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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Generally, but not always, it is debut albums which are self-titled, and there must be a real reason for an artist to do that later in their career (unless of course you are Peter Gabriel and do that for your […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
I came across Wellington-based Sidewinder last year when I was asked to review their “Walk of Ishi” single and was mightily impressed with what I was hearing, so even though someone else grabbed the album to rev […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Over the last year I have become friends with the reprobate Ant Ward (Just One Fix) and his lovely long-suffering wife Gaylene, and when I was writing the press release for their new album (check out Bleeding […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
I still have to pinch myself when I realise I have known these guys for just 15 months, as their music has become an incredibly important part of my life. I reviewed a show last year and was immediately a massive […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
The year after ‘Prologue’, the boys were back with their debut full-length album, ‘Secrets’. 13 tracks, 52 minutes in length, this was what the guys had been building to for the previous few years. If I thought […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Junior Wells will always be thought of being one of the greatest harmonica players of the post war age, replacing Little Walter in Muddy Waters’ band when he was just 18 in 1952. He was releasing material under h […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
It has been a while since I heard from Hamilton-based quartet Achilles Complex, some 18 months since I reviewed the single “Vice”. They are now back with a new EP in the works, and “Jack In” is the first single […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Here we have the debut album by Wellington-based Kiwi folk Americana act T-Bone, and mighty fine it is too. The quintet comprises Gerry Paul, Aaron Stewart, Richard Klein, Michael Muggeridge, and Cameron ‘Dusty’ […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
When I heard that Steve Wells (ex{Fur Patrol}) was releasing his debut solo album I had no idea what to expect, but I know it wasn’t this! For a musician who made his name as guitarist in a multi-platinum band, t […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
I don’t know how old these guys are, but given they formed in High School towards the beginning of last year I am guessing not that old, especially as they have been playing mostly all-ages gigs, although they d […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
I have seen {Hoop} play twice this year so far (the third will be in a few weeks) and each time I have come away impressed with the depth and breadth of their Americana-inspired folk. This is due in many ways to […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Last year I saw Sam at The Tuning Fork with a full band, and then a few weeks ago he was playing acoustically at a tiny venue in Ponsonby with just a keyboard player for support (what an incredible night that […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Matt Joe Gow grew up in the deep south of New Zealand in a town with bad weather and good music: Dunedin. Surrounded by music, he was encouraged to pick up a guitar at an early age, and after traveling the world, […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Whilst regularly making demos and working on other projects in the studio, it would be 2016 before the next Matt Joe Gow record, ‘Seven Years’, which was released to critical acclaim and was nominated for the Mus […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
After touring and playing numerous festivals in support of Seven Years, Matt returned to the studio in 2018 to record the follow-up, Break, Rattle and Roll. Released to wide acclaim, it went one better than his […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
There has been a significant change in the ranks since Kreator’s last album, 2017’s ‘Gods of Violence’, with the departure of bassist Christian Giesler in 2019 who had been there since 1995. However, founder […]
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Kev Rowland wrote a new post 2 years, 2 months ago
Recitals are a 7-piece band based in both Te Whanganui-A-Tara (Wellington) and Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and comprise Xanthe Rook (bass, vocals), Tharushi Bowatte (trumpet), Carla Camilleri (keyboards, vocals), […]
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Geoff Penn wrote a new post 2 years, 3 months ago
CD ‘FTF Music’ 48:51 mins
SOLACE TORMENT – Home (weebly.com)
Solace Supplice | Facebook
Liturgies Contemporaines | Solace Supplice (bandcamp.com)
Rating 90/100
If you can imagine a band with the d […]
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