Dallas Tamaira’s (
Fat
Freddy’s Drop) rebirth as a solo artist with its
release in the second half of 2020 .
The brand new
single Spider’
represents the peaceful, slower pace of life Tamaira fell in
love with during his confinement at home. Spider’ has
late-night summer vibes, dark guitar and heavy bass
contrasted with large sweeping layers of vocals, all brought
together with soulful piano flourishes. The result is
smooth, lush, low-fi “slow soul”, delivered by arguably
one of the world’s most gifted soul
vocalists.
“The underlying message in the lyrics
is that life can be hard sometimes and that’s ok. For some
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The
Taite Music Prize highlights outstanding
New Zealand albums released in the past year. The award is
open to all genres of music and judged on artistic merit
regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
Today,
Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) is very pleased to announce the
finalists for the
Taite
Music Prize
2021 and the
Auckland Live Best Independent
Debut Award. These two prestigious awards will be
awarded on Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 at Auckland s Q Theatre
alongside the yet to be announced Classic Record and the
Independent Spirit Award recipients.
Named after the
late
Dylan Taite, one of New Zealand’s
Matthew and Lauren Barus of Terrible Sons. 'Mass is a stark, quiet collection of deeply romantic songs that hark back to the sweeping indie glory of Kings of Convenience and Feist. It’s the kind of music that feels destined to .
Grace Moller and
Heidi Simpson, LAIIKA are a female pop-duo
from Auckland with an exciting modern take on pop music that
recounts the whimsical feelings of youth with cutting truth.
Since writing and performing their first song together as
thirteen year olds, the now nineteen year old friends have
been busy developing their unique sound and style, combining
one another’s songwriting and production skills over the
past five years.
Released in November 2020, their
long-awaited debut single Crush , recorded
and produced by fellow Auckland local,
Rory
Noble, introduces the duo’s original and
authentic personality. Heavily influenced by the classic 80s