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17.08.10

We like awards... they give us something to talk about and celebrate the work of some of our artists... not to mention can be a really fun night out. So to get you chatting and celebrating RIANZ have dropped the first round of finalists in the 45^th instalment of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, the three categories announced yesterday fall into the Technical Awards category. 

The Technical Awards cover the country's best engineers, producers and album cover artists with the winners to be honoured on September 1 when the three Technical Awards will be presented - Best Album Cover, MAINZ Best Engineer and MAINZ Best Producer. 

The finalists in the Best Album Cover category are:
Paul Johnson for Buffalo (The Phoenix Foundation)
Rebekah Atkins, Kieran Rynhart, Mikee Tucker and Anita Liu for A Story (Fly My Pretties)
Ryan Marx for Everything (P-Money)

In the MAINZ Best Engineer category, the finalists are:
Andre Upston for Magnetic (Miriam Clancy)
Lee Prebble for Buffalo (The Phoenix Foundation)
Lee Prebble for A Story (Fly My Pretties) 

The finalists for MAINZ Best Producer are:
Jeremy Toy for Standing In The Rain (Opensouls)
Lee Prebble and Barnaby Weir for A Story (Fly My Pretties)
The Phoenix Foundation for Buffalo (The Phoenix Foundation)

Release Of The Day:
Kids Of 88 - Sugarpills

New wave/electro duo Kids Of 88 describe their music as "a cross between a late 80s police drama intro theme and a sophisticated super hussy".

With sleazy basslines and mind-numbingly catchy hooks, Kids Of 88 are all about poking tongues and making sweaty suggestive inuendos...

Sugarpills the debut album was self produced by the band and features the gold-selling singles My House and Just A Little Bit, as well as the new single Downtown.

Gigs:

Here are our pick for live music for this week as found on the Makuna gig guide.

For a full breakdown on whats on offer around the countries pubs and clubs take a look at Makuna

Have a great day.
Ed