 Ian of Bitter Defeat - Nivara Lounge 14/12/18 - by Ngamihi Pawa Ngamihi Pawa was on hand to capture the action at last Friday's HUP Xmas shindig. Head on over to PHOTOS to view the whole photoset. Kia ora, Ngamihi!
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 Future City Festival 2019 poster by Wairehu Grant HUP is excited to announce initial details for Future City Festival 2019! Around 20 bands and artists will appear at CBD venues across two nights. The action kicks off around 7pm on Friday March 8th at Nivara Lounge and ZEAL, then continues on Saturday March 9th at Nivara Lounge and The Meteor. Initial Lineup Headlining the festival on Saturday March 9th at The Meteor Theatre will be the incredible Nadia Reid, who has recently returned from recording her third LP in North America. Nadia and her full band played an incredible sold-out show in Hamilton earlier this year, at the Waikato Waldorf School Hall, as part of a nationwide tour. This time around Nadia will be playing in the as a duo, with guitarist and regular co-conspirator Sam Taylor as seen below on the BBC's 'Later with Jools Holland' programme. An exciting range of bands and artists from across Aotearoa will light up the multi-genre festival, including Carb on Carb (Akl), Te Huhu (Akl), Tidal Rave (Wgtn), Distance (Wgtn), Troika (Chch), and Sit Down In Front (Gbn). They are joined by fantastic local talent in the shape of Hamilton bands Landlords, Cartoon Villain and Bitter Defeat. Around 10 more bands and artists will be added to the bill in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for details! Tickets Weekend passes are available now at undertheradar.co.nz - go HERE to buy yours now! Single night passes may be made available at a later date. For more details or enquiries contact [email protected]  Coming up on 14 December, HUP celebrates the end of the year with our ‘Third Annual HUP Xmas Party’. One of the five bands appearing on the night will two-piece Cartoon Villain, who had their debut track ‘Don't Blink’ make an appearance on the HUP/The Hum 106.7FM’s Tekau Nga Waiata Pai Top 10 this month! We talked to Wairehu Grant and Albert Bannister about the band; who are their influences, what are the advantages of being a duo, and which cartoon villain would each of them be? Read the interview -> HERE <-
 'Tekau Nga Waiata Pai' is HUP and The HUM's Top 10 of recently-released music from around New Zealand! Episode 4, our December Top 10, has started airing on The HUM, and will be repeated each week every Monday and Friday at around 5pm. Here it is as a podcast... Or access a a downloadable version -> HERE <-
The HUM 106.7FM is a huge supporter of NZ music and has a fantastic playlist of classics and new music. We would like to encourage new music submissions by email to [email protected]  The 3rd Annual HUP Xmas Party is on Friday 14 December at Nivara Lounge. Included on the bill is a new band full of familiar faces, Broadcast State. HUP caught up with Scott Newth, Andrew Newth and Gareth Schott to find out a little about the new band; who is part of it, what do they sound like and, importantly, how many pedals do they have? See our interview with the band -> HERE <-
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