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2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 17 September 2015 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The 2015 ceremony marked the 50th presentation of the Silver Scroll award. As well as honouring the best songwriting of 2015, the awards retrospectively awarded the best song of 1981 as previously no award was presented in that year. Silver Scroll award The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 20 September. Long list In July 2015 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list. * Dave Rowlands/Stephen Heard/Andrew Moller ( Clap Clap Riot + Buzz Moller) "Back In To Your Life" * Nadia Reid (Nadia Reid) "Call The Days" * Ruban Nielson/ Jacob Portrait (Unknown Mortal Orchestra) " Can't Keep Checking My Phone" * Thomas Stoneman/Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vector Arena
Spark Arena (also known as Auckland City Arena, and formerly as Vector Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, Parnell, New Zealand, Parnell, very close to Britomart Transport Centre and The Strand Station. The arena cost approximately $94 million, and of this sum ratepayers contributed $68 million for the facility to be managed by QPAM, the NZ operator, in New Zealand's first big Build-Operate-Transfer, public-private partnership. This runs for 40 years before ownership is transferred to the city. After delays due to construction-related issues, the arena's first concert was Rock Star Supernova on 24 March 2007. Name During planning and construction, the venue was called Auckland City Arena. Vector Limited held the naming rights from the venue's opening in 2007 until April 2017, during which time it was called Vector Arena. On 19 April 2017, Spark New Zealand took over the naming rights, renaming the venue Spark Arena. Own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) is a New Zealand psychedelic rock band formed in Auckland, primarily composed of singer, guitarist, and songwriter Ruban Nielson, and bassist Jake Portrait. The band is currently based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Nielson started the band in 2010. The band's first album was released in 2011 on Fat Possum Records; four subsequent studio albums have been released on Jagjaguwar, the most recent being '' IC-01 Hanoi'' (2018). History Inception Singer and guitarist Ruban Nielson released the track "Ffunny Ffriends" on his anonymous Bandcamp profile on 17 May 2010. No further information was provided and notably, no mention of who created it. Within a day, the song had received significant coverage from independent music blogs such as ''Pitchfork''. Through their reposting and attempts to hunt down the creator, Nielson eventually claimed the track as Unknown Mortal Orchestra's. ''Unknown Mortal Orchestra'' The band's debut self-titled album wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Judd
Philip Raymond Judd (born 20 March 1953) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for being one of the founders of the bands Split Enz and The Swingers. Split Enz In 1972, Judd and Tim Finn founded the arty folk band Split Enz. In its early days the band was known for its eccentric behaviour, wacky clothes, makeup and crazy hairstyles. In the early days the band members all adopted their middle names, with the exception of Phil Judd, the only member from that era to use his first name. While the other members of the Enz had hairstyles that were out of the ordinary, Judd chose to shave his head after the release of the first album '' Mental Notes''. After the second album '' Second Thoughts'' was released, tension arose between Judd and Tim Finn. Judd left the band in 1977 shortly after the release of the single ''Another Great Divide'', to be replaced by Finn's younger brother Neil Finn. After leaving the Enz, Judd wrote songs and recorded demos until later that year he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kapisi
Bill Rangi Urale is a New Zealand-Samoan hip-hop artist. Music career He was signed up as an artist with Festival Mushroom Records (NZ). In 2000 he released his critically acclaimed debut album ''Savage Thoughts'', followed by a second album, ''2nd Round Testament'', released in New Zealand and Australia in 2003. Local sales for both albums hit the gold status mark. King Kapisi also achieved gold with his single ''U Can't Resist Us'', featuring New Zealand hip hop icon Che Fu in 2003. International acts King Kapisi has performed alongside Afrika Bambaata, Janet Jackson, Moby, The Black Eyed Peas, Beastie Boys, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and many more. He has performed at almost every major music festival and event in New Zealand as well as tours to Australia, Japan, Fiji, Hawaii, Tonga, New York City, London, Toronto, Germany, Ireland, France and Norway. In 2003, King Kapisi represented New Zealand at the Central Park birthday celebrations in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maala (musician)
Evan Sinton, better known by his stage name Maala (also stylised as MAALA), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. He is best known for his songs "Touch" and "Kind of Love", and for coming third on the second series of ''New Zealand's Got Talent'' in 2012. In 2016, he won Best Male Solo Artist at the New Zealand Music Awards. ''New Zealand's Got Talent'' In 2012, under his birth name, Evan Sinton auditioned for series two of ''New Zealand's Got Talent'' with The Beatles' " Blackbird". Sinton qualified for the semi-final, with judge Jason Kerrison praising his voice, saying "it's distinctive, it's unique". In the semi-final, Sinton performed Screamin' Jay Hawkins's song "I Put a Spell on You". Sinton placed in the top three in the semi-final, and made it to the final on the judges' vote. In the final, Sinton performed the Cher song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". He finished third from the public vote. Solo career In 2013, following his appearance on New Zealand's Got Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Fountain
Kidz in Space is a New Zealand pop and hip-hop group, consisting of Josh Fountain, Ashley Hughes and Mat "Neesh" Neshat. Their costumed media appearances have been likened to those of band, Split Enz. Formation Hughes and Neshat knew each other for ten years prior to forming the band, before meeting Fountain. They describe N.E.R.D N.E.R.D. (stylized as N⋆E⋆R⋆D and N.E.R.D, a backronym of No-one Ever Really Dies) is an American hip hop and rock band, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1999. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed by Teddy Riley (producer), Ted ... as one of their main musical influences. Discography Extended plays Singles References * External links *Kidz in Spaceon Myspace New Zealand boy bands New Zealand musical trios New Zealand hip hop groups {{NewZealand-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Sinton
