NZ Music on Twitter

This list was originally compiled by former Real Groove editor Duncan Grieve in Sept 2009 on their website (now vanished), so a few links may be out of date. I've updated this list, as of early 2012.


Pop/Rock
Aaradhna Follow @AaradhnaPatel
Battle Circus Follow @battlecircus
Beast wars Follow @beastwarsband
Charlie Ash Follow @charlieASH
Cairo Knife Fight Follow @cairoknifefight
Deja Voodoo Follow @dejavoodoonz
Matt Eccles (ex Betchadupa) Follow @mattheweccles
Vince Harder Follow @vinceharder
Ria Hall Follow @RiaHallNZ
Tyra Hammond Follow @Tyrahammond
Eden Mulholland(Motocade) Follow @edenmulholland
Elemeno P Follow @elemenopband
Godfrey de Grut Follow @GodfreyDeGrut
Dave Gibson (Elemeno P) Follow @supergibbo
Matt Heath (Deja Voodo) Follow @MattHeath101
Ladyhawke Follow @ladyhawkeforyou
Luger Boa Follow @LugerBoa
Midnight Youth Follow @midnightyouth
Motocade Follow @Motocade
The naked and famous Follow @TNAF
Jeremy Redmore (Midnight Youth) Follow @jeremyredmore
Rosie Riggir (Charlie Ash) Follow @rosieriggir
Rosita Vai Follow @RositaVai
Hayley Westenra Follow @HayleyWestenra
Zowie Follow @iamzowie

Indie/Punk
1995
Artisan Guns
Badd Energy
Bang Bang Eche
Bear Cat
brains
Brand New Math
The Checks
Collapsing Cities
Cool Rainbows
Lisa Crawley
Cut Off Your Hands
Chris Cudby (Golden Axe)
Dats The Crux
Die! Die! Die!
Disasteradio
James Duncan
The Early Birds
The Eversons
Ed Muzik
The Enright House
Liam Finn
Nick Johnston (Cut Off Your Hands)
Knives at Noon
Lawrence Arabia
Little Pictures
Los Hories
The Mint Chicks
Connan Mockasin
Luke Munn (The Ribbon)
Nightchoir
Opossom (Kody Neilson)
The Phoenix Foundation
Princess Chelsea
Pikachunes
The Ruby Suns
Salon Kingsadore
Samuel Flynn Scott (Phoenix Foundation)
Sherpa
Street Chant
She's so rad (Jeremy Toy)
Two Cartoons
The Tea Cups
Tono and the finance company
Tiddabades
Unknown mortal orchestra (Reuban Neilson)

Hip Hop
J Brown & the Mic Smith
Coco Solid
DJ CXL
Cyphanetik
David Dallas
Che Fu
Fire & Ice
Frisko
Josh Fountain (Kidz in Space)
Home Brew
Haz (Home Brew)
Janine and the Mixtape
Kidz in space
Louie Knuxx
King Kapisi
K One
Tommy Ill
Ladi6
Eddie Numbers
DJ Penfold (True School)
Parks (Ladi6)
P-Money
Pieter T
PNC
Jay Roacher
Mikey Rockwell
Savage
MC Scribe
Scratch 22
DJ Sirvere
Tourettes
Joe Turksta
Tyson Tyler


Electronic/DJs/"Aotearoa Roots"
Isaac Aesili
The Black Seeds
Frank Booker
Blue Vibe Studio
Manuel Bundy
Julien Dyne
Adi Dick
Logan Duff
BHaru
HighStakesRecords -Tio
Mark de Clive-Lowe
Christoph el Truento
Ed Muzik
Optimus Gryme
Jellphonic
Julia Lomas (Heaven + Paradise)
Zane Lowe
Peter McLennan (Dub Asylum/Dub Dot Dash blog/BaseFM)
Chip Matthews (Opensouls/Anika Moa/Homebrew)
Brooke Mitchell (Heaven + Paradise)
MTron Bomb (Cassette #9)
Phixx
Quay St Social Club
Recloose
Rhian Sheehan
Sola Rosa
Stivvy
Michael Upton (Jet Jaguar)


