We talk to Alt-J at Clockenflap, where they talk about Laneway Festival, winning the Mercury prize, past experiences in Australia, their favourite album of 2012 (Princess Chelsea) and more....

New Zealand artist Chelsea Nikkel's solo project, Princess Chelsea, was over in New York for CMJ. The AU Review caught up with her to talk about her current live shows and her upcoming covers EP. Check out the transcript below!

Miles McDougall, a multi-talented musician from New Zealand, happened to be playing a couple of shows at 2011’s CMJ in New York. Luckily enough our editor-in-chief Larry Heath was there to sit down and have a bit of a chat with the man about his electro-pop, solo project Pikachunes. The interview played out as an interesting look at a New Zealand artist’s quest to bring his music into the U.S market – check out the transcript below:

Is this your first time in New York?