Hopetown Brown's Tim Stewart and Nick Atkinson are probably sick of being referred to as founding members of Supergroove, but if you're yet to come across their music it'll give you a good idea of what to expect. Especially on their new single You Know I Know, out this week.
SoundBites: Hopetoun Brown, Salad Boys, Lawrence Arabia, Dunes
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Salad Boys promise a more sombre outlook with their new music.
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This is Glue, to be released on January 19 on Chicago's Trouble in Mind label, was recorded by band leader and guitarist Joe Sampson at his home studio.
The album's first track, Exaltation, comes across with a warm jangle like a Kurt Vile or Steve Gunn song, but This is Glue promises a more sombre outlook.
Lawrence Arabia will play a series of solo North Island shows next month under the banner An Evening Alone With Lawrence Arabia.
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The tour gets under way at the Titirangi RSA on November 7, with subsequent shows including Tauranga, Gisborne, Hastings, Auckland, Hamilton and Rotorua.
Synth-pop duo Dunes, aka the McDell sisters, Jamie and Tessa, will release their self-titled debut album on February 9.
The album is said to fuse together their contrasting music influences "to tell raw and honest stories of their lives".
The pair have also shared an acoustic cover of their single Hard to mark the occasion.
