The APRA Music Awards were held on Monday night via a livestream.

We would like to congratulate Leigh Ryan on being recognised for his work on Hilltop Hoods’ ‘Leave Me Lonely’, which took out Most Performed Urban Work.

Concord writer Mark Ronson also worked on ‘Shallow’ by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, which won the Most Performed International Work. Ronson was also nominated in this category for his track ‘Nothing Breaks Like A Heart’.

Fellow Native Tongue writer Ben Stewart was nominated for Most Performed Rock Work for ‘Jellyfish’ by Slowly Slowly.

Hats off to all the winners on the night.

The fifth studio album from LA-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Hanni El Khatib has just dropped.

Three years since his last release, FLIGHT was mostly written after a life-changing car accident that shifted his perspective dramatically.

This record is the most complete embodiment of who he is as an artist.
It is garage rock, it is hip-hop, it is soul, it is blues, it is psychedelic.

Stream FLIGHT here.

Native Tongue have a number of writers up for NZ Country Music Awards.

Up for Recorded Music NZ Te Kaipuoro Tuawhenua Toa | Best Country Music Artist are our very own Delaney Davidson & Barry Saunders for their record ‘Word Gets Around’.

While, Tami Neilson has picked up two nominations for APRA AMCOS’ Best Country Music Song. Her songs ‘Any Fool With A Heart’ and ‘Hey Bus Driver’ have been recognised.

The winners will be announced live on Radio New Zealand’s Music 101 on Saturday 30 May.

Native Tongue would like to congratulate Troy Kingi on taking out the 2020 Taite Music Prize.

The awards were held on Tuesday 5th May via a Facebook and YouTube live stream. It was a unique and entertaining awards ceremony, with the current situation preventing the awards to go ahead as usual.

Native Tongue was proud to be one of the sponsors of the event this year.

Troy Kingi was joined on the shortlist by fellow Native Tongue writers JessB and Aldous Harding.

You can stream the full awards here.

Perfect Moment is the new incarnation of Alex Gow, formerly Oh Mercy.

‘Time & Date NY’ is the first single. It was conjured up by Gow – a late-night, headphone affair and produced by Kim Moyes (The Presets). Moyes collaborated with Gow on the project and helped make Perfect Moment the unique individual it now is.

The single is accompanied by a music video, created by Gow and filmed in NYC just before COVID-19 forced the city into lockdown, and Gow back home to Melbourne.

“Life is a series of changes. After five Oh Mercy albums, I’m allowing myself a change too – I need to. For those of you that have invested in my music in some way – you deserve me at my best, or at least in its pursuit. Perfect Moment is the sound of me chasing it down. Always a few strides behind, but hey – that’s the way I like it best” explains Gow.

‘Time & Date NY’ is out now via Best & Fairest. You can stream the single on Spotify here, and watch the video here.