Oh Sweet Nothings - Gig Review: Oh Sweet Nothings @ Valhalla, Wellington - 06/06/2021
09 Jun 2021 // review by Bethany Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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 Mountford
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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