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Scoop
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Adam Hattaway & The Haunters Release New Single + Video 'Tommy Sees Ghosts'
Just months since the release of their Marlon Williams produced album High Horse, Christchurch's own Adam Hattaway & The Haunters are back with a new single and video, " Tommy Sees Ghosts," accompanied by b-side " Roadside Incident." Recorded to 2' 16-track tape in an old wool-shed deep in the south of Aotearoa, Tommy Sees Ghosts features a haunting and hypnotic groove reminiscent of the band's earlier music, with one foot in the '70s Stones disco ditch, and a refined focus on vocals akin to their recent album. The band rolls along in a late-night, inebriated haze, threatening to go off the rails at all times but sticking together like glue. Inspired by true ghost stories, Adam delves into the tale of Tommy who lives close to the wind, getting up in the middle of the night to wave buenas noches to friends or lovers, dead and alive. In the liminal space between waking and sleeping, he communes with the dead and does whatever he damn well pleases. What does he want? Everything. Accompanying the new track is an eerie music video by Hēmi Baker. We follow Hattaway portrayed as a noctule familiar and inspired by Miley Cyrus' ' Flowers ', as he dances through Melbourne's Abbotsford Convent. Tommy Sees Ghosts/ Roadside incident are available on all major streaming platforms and BandCamp For more information and a listen, visit
Otago Daily Times
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Marlon Williams concert for Dunedin
Marlon Williams will tour next month in support of his new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Much-loved New Zealand musician Marlon Williams will tour the country next month in support of his first Maori language album Te Whare Tīwekaweka. Williams will visit 11 centres around the country during his tour, with his Dunedin show at the Regent Theatre on Thursday, June 26, at 7.30pm. Supported by longtime touring band The Yarra Benders, co-producer Mark Perkins (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), the He Waka Kōtuia singers and featuring a collaboration with Lorde, the album traverses William's familiar folk-country-bluegrass territory, pop and the rhythms of Māori music. The tour will feature Williams performing with The Yarra Benders, along with special appearances from some of the album's collaborators, and with opening act Kommi (Kāi Tahu, Te-Āti-Awa). @
The Age
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
I dated a friend. After we broke up, we found a way to be mates again
This story is part of the May 11 edition of Sunday Life. See all 13 stories. New Zealand-born musician and actor Marlon Williams, 34, is best known for playing Johnny Abbot in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth. But before acting, his music career connected him with several strong women, including Lorde. As he discusses the influential women in his life, he's weighing up marriage and kids with his current partner. My paternal nanna, Rīeka, was the daughter of a Māori minister who didn't speak any English. She had seven children with my grandfather and raised them on her own when he left. My dad, David, was the man of the house from the age of seven. I used to sing gospel songs with Nanna as a child. She met an amazing man, Rod, later in life – they bought a house bus when she was in her 50s, and spent the last 15 years of her life going up and down the country. She was the matriarch of the family and everybody loved her. She died when I was 17. My maternal nanna, Josie, was born in Dover, England, and moved to New Zealand in the 1950s after she met my grandfather in London. She celebrated her 97th birthday in October. She is very straightforward, has a daily routine and doesn't want for much; she finds joy in the simple happenings of a normal day. I live a very fast-paced life, and when I sit with her, I am forced to slow down. My mum, Jennifer Rendall, is a visual artist and paints. She has an artist's eye of the world, and is good at finding beauty in landscapes and in structures that aren't obvious to others. She has instilled that aesthetic view of the world in me. She brought me up singing Māori songs and encouraged me with my creative career. The artwork on my new album is a drawing she made in the months before I was born. I am an only child. Marriage is something I can see happening one day; I am not one of these modern anti-marriage people. Marlon Williams, musician When I was nine, I saw the movie Labyrinth and fell in love with actress Jennifer Connelly. She was 15, and I wished she was my babysitter. Before that, I had a crush on Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I had my first kiss aged 11 while playing spin the bottle at primary school. I also remember seeing a girl I had a crush on holding hands with another boy. My heart sank – it was that first stab of the heart that cuts deep. My first high school girlfriend was a violinist – we connected through music. We were both in My Fair Lady. We dated for a few months when I was 14.
Sydney Morning Herald
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
I dated a friend. After we broke up, we found a way to be mates again
This story is part of the May 11 edition of Sunday Life. See all 13 stories. New Zealand-born musician and actor Marlon Williams, 34, is best known for playing Johnny Abbot in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth. But before acting, his music career connected him with several strong women, including Lorde. As he discusses the influential women in his life, he's weighing up marriage and kids with his current partner. My paternal nanna, Rīeka, was the daughter of a Māori minister who didn't speak any English. She had seven children with my grandfather and raised them on her own when he left. My dad, David, was the man of the house from the age of seven. I used to sing gospel songs with Nanna as a child. She met an amazing man, Rod, later in life – they bought a house bus when she was in her 50s, and spent the last 15 years of her life going up and down the country. She was the matriarch of the family and everybody loved her. She died when I was 17. My maternal nanna, Josie, was born in Dover, England, and moved to New Zealand in the 1950s after she met my grandfather in London. She celebrated her 97th birthday in October. She is very straightforward, has a daily routine and doesn't want for much; she finds joy in the simple happenings of a normal day. I live a very fast-paced life, and when I sit with her, I am forced to slow down. My mum, Jennifer Rendall, is a visual artist and paints. She has an artist's eye of the world, and is good at finding beauty in landscapes and in structures that aren't obvious to others. She has instilled that aesthetic view of the world in me. She brought me up singing Māori songs and encouraged me with my creative career. The artwork on my new album is a drawing she made in the months before I was born. I am an only child. Marriage is something I can see happening one day; I am not one of these modern anti-marriage people. Marlon Williams, musician When I was nine, I saw the movie Labyrinth and fell in love with actress Jennifer Connelly. She was 15, and I wished she was my babysitter. Before that, I had a crush on Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I had my first kiss aged 11 while playing spin the bottle at primary school. I also remember seeing a girl I had a crush on holding hands with another boy. My heart sank – it was that first stab of the heart that cuts deep. My first high school girlfriend was a violinist – we connected through music. We were both in My Fair Lady. We dated for a few months when I was 14.
Channel 4
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Channel 4
Marlon Williams reconnects with his Indigenous roots in new album
The singer Marlon Williams has been headlining concerts around the world for more than a decade. His new album is just the latest to top the charts in his native New Zealand. But it marks a radical departure: it's the first sung entirely in his Indigenous tongue, Maori. And it was the culmination of a five year journey to reconnect with his roots – a process charted in a new documentary.
