthday bank holiday and town was consequently busier than the usual Sunday, littered with drunkards and litter.
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MNZ Interview: Capital BS 003: Harri Robinson from Radioactive FM
02 Jun 2021 // interview by bethany_rachell
Over a sweet soy flat white in downtown Wellington, Beth had a chat with Harri Robinson about art projects gone right, bankruptcy and vibrant creative scenes...Tell us a bit about Radioactive and your role within the radio station...
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Renée Therése - Single Review: The Train Man
22 Apr 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
The Train Man is the third single from the album Better With Friends by Renée Therése, due to be released in May. The song tells the tale of a passionate train driver, dutiful and modest, a real working-class man.
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Wiri Donna - MNZ Interview: Capital BS 001: Bianca Bailey from Wiri Donna
04 Apr 2021 // interview by bethany_rachell
Introducing the first of many new interview series for Muzic.net.
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Little Fang - Album Review: Violence
19 Mar 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
Picture: You’re in your beat up first car, girlfriend in the passenger seat. It’s late and raining.
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The Butlers - Single/Video Review: One Flew
04 Feb 2021 // review by bethany_rachell
The Butlers are continuing the momentum of their festival filled summer with a new single - One Flew. Bonus: there’s a music video too.
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Bad Hagrid - Bad Hagrid Newsletter Interview
25 Jan 2021 // interview by bethany_rachell
On a sunny summer evening in the capital, local band Bad Hagrid played a set in the Wellington Botanical Gardens as part of the Gardens Magic series. The series is always an exciting time in the city and it's shown in the crowd.
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The Response - Single Review: New Pair of Pants (Coming Collapse)
07 Dec 2020 // review by bethany_rachell
The new single New Pair of Pants (Coming Collapse) from Christchurch's The Response seemed a little common. This may be owing to the fact that the song was created as part of a challenge set out by American band, Deep Sea Diver, to use a drum beat that they created to write a song.
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Miss Used - Single Review: Collapsing Building
23 Oct 2020 // review by bethany_rachell
Collapsing Building is the second single of the upcoming 5-track EP from Miss Used. It’s the louder, uglier younger brother of the band’s first single Depraved, that will surely follow in the same success of over 15,700 streams on Spotify.
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