<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">New Zealand’s Zowie Debuts New Track on Nylon Online<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“Love Or Hate”!</span></b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img width="424" height="312" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="Zowie_shervin lainez5.jpg" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC269A.F1E99D20"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Badass Antipodean<b> Zowie</b> has a brand new track to share with the world. The spritely, karate-loving, drum stick-wielding dynamo dropped her first mp3s on the world wide web late last year shortly after picking up rave reviews from her CMJ debut in October.</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Zowie’s</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> debut single down under - "Broken Machine" - gave her a Top 5 hit and gold single in her native New Zealand, and following electrifying performances at SXSW 2011 she was hand-picked by Mark Ronson, Katy Perry and Architecture in Helsinki as opener on their respective Australian and New Zealand tours. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">The brand new track <b>“Love or Hate”</b>, is a coquettish battle of the sexes set to a brain worm beat, co-written and recorded in Toronto with <b>Sebastien Grainger</b> of recently-reformed <b>Death From Above 1979</b>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">The track was mixed by Golden Globe and Academy Award winner, <b>Michael Patterson</b>(The Social Network), who’s worked with everyone from Beck to Nine Inch Nails.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Consolas; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Download "<b>Love Or Hate</b>" from Nylon Magazine's website: </span><b><a href="http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=6430" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia">http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=6430</font></a><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Coming on like Joan Jett with a drum machine, <b>Zowie </b>has inspired comparisons in the press from Siouxsie Sioux and Chrissie Hynde to The Knife and The Ting Tings. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Each of her tracks distills a bubbling mix of vintage synth-pop, shimmering electro, playground chants and rock’n’roll swagger to create a sound all of her own. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Zowie</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> is currently hard at work on her her debut album, to be released on Sony Music later this year.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Watch:<b> “Bite Back” </b>official video directed by Garth Badger <a href="x-msg://79/#http://www.youtube.com/user/iamzowie%23" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br><span class="apple-style-span"><b>Early praise For Zowie:</b></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“…songs are riled-up dance music, often starting with a perky synthetic beat that shortly gets slammed against the dance floor by distorted rhythm guitar. Zowie tops the groove with a voice that has the quavers of Siouxsie Sioux… singing (and sometimes rapping) pronouncements like ‘You treat me like I am someone else’ and, even better, ‘I want to destroy you with sound’ - <b>Jon Pareles</b>, <b>NY Times</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“With beats reminiscent of The Knife on a not-so-dark day, and a hint of 80’s synths, it’s a right catchy tune.” – <b>Filter Magazine</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“Zowie’s stature doesn’t reflect her rambunctious vocals. The Auckland, New Zealand native has glitter and spark in each track” – <b>New York Press</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“Who knew scorchingly fresh pop music with zing and attitude would come striding out of New Zealand in the guise of a tiny, wiry pop minx named Zowie…Who cares, because that’s just what happened when the fierce and severe young pop star on the rise brought her talents to SXSW” <b>– LOGO TV</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; ">“The Kiwi singer-songwriter with a penchant for percussion gets all dark and woodsy and tombstone-y on us and has us asking just one question: where do we sign up for a slot in her bad ass gang?” - </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Out Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "> “Move over Lady Gaga, razor-sharp Zowie is the newest artist to take cues from Ziggy Stardust.” – <b>Rollingstone Australia, </b></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Artists To Watch in 2011</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br><span class="apple-style-span"><b>For more information contact Chloe or Perri at Press Here Publicity: </b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="mailto:chloe@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">chloe@pressherepublicity.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="mailto:perri@pressherepublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">perri@pressherepublicity.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><br>212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times, serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></body></html>