Riding a groundswell of local and international hype, Christchurch band Doprah released an eagerly anticipated self-titled EP at the start of June. Now they've released a video for the single Whatever You Want. Check it out.

Auckland's Glass Owls have just released their new album on Bandcamp. Recorded, produced and mastered by Djeisan Suskov (Cool Rainbows) at Revolver Studios in Waiuku, Out From the Darkness is the follow up to their EP Dead Love from 2010.

The band has recently toured the UK, putting in appearances at The Great Escape and KOKO Camden's Club NME. Check out the new album via the Bandcamp widget below.

Auckland Libraries has recently subscribed to a new e-resource called Zinio. The Zinio subscription allows you to read a number of magazines in electronic form for free. There's definitely a lot of titles there, but I had a squizz specifically at the music ones and here's what they've got right now:

Billboard, Guitarist, Opera Canada, Guitar Techniques, Rhythm, Total Guitar, XXL, Guitar Player, Computer Music, Electronic Musician, Future Music, Recording and Music Production, Rolling Stone.

There's some good reading there. If you'd like to know how to download these to your computer or portable device then head over to the Auckland Libraries website and read the info under Zinio.

Timothy Blackman, Stelth Ulvang and Shenandoah Davis.

Timothy Blackman is one of my favourite local artists, and he was kind enough to let me interview him in the basement of the Auckland Central Library. In a happy coincidence, we were able to be joined by Stelth Ulvang - a multi-instrumentalist for the Grammy nominated band The Lumineers (who were in town to play the Big Day Out), and Shenandoah Davis - a classically influenced songwriter who was touring with Anthonie Tonnon. Later that night, I recorded some of their live set at an Auckland art space on New North Road.

You can download it directly here (right click the link and chose "save link as"): Podcast: Timothy Blackman, Stelth Ulvang and Shenandoah Davis