LAURA WILLIAMSON has a word with Canadian cognoscenti of the crossfader The Funk Hunters. Electronic pioneers The Funk Hunters are heading our way this summer to treat the crowd at Rhythm & Alps to one of their legendary DJ sets, featuring live mashups and custom synched visuals. On caught up with Funk Hunters Dunks and The Outlier to […]

Ah yes it’s Friday and you want to know what’s ON. We reckon main man K+Lab, aka. Caleb Cowie is totally ON. With keytar at hand, a fresh new album just released and his soulman brother Joe by his side, this fella is our kinda guy. Cos he’s coming to Summerlands to blow our minds, we couldn’t resist asking Caleb […]

  We like Lawrence Arabia. Lots. So we’re a little breathless to hear he’ll be back in Wanaka with his fantastic four-piece as part of a three-week nationwide tour in November.  He is definitely one of our favourites, and to acknowledge this we thought we’d catch up with Arabia himself (aka James Milne) to find out about a few of […]

New Zealand and France are like Gandalf and the Balrog in ‘Lord of The Rings‘, grappling as we tumble into the abyss. The battle between the good New World and the bad Old World is the making of us both. Of course after the contest we will be supping on red wine and mussels with our on-field rivals. A tryst […]

What’s ON: Rippon Festival We love a good music festival. And Rippon Festival is next level. We have a ticket to give away to one lucky ONmag reader, so make sure you scroll down to the end of this article to find out how to WIN!  And be sure to nab your tickets quickly, otherwise you’ll miss out on all […]

There must be something in the coffee. There’s got to be a correlation between the amount of killer bands and musicians that come out of Wellington and the fact that the “coolest little capital in the world” has more cafes per capita than anywhere in the globe. Whisked straight from the home of the Flat White to the hub of […]

 As Wanaka gears up for another banging night at Opium this Wednesday 24 July, Gráinne Patterson catches up with Tristan Roake, one half of Christchurch born dubstep duo, Truth to find out what they’ve been up to lately and what we can expect from their bass-heavy, block rockin gig. Tell me about yourselves… Roughly enough, there’s two of us, I’m Tristan […]

  Anna Coddington will be taking the stage this Saturday at the Lake Wanaka Wine and Food Fest on Pembroke Park as part of Willowridge Wanakafest. Anna has performed with Fly My Pretties and Eru Dangerspiel and released her second solo album, Cat & Bird, last year. MAEGAN JOHNSEN caught up with Anna for a pre-gig chat to find out […]