Evan Sinton, better known by his stage name Maala (also stylised as MAALA), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. He is best known for his songs "Touch" and "Kind of Love", and for coming third on the second series of ''New Zealand's Got Talent'' in 2012. In 2016, he won Best Male Solo Artist at the New Zealand Music Awards. ''New Zealand's Got Talent'' In 2012, under his birth name, Evan Sinton auditioned for series two of ''New Zealand's Got Talent'' with The Beatles' " Blackbird". Sinton qualified for the semi-final, with judge Jason Kerrison praising his voice, saying "it's distinctive, it's unique". In the semi-final, Sinton performed Screamin' Jay Hawkins's song "I Put a Spell on You". Sinton placed in the top three in the semi-final, and made it to the final on the judges' vote. In the final, Sinton performed the Cher song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". He finished third from the public vote. Solo career In 2013, following his appearance on New Zealand's Got Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six60
Six60 are a New Zealand pop rock band formed in Dunedin, Otago in 2008. The band consists of Matiu Walters (lead vocals, guitar), Ji Fraser (lead guitar), Chris Mac (bass guitar), Marlon Gerbes (synthesiser), Hoani Matenga (bass guitar) and Eli Paewai (drums). Their self-titled debut album was released on 10 October 2011 on their own label Massive Entertainment. The album was produced and mixed by Tiki Taane and debuted at number one in the New Zealand charts and was certified gold within its first week of release. Their first two singles " Rise Up 2.0" and " Don't Forget Your Roots" reached number one and number two respectively on the RIANZ singles chart and were both certified double and triple platinum. In 2018 the band won five Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards and were the most streamed artist by New Zealanders on Spotify. On 23 February 2019, Six60 became the first New Zealand band to play a sold-out concert at the Western Springs Stadium, to a crowd of 50,000 fans. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SJD (musician)
SJD, or Sean James Donnelly, is a musician from Auckland, New Zealand. His music is a mix of pop-rock, soul, and electronic music. The name SJD also refers to Donnelly's touring band when not performing solo. History Donnelly has cited influences including Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Gary Numan, the Human League and Soft Cell. SJD's debut album ''3'' was initially self-released on Swarf Records as 120 CD-Rs in 1999 before being picked up by Flavour Distribution. After contributing a track to the ''Sideways'' compilation and playing alongside Phase 5 he then signed to the Round Trip Mars label. Second album ''Lost Soul Music'' was released in 2001. ''Southern Lights'' was released 2004 with assistance from government arts funding agency Creative New Zealand, yielding the single "Superman You're Crying" which met with some popular success in New Zealand and huge critical acclaim. Sean Donnelly and Angus McNaughton shared the 2005 New Zealand Music Awards Tuis for Best P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broods
Broods is a New Zealand musical duo from Nelson, composed of Georgia Josiena Nott on lead vocals, with older brother and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Allan Joseph Nott on production and backing vocals. They released the single "Bridges", which went to No. 8 on the New Zealand singles chart, and signed with Capitol and Polydor Records. They released their self-titled debut EP, ''Broods'', on 30 January 2014, which was followed by a full-length album, ''Evergreen'', on 22 August 2014. The band has toured with Ellie Goulding, Haim, Sam Smith, Tove Lo and Taylor Swift. They have won ten New Zealand Music Awards. On 24 June 2016, Broods released their second album, ''Conscious''. They released their third album ''Don't Feed the Pop Monster'' on 1 February 2019. History 2010–2013: Formation and early years Born in Nelson, New Zealand, Caleb and Georgia Nott have performed together since childhood. They grew up in a musical family with three other siblings, and would go along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Remember (Jarryd James Song)
"Do You Remember" is the debut single released from Australian singer-songwriter Jarryd James. The song was written and produced by Jarryd James and Joel Little (who had previously worked with Broods and Lorde). It was released digitally on 30 January 2015. "Do You Remember" debuted at number 44 on the ARIA Singles Chart and peaked at number 2 in its fifth week on the chart. It peaked at number 1 on the AIR chart. A black and white video was released on YouTube on 8 March 2015. A remix EP was released on 12 February 2016. At the Queensland Music Awards of 2016, "Do You Remember" won Highest Selling Single. Reviews Mike Wass from Idolator said: "'Do You Remember' is a winning mix of R&B and eerie electronica. It's a refreshingly original sound, but there's an undeniable pop sensibility that still makes it palatable to radio programmers and, as it turns out, the general public." Chris from Indie Music Filters said: " o You Rememberfeels like a tastefully subdued cousin of AWO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarryd James
Jarryd James Klapper (born December 1984, in Brisbane) is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer who performs as Jarryd James. He released his debut single "Do You Remember" on 30 January 2015, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart. His debut album, '' Thirty One'', also reached No. 2 on the related ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, James won Best Pop Release for "Do You Remember". Career 2007–2018: Beginnings and ''Thirty One'' Jarryd first enjoyed moderate success from playing guitar and singing in a band called Holland. They recorded a debut album that was never released for mysterious reasons. Jarryd claimed he was frustrated and that their album never arrived on store shelves due to 'management issues'. James quit making music around 2012 due to the issues surrounding the release of Holland's album. James supported Broods on their late 2014 tour, and Angus & Julia Stone on their February 2015 tour. His breakthrough c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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