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Flash-trax.com NZ single and video reviews and reminiscences from the music industry in general. New features coming from late 2024.

Flash-trax.com owner and managing director Jack has been a pro musician for over 20 years. In this time he's recorded and released work, managed acts to international success, organised nationwide and international tours, and successfully ran an independent label for 8 years. Jack has been a reviewer and interviewer for some time and with his friends MusicNZ making the difficult decision to withdr

aw from reviewing promotional single and video releases from 1st July 2023, Jack decided to take up the mantle and do it instead. Additional to this, Jack is running a blog called From The Vault, which features a song that's made a mark on Jack's life at some point. It could be a world famous global smash, or a smaller, one-time hit. He'll briefly chat about it, you may see a brief chat with someone from the band itself, and then the video will play.

Episode 3 - Reviews of The Transits, Sam Bartells & the Outsiders, Superturtle, PONZ, and Saurian; plus music industry n...
24/03/2025

Episode 3 - Reviews of The Transits, Sam Bartells & the Outsiders, Superturtle, PONZ, and Saurian; plus music industry news on releases and tours, more words from the notorious capitalist sponsors, a game amateur musician providing a live feel to our intermission, another lesson in English vowel pronunciation from another region, and finally a question from Douglas the Silverback Gorilla.

Episode 2 – Reviews of The Transits, Sam Bartells & the Outsiders, Superturtle, PONZ, and Saurian; plus music industry news on releases and tours, more words from the notorious capitalist…

Reviews of The Flaxxies, BB & the Bullets, Lachie Hayes, Brent West, and Jeiel; plus music industry news on releases and...
20/03/2025

Reviews of The Flaxxies, BB & the Bullets, Lachie Hayes, Brent West, and Jeiel; plus music industry news on releases and tours, more words from the notorious capitalist sponsors, a decidedly Gallic intermission, another lesson in English vowel pronunciation from another region, and finally a pearl of wisdom from South East Asia's only Scottish monkey mum. This is not a typo.

Reviews of The Flaxxies, BB & the Bullets, Lachie Hayes, Brent West, and Jeiel; plus music industry news on releases and tours, more words from the notorious capitalist sponsors, a decidedly Ga…

13/03/2025

Welcome to our first site visitor from stunning Chile 🇨🇱

Episode 1 - Reviews of: Mim Jensen "Safe In Body"; Phoebe Rings "Drifting"; Threat.Meet.Protocol "Cancelled"; Kayleb Duc...
12/03/2025

Episode 1 - Reviews of: Mim Jensen "Safe In Body"; Phoebe Rings "Drifting"; Threat.Meet.Protocol "Cancelled"; Kayleb Duckett "Airport"; Miss Crystal Starr "Theatrical In Fact"

Episode 1 – Reviews of: Mim Jensen “Safe In Body”; Phoebe Rings “Drifting”; Threat.Meet.Protocol “Cancelled”; Kayleb Duckett “Airport”; Miss Cr…

11/03/2025

Welcome to our first site visitor from tropical Bahamas 🇧🇸

Enjoy this rare, in-depth interview with Welsh Industrial Rock/Dark Electronica legend JAYCE LEWIS. We talk about his hi...
11/03/2025

Enjoy this rare, in-depth interview with Welsh Industrial Rock/Dark Electronica legend JAYCE LEWIS. We talk about his hit single ELECTRIC MEDICINE, how it came into existence, and what makes Jayce tick. Find out about his heavily engaged recording studio in Wales, which has seen the likes of Rammstein and other famous names grace the mics and speakers. Electric Medicine video reproduced with kind permission.

Enjoy this rare, in-depth interview with Welsh Industrial Rock/Dark Electronica legend JAYCE LEWIS. We talk about his hit single ELECTRIC MEDICINE, how it came into existence, and what makes Jayce …

Welcome to the new format!
29/01/2025

Welcome to the new format!

Welcome to the new format!

29/01/2025

Exciting time. Jack is BACK, baby! New format for Flash-trax reviews, starting tonight!

