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2004 New Zealand Music Awards
The 2004 New Zealand Music Awards was the 39th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical artists based in or originating from New Zealand. The awards were hosted by Jaquie Brown and Mikey Havoc at Aotea Centre The Aotea Centre is a performing arts and events centre in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at the western edge of Aotea Square, off Queen Street, the centre provides a cultural, entertainment and conventions venue space in the heart of the city ... on 22 September 2004. Eligible works were released between 1 January 2003 and 31 May 2004. The ceremony was screened on television channel C4 the following day. Nominees and winners Three new categories were introduced in 2004: Best Rock Album, the People's Choice Award and Airplay Record of the Year. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. ;Key : – Non-technical award : – Technical award Presenters and performers References {{New Zealand Music Awards New Zealand Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaquie Brown
Jaquie Brown is a New Zealand TV presenter, actress and radio presenter. Biography Brown was born in England and moved to New Zealand when she was fifteen.NZ On Screen - Jaquie Brown NZ On ScreenJaquie Brown: Actor Profile Johnson Laird Brown began volunteering at bFM when she was eighteen and did a variety of tasks, including presenting radio shows and hosting talkback. Her first television appearance was the late-night TV show Space on TV2, which she co-hosted for three seasons with and then |
The Crusader (album)
''The Crusader'' is the debut studio album by New Zealand rapper Scribe. Scribe recorded his debut album in 2003. Dirty Records released the album, with distribution through Festival Mushroom Records. Critical reception Andrew Hughes of ''NZ Musician'' called ''The Crusader'' "undoubtedly the best NZ hip-hop album to date, consistent the whole way through". ''The Crusader'' won Album of the Year, Best Urban/Hip-hop Album and Best Male Solo Artist at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2004. Commercial reception ''The Crusader'' debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, slipping to number two the next week. It spent a total of thirty weeks on the chart, eventually being certified five times platinum after having over 75,000 copies shipped. The week that the album entered the chart, "Stand Up"/"Not Many", the first single off the album, was number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart. This was the first time in the charts' histories that a New Zealand artist simultaneousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Music Award For Breakthrough Artist Of The Year
Breakthrough Artist of the Year is an Aotearoa Music Award that honours New Zealand music artists for outstanding recordings. Artists who have previously been nominated for a New Zealand Music Award (excluding Critics' Choice Prize and technical awards) or has had a previous album reach the top 20 of the Official New Zealand Music Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Musi ... are ineligible. The award was first awarded in 1973 as Best New Artist. Recipients Best New Artist (1973-1976) Most Promising (1978-2000) Best New Act (2001-2002) Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2003-current) References {{NZMA categories Breakthrough Artist of the Year Awards established in 1973 Music awards for breakthrough artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maybe Tomorrow (Goldenhorse Song)
"Maybe Tomorrow" is the second single released by New Zealand band Goldenhorse from their debut triple platinum selling number-one album, '' Riverhead''. The song, written by Geoff Maddock, has a laid-back guitar based tune and is a song about how that ''"maybe tomorrow, all of your sorrow ...will fade away in the air"''. The song was released in 2003 and received major airplay with the single reaching #10 on RIANZ single charts. The song garnered huge popularity, reaching the #10 position on four occasions. The single stayed in the charts for 31 weeks, and became the #13 single of the year in New Zealand. The song was nominated for several awards; it was a finalist in the 2003 Australasian Performing Rights Association's Silver Scroll Awards and a finalist in the 2004 New Zealand Music Awards. "Maybe Tomorrow " itself was also the most played song on New Zealand radio for 2002/2003 (and similarly won the Airplay Record of the Year award at the New Zealand Music Awards and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldenhorse
Goldenhorse are a pop band from New Zealand. Release Goldenhorse's debut album ''Riverhead'' was released in October 2002, to a small fanfare. But over the next 18 months various singles from the album started to be played on the radio. The band played live throughout New Zealand continuously and sales of the record climbed slowly then steadily and in August 2004 the album reached no.1 on the national charts. In 2010, Goldenhorse founding member Ben King debuted his new musical project Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids released their debut album Faintheartedness in April 2011. It was released as an exclusive limited edition vinyl through MusicHype. In February 2012, the band provided the theme song for TV2's commercial which was a re-recorded version of "I'm Free", originally written by The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifeline (Brooke Fraser Song)
"Lifeline" is the second single by New Zealand singer Brooke Fraser from her debut album, ''What to Do with Daylight'' (2003). The song peaked at number seven in New Zealand and was Fraser's first single to be released in Australia, where it reached number 56 in September 2004. Song information "Lifeline" was re-recorded in Sydney for its Australian release with a more rockier sound, with additional guitars and vocal arrangement changes added to the track. In addition, the video for Lifeline was re-written and re-filmed. As well as this, the cover was changed to a side-on shot of Fraser in an armchair, notably the same image and design from the cover of Fraser's first release, " Better", with only the song's titles being swapped on the exterior cover. In Australia, "Lifeline" was Fraser's first single to be released, on 20 September 2004. ''Date incorrectly says 13 September on source''. Music videos There were two videos filmed for "Lifeline". One is for the original version o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand Up (Scribe Song)
