Habitat Cascadia
Habitat is collaborating with the band Future Islands for a special limited run of boards. To commemorate the partnership the Habitat team set out on an adventure throughout the Pacific Northwest and...
View ArticleHow Not To Be An Asshole Ep. 36
Our music editor, Dominic Hoey (aka Tourettes), along with Louie Knuxx and Dan Mawby have a weekly podcast, How Not To Be An Asshole, where they may or may not teach you a few things about current...
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Wu-Tang is coming…
Photo: Jake Mein If you’ve been in and about Auckland City over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed the circulation of posters titled “Wu-Tang is coming”. Well it’s true, the group dubbed as...
View ArticleHabitat Skateboards: I See In The Dark
You can always count on Habitat to keep things interesting; their latest project was proof of just that; teaming up with Woods on a new music video for “I See In The Dark”. Watch in a hallucinating...
View ArticleSWIDT vs. Everybody Documentary
Our good friend Haimona Ngata recently wrapped up this documentary with Auckland’s six-man music collective, SWIDT (See What I Did There), in particular profiling the internationally-acclaimed lead...
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Issue #62 On Sale Monday
Morgan Schofield, tailgrab, Valdez. Photo by Kolben Saetre The Winter Issue, June 2016: Issue #62 of Manual is here! Morgan Schofield takes the cover along with this issue’s feature interview. We find...
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Music Feature: Eno x Dirty
Talking to Eno and Dirty – Eden Jouavel and Manu Walters – I got the overwhelming feeling that New Zealand hip hop has finally come of age. Obviously this is totally subjective and probably partly to...
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Tom Gould Interview: Bury Me With the Lo On
RLPC. ID recently caught up with Kiwi director and Manual contributor, Tom Gould on the release of his new book, Bury Me With the Lo On, which documents the first comprehensive history of the 80s...
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Issue #63 On Sale Now
On The Cover Josh Malthus, frontside invert, Auckland. Photo by David Read Legal High, The ‘Up For Grabs’ Video Scott Rishworth’s lastest full length video, Up For Grabs, is so good it will lower your...
View ArticleStudio Sessions: Name UL
Emanuel Psathas, better known as NameUL, is a Wellington hip hop artist who’s recent movements have found him on the charts with his latest album, Choice(s), debuting at number #1 on the iTunes Hip...
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Music Feature: Beach Boy
I wasn’t immediately sure what to make of Finn’s music; there was something about it that felt unfamiliar. Then I realised he was having heaps of fun—planned silliness as he describes it. It’s a...
View Article64 Bars: David Dallas
Over the course of November Red Bull Studios Auckland and David Dallas reconnect to present a new season of 64 Bars, this time starring local rappers DIRTY (of ENO X DIRTY), Raiza Biza, and newcomer...
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Manual Issue 64 Hits The Shelves
On The Cover: Hootie Andrewes, backside 180 nosegrind, Melbourne. Photo by Jason Morey. That’s right, Issue #64 of Manual is here. Who knows how we made it this far, but we couldn’t of done it without...
View ArticleAudiowhore: New Music Videos from Raiza Biza & Name UL
New music video releases from some of New Zealand’s promising hip-hop artists, Raiza Biza (with help from Bianca Paulus) and Name UL. Above Get By ft Bianca Paulus Day & Night Raiza Biza Below...
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Win Big With Volcom #ThisFirst
What’s your ”this”? Your passion, that thing you wish you could do full time. This June, Volcom is searching the Earth to find 15 people who are ready to make their passion their pay cheque. Applying...
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Louie Knuxx Interview
Louie Knuxx’s new album is good. Like, really good. To be honest I kind of thought he’d never put it out. It’s been over seven years since his last album, Wasted Youth. That record received all sorts...
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Corona x Manual Present: 24 Hours with Soaked Oats
See them play live for free at one of their seven shows across New Zealand. It’s not always a coincidence when talent comes in pairs. Sometimes it’s in the genes. It so happens that Manual‘s senior...
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Stalker sign to Napalm Records
Close friend & contributor to the mag Chris Calavrias has gone from Gaywyre to Razorwyre and has now launched his new band Stalker. They’ve been signed to Austrian independent record label Napalm...
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The Laneway Experience
As if the New Year couldn’t come soon enough, we’ve now had the lineup from one of New Zealand’s festival mainstays dangled in our eyes. With Tame Impala, NAO, AB Original, King Gizz, Glass Animals...
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A state of reflection with Emanuel Psathas
After releasing Choice(s) in 2016, gaining global recognition, backed by concerts both locally and internationally, Emanuel Psathas—notably known as Name UL—is currently in a state of reflection, and...
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