I'm aware Greta Van Den Brink is an actor and stunt artist. She's turning her hand to music too, and I have to say I am ...
20/12/2024

I'm aware Greta Van Den Brink is an actor and stunt artist. She's turning her hand to music too, and I have to say I am rather impressed. New single, the head-turner of a title being Swimming On A Spoon, has charmed me. I wasn't expecting it to be as enjoyable as I found it, frankly. I always love new music....

I’m aware Greta Van Den Brink is an actor and stunt artist. She’s turning her hand to music too, and I have to say I am rather impressed. New single, the head-turner of a title being Sw…

Greta Van Den Brink
20/12/2024

Greta Van Den Brink

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19/12/2024

Flash-trax welcomes its first site visitor from equatorial Oman 🇴🇲

Exciting! A new act for me to review! Papercity are originally from Nelson, although they hang out in the big smoke Tāma...
19/12/2024

Exciting! A new act for me to review! Papercity are originally from Nelson, although they hang out in the big smoke Tāmaki Makaurau these days. A self-described alt-pop band, they consist of vocalist/guitarist Alex Hargreaves, drummer Sam Edmonds, and bass player (I assume) Jack (great name there!) Rollinson. New single Bored is great. It's an absolute indie classic, with synths as an underbelly to some semi-mean guitars, a playful yet astute drum performance, and a steady, velvety bass holding the groove....

Exciting! A new act for me to review! Papercity are originally from Nelson, although they hang out in the big smoke Tāmaki Makaurau these days. A self-described alt-pop band, they consist of vocali…

Blake is one of the artists of my journey into music reviewing. Simple as that. As a lyricist this lady is measured, con...
19/12/2024

Blake is one of the artists of my journey into music reviewing. Simple as that. As a lyricist this lady is measured, concise, artistic, empathic, and kind. As a songwriter she's professional and astute. New single The Gift You Gave Me is a beautiful piano-led song about loss. Timed for release on Friday 20th December, the intent is to remind us that some of us are doing the hard yards right now, in the midst of silly season, dealing with the loss of a loved one....

Blake is one of the artists of my journey into music reviewing. Simple as that. As a lyricist this lady is measured, concise, artistic, empathic, and kind. As a songwriter she’s professional …

I have never hidden how much I dig Underwire. I've seen this band live in its infancy and even then it was clearly a pro...
19/12/2024

I have never hidden how much I dig Underwire. I've seen this band live in its infancy and even then it was clearly a project that was meshed, tight and going places. I've previously mentioned Johnny Mills is a good mate and we go back a good twenty or so years together in the Wellington scene, but his pedigree, and that of the other band members…...

I have never hidden how much I dig Underwire. I’ve seen this band live in its infancy and even then it was clearly a project that was meshed, tight and going places. I’ve previously men…

I've missed the boat on release date, as it's already been out since Friday 13th (AAAAA!) but The Transits are right bac...
19/12/2024

I've missed the boat on release date, as it's already been out since Friday 13th (AAAAA!) but The Transits are right back in the thick of it with another surefire hit named Come Melt My Heart. I find this band to be a complete joy to listen to, so forgive me as I'm about to gush. They've managed yet again to find a foot-stomping melody that's got an earworm catchiness, is going to undeniably get mass audience participation of, and is cool, loud, energetic, and smacks of skater-boy meets punk....

I’ve missed the boat on release date, as it’s already been out since Friday 13th (AAAAA!) but The Transits are right back in the thick of it with another surefire hit named Come Melt My…

19/12/2024

Hey everyone, while the laptop issue, the online accounts issue, and the ongoing health issues have caused a protracted lack of service for the bulk of the second half of the year, Flash-trax is still able to welcome its first visitors from:
Iran 🇮🇷
Iraq 🇮🇶
Mongolia 🇲🇳
Cambodia 🇰🇭
Libya 🇱🇾

It's an honour to continue to welcome our international friends. We hope you enjoy the incredible talents of Aotearoa's musical whanau.

14/12/2024

Update from Jack regarding reviews backlog.

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