Tag Archive: new zealand

Interview: Fat Freddy’s Drop are connected

Scott Towers (aka “Chopper Reedz”) of Fat Freddy’s Drop is having a normal, run-of-the-mill day with his kids in the January sun at Langs Beach, Auckland. Just being a dad. When he picks up the… Read More →

Interview: The Clean head to Sydfest

Generally considered to be one of New Zealand’s all-time greatest musical exports, indie rock godfathers The Clean are bringing their jangle punk awesomeness to The Aurora for one night only for the Sydney Festival. Courtney… Read More →

Interview: Getting to Know Tom Lark

New Zealand-based indie/pop wunderkind Tom Lark offers unconventional, sweet earcandy. Having just dropped self-produced latest single ‘Something To Tell You’, here he is to tell us something about himself: I am Tom Lark. I… Read More →

Listen: Kimbra makes 90’s Music

I’ve been championing sartorially magnificent, lung-busting, Australia-based New Zealander Kimbra since I first laid ears upon her debut album, Vows. Since then I’ve played that record to death. So it’s exciting that she’s back with some… Read More →

Grayson Gilmour, Infinite Life! – Review

Grayson Gilmour comes from the exciting and densely-bubbling musical pot that is New Zealand’s quirky capital, Wellington. It’s been four years since we last heard from Gilmour, who, after the release of No… Read More →

Liam Finn, Snug as Fuck – Music video

Presumably we no longer need to prefix an article about New Zealand musician Liam Finn by informing you that he’s the offspring of musical legends Sharon and Neil Finn. So we won’t. Instead, we’ll simply… Read More →

Music video: We’re on Lorde’s team

Without wishing to blow our own trumpets here at somethingyousaid.com, we were championing teenage sensation Lorde absolutely yonks before most. Like, seven months ago. Fingers on the pulse, and all that. Well, everyone… Read More →

Olly cooks with Annabel Langbein

Somethingyousaid.com’s Oliver Heath hangs with New Zealand food personality AnnabeI Langbein:  As much as I occasionally enjoy a beer and burger, I’ve been a little bothered lately by how extreme popular eating habits are.… Read More →

Kimbra talks awards and vintage shopping

Like me, you probably first chanced upon Kimbra as the female voice on Gotye’s mega hit, Somebody That I Used To Know. And, like me, you probably went on to fall in love… Read More →