Singer-songwriters
Jermaine Clement
Anna Coddington
Brooke Fraser
Flip Grater
Nathan King
Anika Moa
LA Mitchell
Maisey Rika
Bic Runga
Boh Runga
Hollie Smith
Tama Waipara


Magazines/Websites/Stores/Venues/Etc
42Unheard
Big Day Out NZ
Adam Bryce (The Wire)
Cassette #9
Cheese on Toast (Andrew Tidball)
Christchurch Music
Conch Records
The Corner (music blog)
Counting the Beat (music blog/podcast)
Coup de Main
Duncan Croft (A Grumpy Old Man with a Beard blog)
DeadBall (sports/tv blog run in part by Duncan Greive)
Dunedin Music
Einstein Music Journal
EMI NZ
Groove Guide
Che Kamariera (shotthen.com)
Lucha Lounge
Colin Mitchell (Aucklandf*ckingcity)
Mukuna
NO Magazine
NZ Musician magazine
Real Groovy Auckland
Rhythm and Vines
Rip It Up Magazine
Salient Magazine
San Francisco Bathhouse
Shot Then (shotthen.com blog)
Slowboat Records
Simon Sweetman (Blog on the Tracks)
Under The Radar
The Wire
Wine Cellar/Whammy Bar

Labels
Amplifier
Arch Hill
Dawnraid
EMI NZ
Flying Nun
Frequency Media Group
Lisa Paris (The Label)
Lil Chief Records
Loop Recordings
Mark Thomson (833 Records)
Muzai Records
Ode Records
Pinacolada Records
Sugarlicks Records


'Industry' People (broadest sense of the word)
A Low Hum
Jubt Avery (NZ On Air's Digital Music Strategist)
Callum August (Dirty Records/Frequency Media Group)
Russell Brown (Public Address blog)
Brotha D (Dawn Raid)
Lauren Clough (Maiden NZ PR)
Toni Cooper (All City Promotions)
Matthew Crawley (Golden Dawn etc)
Creative Freedom Foundation
Duncan Greive
Robyn Gallagher (5000 Ways nz music videos site)
Simon Grigg (ex Propeller Records, The Box, BPM, Huh! Records, general legend)
Kirk Harding (Move The Crowd)
Leonie Hayden (Editor, Rip It Up)
Chris Hocquard (Amplifier/ bFM lawyer)
Alan Holt (New Zealand Music Commission)
Independent Music NZ
Joel Kefali (Special Problems)
Mark Kelliher (MTV)
David McLaughlin (lawyer)
Music Managers Forum
New Zealand Music Commission
NZ Music Month
Official NZ Chart
Matt Offord (Universal Music)
Ashley Page (Page 1 Management)
Martyn Pepperell
Radioscope
Record Co. Guy (Universal Music NZ)
Campbell Smith (CRS Management)
Hugh Sundae (NZHerald.co.nz entertainment editor)
Serato
Special Problems
Simon Woods (IMNZ)
Smokefree Rockquest
Xan (Mystery Girl)
Jane Yee (Universal Music)


Radio/TV and their People
95bFM
BaseFM
C4
George FM

Juice TV
Kiwi FM
MTV NZ
Music 101 (RNZ)
NZ Music Videos
Radio Active
Radio One
RDU
The Rock


Jamie Connor (ex Fleet FM)
Dylan C (BaseFM programme director)
Dean Campbell (George FM Breakfast producer)
Nick Dwyer (George FM breakfast host)
JJ Feeney (The Edge)
Ross Flahive (The Edge)
Fletch & Vaughn (The Edge)
Ruby Frost (The Erin Simpson Show)
George FM Breakfast
Clarke Gayford
Dom Harvey (The Edge)
Aroha Harawira (GeorgeFM/Serato)
Hyperdrive (Ngaiwi FM)
Jay Reeve (MTV)
Charlotte Ryan (Morning Glory 95bFM)
Wammo (Kiwi FM)

Real Groove Writers
Day Barnes
Chris Cudby
Amelia Hunt
Adele Hunter-Higgins
Stevie Kaye
Chris Legget
Richard MacFarlane
Steve Newall
Sam Wicks
Aaron Yap