Lake Taupo: simply the best

Lake Taupo was voted as the best destination in the whole of New Zealand at the Golden Backpack Awards 2014. Here’s why… They call it the Taupo Trap. Not that New Zealand’s largest lake actually sucks you in like some Australasian Bermuda Triangle (although covering an area of 616 sq km, it is capable ofContinue reading “Lake Taupo: simply the best”

Valentiine – Love Like

Released 8th April on Integrity Records The Guardian, Topshop, TNT magazine…smack of on the route to mainstream? Never mind, because Love Like by Aussie band Valentiine is a tune that deserves to be heard by the masses. A female three piece from Australia, this is scuzzy garage pop, brooding and deliberate with enough bite toContinue reading “Valentiine – Love Like”