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Jade McLeod
Feb 63 min read
Nick Jonas: Sunday Best
Nick Jonas’ new album Sunday Best is out now, and it feels like a quietly confident reset. This is not an album chasing charts or viral moments. It’s reflective, polished, and emotionally open in a way that feels intentional rather than performative. Sunday Best plays like a personal journal set to pop production, moving between vulnerability, nostalgia, and moments of pure joy. The album opens with Sweet To Me , a song rooted in nostalgia. It reflects on moments, people, a

Jade McLeod
Feb 43 min read
Dance as an Artform
Dance is one of the oldest art forms we have, and also one of the most underrated. Before people wrote stories or painted walls, they moved. They stamped feet into dirt, lifted arms to the sky, swayed, spun, and jumped to express things words could not yet hold. Dance began as instinct, as ritual, as survival. And somehow, even now, it still feels like that. At its core, dance is the body speaking. It is emotion translated into motion. Where painting uses colour and music use

Jade McLeod
Feb 24 min read
Grammys 2026
The Grammy season is upon us and as always we are here to take you through every moment of it updating you live! PRE-GRAMMYS EVENTS GENERAL FIELD Record of the Year Luther Kendrick Lamar and SZA Album of the Year Bad Bunny Song of the Year Wildflower Billie Eilish Best New Artist Olivia Dean Producer of the Year non classical cirkut Songwriter of the year non classical Amy Allen DR Dre Global Impact Award Pharrell Williams Lifetime Achievement Award Cher POP & DANCE/ELECTRONI

Ava Ickes
Feb 22 min read
Exploring Music Genres: Trance
Trance music is an electronic dance music genre. The genre is most memorable for its hypnotic rhythms, repetitive melodic phrases, and gradual builds that create an immersive soundscape. Trance music focuses on emotional impact and energy, making it a main genre for club and festival culture. Over time, the genre has grown into various substyles, but has maintained its emphasis on melody. Trance music emerged mainly from Germany during the early 1990s. The early version of

Jade McLeod
Jan 317 min read
Ali Whitton on the Resilient creative journey behind Hopeful Heart
For those who don’t know him, Ali Whitton is an Indie folk singer-songwriter. Although he may be quite a traveller, he currently resides just outside of Wellington. When asked if a certain place stands out to perform, he stated, “Actually, sometimes it's a small one, and it's usually because of the crowd. In terms of, like, defining moments, like, I once played…3 or 4 shows in a day in Paris on Fete de la Musique in, like, 30 degree heat, and bouncing, rushing between shows,

Jade McLeod
Jan 282 min read
Poetry is the art of paying attention.
It lives in the small spaces most of us rush past. The pause before you reply to a text. The way a song lyric hits harder at 2am. The feeling of knowing something before you have the words for it. Poetry steps in where normal language gives up. For a long time, poetry has been treated like a locked room. Something you needed the right education, the right references, the right tone to enter. But poetry has never actually belonged to institutions. It belongs to anyone who has

Ava Ickes
Jan 262 min read
Exploring Music Genres: Techno
Techno is a music genre developed through underground scenes and club culture that is characterised by machine-driven rhythms, synthetic sounds, and a strong focus on technology and futurism. Over time, the genre has evolved while remaining a major influence on electronic dance music. Techno music emerged in the mid-1980s in Detroit, the United States. The genre was developed by a group known as the Belleville Three, who blended dance focused rhythms with electronic experime

Jade McLeod
Jan 232 min read
The Art of a Girl’s Pinterest Moodboard
There’s a certain magic in a Pinterest moodboard. At first glance, it might just look like a collection of pretty images, a dreamy collage of pastel outfits, coffee cups, concert snaps, or sunlit streets. But for a girl with a creative spark, it’s so much more it’s a map of imagination, a visual diary, and sometimes, the first step toward a professional creative life. For many, Pinterest starts as a fangirl playground. Boards dedicated to favorite bands, actors, books, or TV

Jade McLeod
Jan 216 min read
Fangirl to creative industries
Fandom gets treated like a joke way too often. People hear “fangirl” and picture screaming, crying, chaos, and zero logic. But if you have ever lived inside a fandom, you know the truth. Fangirls are some of the most creative, organized, and determined people on the internet. They do not just love the art, they build worlds around it. They keep the culture alive between releases. They show up when it is quiet. They turn a song into a storyline, a photo into an era, and a comm

Ava Ickes
Jan 192 min read
Exploring Music Genres: House
House is an electronic dance music genre characterised by repetitive rhythms and steady beats. House music has been shaped by DJ experimentation and the culture of underground clubs. Over time, house music has split into many sub genres while still remaining an influence on modern dance music and electronic production. House music emerged in Chicago, the United States, during the early 1980s. The genre developed from underground clubs where DJs experimented with electronic be

Jade McLeod
Jan 144 min read
The lost art of B sides
If albums are the big statement and CD singles are the spotlight moment, B-sides were the secret handshake. B-sides weren’t just extras. They were a space for risk, play, and intimacy. They rewarded fans who showed up early, bought physical, or followed closely, the ones who cared enough to flip the record, check the tracklist, and stay curious. A B-side could be a song that didn’t fit the album story, but still deserved a life. Sometimes it was rougher, weirder, softer, or f

Ava Ickes
Jan 122 min read
Exploring Music Genres: Progressive Rock
Progressive rock, often referred to as prog rock, emphasises conceptual albums and technical skill, making it one of the most innovative and creativity driven-rock sub genres. Progressive rock aims to push beyond the standards of traditional rock music by incorporating extended song lengths, complex compositions, and taking inspiration from other genres such as jazz and classical. Progressive rock emerged mainly from the United Kingdom during the late 1960s and early 1970s a
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