"Stand Up" is the debut single by New Zealand rapper Scribe, from his 2003 album, '' The Crusader''. It was released as a double A-side with "Not Many". Critical reception Russell Baillie from ''The New Zealand Herald'' said that "'Stand Up' is the sound of young New Zealand in 2003", and he was right. "Stand Up" won Single of the Year at the 2004 New Zealand Music Awards ('Tuis'), and was also a finalist for the Highest Selling New Zealand Single. Commercial reception The song entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number five, later peaking at the top spot. It sold over 1,000 copies in the week following its release. It spent a total of twelve weeks at number one, and became the top single of 2003. This is the most weeks at number one by a New Zealand artist, and the second most for any song, tied with Freddie Fender's "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights". During its run at number one, '' The Crusader'' was released and debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart. This wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsepower (album)
''Horsepower'' is an album by The Phoenix Foundation, released in 2003. It was re-released outside of New Zealand in 2007. Critical reception ''PopMatters'' wrote that one of the band's "greatest strengths is a mastery of sonic nuance ... the arrangements are rich and colorful, but the texture never feels too thick." ''Illinois Times ''Illinois Times'' is a weekly free newspaper (distributed every Thursday) based in Springfield, Illinois. Founded in 1975, the newspaper was acquired in 1977 by Fletcher Farrar Sr., a Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is an American landmark and ...'' called the album's sound "a hypnotic, often melancholy brand of atmospheric alt-rock that combines beguiling vocal melodies with radiant guitars and eccentric production touches." Track listing #"Sister Risk" – 4:50 #"Let Me Die A Woman" – 3:53 #"This Charming Van" – 3:56 #"The Swarm" – 2:42 #"St Kevin" – 4:18 #"Bruiser (Miami 4000)" – 4:15 #"Sally"&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phoenix Foundation
The Phoenix Foundation is a New Zealand indie rock band formed in Wellington in 1997. History Early years and ''China Cove'' The band was founded by Conrad Wedde, Samuel Flynn Scott, and Luke Buda in 1994 while students at Wellington High School. In 2001, the band expanded their lineup, and were joined by Tim Hansen (bass), Richie Singleton (drums) and Will Ricketts (percussion). The band took their name from a fictional organization on the popular television show ''MacGyver''. After playing together for several years, they released the ''China Cove'' EP in 2000. ''Horsepower'' Their first full-length album ''Horsepower'' was released by Capital Recordings in mid-2003 to critical acclaim, and was moderately successful. ''Horsepower'' included such singles as "This Charming Van" and "Let Me Die A Woman", which received extensive airplay on alternative radio stations such as 95bFM and RDU-FM. ''Pegasus'' In 2004, the band began work on their second album '' Pegasus'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji Baby
''Fiji Baby'' (2004) is the second studio album from New Zealand four piece Goodshirt Goodshirt are an alternative/ pop/rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup with the Fisher brothers, Rodney and Murray, for safe keeping. While still a three piece, t .... Release information *New Zealand: February 2004 - (Cement/EMI) *Australia: September 2004 - (Cement/EMI) *Canada: February 2005 - (Cement/EMI) Track listing # Not That Far # Sand # Buck It Up # Dumb Day # Cement # My Racing Head # How Will I See You # Cold Body Blues # Lucy # Fall # Fiji Baby Goodshirt albums 2004 albums {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodshirt
Goodshirt are an alternative/ pop/rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup with the Fisher brothers, Rodney and Murray, for safe keeping. While still a three piece, the band submitted their song "Green" to a track competition run by radio station 9inety6dot1. Subsequently, station manager Grant Hislop became their manager, and the band was rounded out with drummer Mike Beehre joining the fold. "Sophie", the fourth single from their debut album ''Good'', was a number one single in New Zealand. ''Good'' was released in Canada, Australia, and Japan. A second album, ''Fiji Baby'', was released in 2004. Like its predecessor, it reached number 5 in the New Zealand charts. The band went on hiatus in 2005 when Rodney Fisher moved to London to work with Breaks Co-Op, but reunited in 2011, and in early 2012 they began playing again with support gigs for Hall & Oates and Icehouse as part of the A Day on the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Got To Hear The Music
''You've Got to Hear the Music'' is the second album by New Zealand band Dimmer. It was released in 2004, and came with a bonus disc which featured the same songs but in live and acoustic versions. At the 2004 New Zealand Music Awards The 2004 New Zealand Music Awards was the 39th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical artists based in or originating from New Zealand. The awards were hosted by Jaquie Brown and Mikey Havoc at Aotea Centre The Aotea Ce ... ''You've Got To Hear The Music'' won Best Rock Album, and Dimmer was named the Best Group. Dimmer was also nominated for Album of the Year, Single of the Year ('Getting What You Give'), Best Cover Art, and Best Music Video. The album received Gold certification in New Zealand. Track listing Disc one # "Come Here" # "Backwards Is Backwards" # "Getting What You Give" # "Only One that Matters" # "Case" # "Lucky One" # "Happening" # "Searching Time" # "Reach Away" # "Concentration" # "Finality" Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |