Nick Fulton
Culture Journalist and Copywriter
Writing
Pitchfork
Op-Ed: It's Time To Put Our Cameras Away
The Recording Academy
Hold The Wheel And Drive: Incubus Look Back On Their Alt-Metal Classic 'Make Yourself' 20 Years Later
GARAGE Magazine
Michael Stipe's Visual Record
Bandcamp
Muzai Records Enters its Second Decade Still Committed to Punk and Community
i-D
IAN SWEET Turned Depression Into One Of The Year's Most Honest Rock Records
Bandcamp
Wax Chattels Dredge the Gloomiest Depths of New Zealand’s Rock Underbelly
Hash Journal
The House Near Ausable River
Uproxx
How a Historical Grammy Nomination Changed starRo's Life Forever
i-D
On Mordechai, Khruangbin Reimagine its Groovy Psych-rock
Billboard
Polica's Channy Leaneagh Explains How a Freak Accident Breathed Life Back Into Her Band
Document Journal
Nadia Tehran Turns Inherited Trauma into Scorching, Genreless Sounds
i-D
Erika Spring's 'Scars' is the Haunting, Hopeful Pop Record We Need Now
Bandcamp
The Paranoyds Want You To Consume Less
Yes Plz Weekly
Start A Label
Start A Movement
Start A Cult
i-D
Alice Glass is Sharing Surreal Fan Art on Instagram
Noisey
Do Kiwi Musicians Really Need to Leave New Zealand to Make It Big?
i-D
Den-Mate Makes Moody Electro-pop to Help Herself Heal
i-D
Chastity's Searing Noise Music Speaks to Youth on the Fringes
Impose
Top 8 Kiwi Guitar Tracks of 2016
i-D
Gallant is Back With a Beautiful Homage to 90s R&B
Tunnel Vision
A complete history of living with strangers
Einstein Music Journal
Mika Miko: "Fuck This, I Dont' Want To talk About This Anymore"
Impose
Girlboss, “Kind Face”
Spook
5 Music Videos That Are Just As Violent As Rihanna's BBHMM
Cuepoint
Father Murphy: Papal Protagonists
Real Groove
Robles Park Protége
Document Journal
Vaporwave's Little Known Roots Are Anti-Capitalist And Totally Punk
Billboard
Inspirations: Men I Trust's 'Oncle Jazz' is a Cozy Tour de Force
V Magazine
V115: Lenny Kravitz (Heroes)
The Recording Academy
Becca Mancari On Working With Zac Farro, Fishing With Brittany Howard & How A Series Of Threatening Letters Gave Her A Perfect Pop Song
Document Journal
The Multi-genre Musician Shares the 'Vagabops' That Inspired Her New Self-titled Album.
i-D
Eartheater Is Making Music For A Post-apocalyptic Future
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i-D
Meet Crack Cloud, The Art Collective Operating At The Center Of Vancouver’s Opioid Crisis
i-D
DAWN's Latest Album is a Love Letter to New Orleans
Bandcamp
The Essential Alt-Pop of Cascine
The Recording Academy
Son Little On Writing in Wine Country, Recording in Paris and Playing With Th Legendary Roots Crew
Bandcamp
New Zealand Indie: Beyond Flying Nun and the "Dunedin Sound"
FLOOD Magazine
She Keeps Bees' Jessica Larrabee Sings For Trees
i-D
The Return of Potty Mouth's Riotous Pop-punk
The Recording Academy
TORRES On Writing Queer Country Songs, The Power Of The Spoken Word And Her New Album, ‘Silver Tongue’
i-D
Alice Longyu Gao Is A Badass Sailor Moon Princess
Cuepoint
A Musician Sampled the Dying Words of Eric Garner
Yes Plz Weekly
Angelo De Augustine On His Ultra Personal New Album
Bandcamp
The Oppositional Stances and Enduring Charm of NZ Punks Die! Die! Die!
Cuepoint
The Curious Case of an Anonymous Artist
Bandcamp
Anni Rossi Makes a Mixtape
Impose
Jade Imagine, “Stay
Awake”
NO. Magazine
37 46' / -122 25'
Das Racist
Ghost City Review
Pamplemousse
NO. Magazine
Alex Mitcalfe Wilson: Musician/Artist/Librarian
Einstein Music Journal
Screaming Females: Saving Rock & Roll (Again)
NO. Magazine
Gallerists / Art Lovers / Music Enthusiasts
PAPER
King Krule Leaves London for the Real World
i-D
How Collaborating Virtually is Helping Musicians Deal With
Self-isolation
FLOOD Magazine
Sigur Rós Frontman Jónsi Makes Scents
The FADER
On When I say to you Black Lightning, Common Holly Wants to Step in Your Way
Bandcamp
Rejecting Viral Fame, Masked Singer-Songwriter Jonathan Bree Turns to Romance
Bandcamp
On “Deep Web” Military Genius Gets Abstract
i-D
Lido Pimienta’s Miss Colombia Is A Cynical Love Letter To Her Homeland
Yes Plz Weekly
Redefining Cute With Japanese Punk Band CHAI
i-D
On Everlasting, Loyal Lobos Befriends Her Teenage Self
Noisey
Meet the Engineers Recording New Zealand's Best Young Talent
FLOOD Magazine
With "Memory," Vivian Girls Have Nothing to Prove
i-D
How serpentwithfeet Turned Personal Desire Into Dazzling Gospel
Bandcamp
The Sound of Hip-Hop in Aotearoa
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Billboard
Odd Future's Pyramid Vritra and Producer Wilma Archer Talk Using Music to Vocalize Their Darkest Days
Bandcamp
Five Artists Working to Establish a Hip-Hop Scene in Greensboro, NC
V Magazine
V113: The Music Issue
Lindsey Jordan Is Rock's Newest Star
i-D
Meet the Artist Making NYC's Most Covetable Embroidered Jackets
i-D
'Eighth Grade' Has the Perfect Soundtrack for Teenage Angst
Bandcamp
Savages' Guitarist Gemma Thompson Embraces Her Experimental Side
Plastik Magazine
Suspended Reality: Interview with Alice Hutchison
Einstein Music Journal
St. Vincent: Staying Healthy At All Times
i-D
Warpaint's Theresa Wayman is Swapping Rock For Trip-Hop
NO. Magazine
Simon Ward
Cuepoint
From Punk Rock to Hip-Hop, in 2014 Music Got Nostalgic for the 90s
Real Groove
Sharpie Crows: DIY Noise That'll Survive The Recession
Einstein Music Journal
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Searching For the Perfect Abalone Fritter
IN THE PRESS
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Last week a writer for Pitchfork attended a Purity Ring concert in Melbourne, Australia. Nice. While such a scenario might normally come coupled with some degree of purple musings about synth textures and beguiling atmospherics, there’s little in the way of language about the actual music performed that night, because, as author Nick Fulton writes, he was too distracted by everyone with their dang phones out to properly immerse himself in the experience.
The Village Voice
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Their taste is so consistent and opinions generally fair, well rounded and spot-on. So much so, that work from the site has been quoted in New York magazine, Rolling Stone and Artrocker.com among others. The two make a great team. Gooding’s smile is infectious, and her enthusiasm about music is never-ending. Likewise, Fulton’s passion is clearly visible when discussing the music that moves him.
NO. Magazine
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As we see the decline of print journalism in New Zealand there’s a corresponding rise in the amount of online music media. Joining me now from three quite different sites, Angela Windust from Under The Radar... Nick Fulton from Einstein Music Journal, a blog that digs out fresh and mostly independent musical treats for you to digest, with MP3s, interviews and brilliant gig photos. And Graham Reid, whose online magazine is called Elsewhere.
Radio New Zealand
In spite of this uncertain future, freelance music journalists continue to fly the flag for a craft that has long been at the centre of popular music and the culture around it. Nick Fulton and Sarah Gooding are two freelance music journalists who started their trade in New Zealand with Einstein Music Journal, a music blog, before moving overseas. Nowadays, the couple is based in New York, writing for publications from Rolling Stone to Noisey.
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NZ Musician
ABOUT
Nick Fulton is a writer and journalist who has spent more than a decade covering the music industry. He has interviewed celebrities, had life-changing conversations with hundreds of talented artists, and founded a successful music blog now archived in New Zealand's National Library.
His reviews, artist profiles, and essays have been published by i-D, Billboard, Grammy.com, The FADER, Garage Magazine, Vice, Bandcamp, Document Journal, Uproxx, V Magazine, Pitchfork, Noisey, FLOOD Magazine, Impose, Cuepoint, Plastik Magazine, and several now-defunct online and print publications. His creative writing has been published in The Ghost City Review and Hash Journal. In 2019 he was one of only two New Zealand music critics to contribute to the BBC's list of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time.
In 2008 he founded Einstein Music Journal (EMJ) with his partner Sarah Gooding and worked as its Editor in Chief until 2012. During this period, EMJ became New Zealand's most-read music blog and was part of a global music alliance that included The Guardian, Red Bull Panamerika, and approximately 20 additional music publications. To complement the writing on EMJ, he made weekly radio appearances on RDU 98.5FM and VBC 88.3FM and hosted live events at Auckland's Whammy Bar and Wine Cellar. In 2011 he participated in a panel discussion about online music media that aired on Radio New Zealand's Music 101 program. The website is now archived in New Zealand's National Library.
In 2021 he joined the music licensing company Songtradr as a Senior Digital Copywriter, where he writes about the intersection of music, advertising, television, and film.