Sam Wicks

Guest writer

The Mint Chicks’ Screens hits its tenth anniversary.

‘So pop that it becomes experimental’: An oral history of Mint Chicks’ Screens

Ten years ago, Mint Chicks shredded the high-gloss sound that saw their sophomore LP go overground. The band tells Sam Wicks how they ripped up the rulebook on Screens.

By Sam Wicks | 11th April, 2019

Che Fu in 2002. Image: FOTOPRESS/Dean Purcell

‘I wanted to rep my neighbourhood, my country’: Che Fu on making 2b S.Pacific

Twenty years on from the release of his debut album 2b S.Pacific, RNZ Music speaks to Che Fu about how getting kicked out of Supergroove lit the fire that helped him create his landmark album.

By Sam Wicks | 19th October, 2018

Tom Scott and Haz Beats (Photo: @timdfilm)

‘I should write about stuff like this night right here’: An oral history of Home Brew’s Last Week EP

Home Brew’s needle-shifting Last Week EP was released 10 years ago this month. Sam Wicks talks to the people who brought the unapologetically local project to life.

By Sam Wicks | 1st August, 2018

SWIDT ‘CONQUER’ VIDEO (YOUTUBE)

SWIDT: ‘There’s no rules. It’s the Wild Wild West out here’

Sam Wicks talks to SWIDT rapper Spycc about the Onehunga group's new EP and life after Stoneyhunga.

By Sam Wicks | 20th February, 2018

‘I was just a dude from the street who got lucky’: An oral history of Young Sid’s The Truth

‘I was just a dude from the street who got lucky’: An oral history of Young Sid’s The Truth

To mark the 10th anniversary of The Truth, the debut album from Sid Diamond (FKA Young Sid), Sam Wicks talks to Sid and the team that helped capture his Otara state of mind.

By Sam Wicks | 28th November, 2017