NZ Beats is Back

January 6th, 2009 Filed under: Life, Reviews, Web | Tags: Music, new zealand, nz beats

After taking a couple of weeks off from my NZ Beats podcast over the Christmas and New Years, NZ Beats has returned. This weeks show focuses on acts that will be playing at Sounday and the Main Divide concerts here in Canterbury. Head over to NZBeats.com and have a listen.

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Time Is Not Much – Ladi6

December 22nd, 2008 Filed under: Music, Reviews | Tags: album, debut, ladi6, Music, new zealand, scribe

Most of you know I run New Zealand’s #1 music podcast over at www.nzbeats.com. So as you can imagine I listen to a lot of kiwi music. Well lately I have been relaxing to Ladi6′s debut album Time is Not Much. I have liked Ladi6 since way back in the day when she was in New Zealand’s first all-girl hip-hop group Sheelahroc. Their hit track If I Gave You The Mic is still a classic today which gets regular airplay on my iPod. In fact, I still remember hitting up The Jetset Lounge to catch her and Scribe in Verse 2 with Simon before they left Christchurch to make it big up north.

Now after a decade Ladi6 has released her debut solo album and it is worth the wait. More often than not albums these days have one or two good songs on them and a bunch of rushed b-side tracks. Time Is Not Much is definitely an exception to that rule with 11 excellent tracks featuring some of New Zealand’s top musicians. But it’s Ladi6′s album and she really pulls it altogether to make this a must get for any music collection. It’s in my top 5 New Zealand albums of 2008.

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