Guy Hobson is a Christchurch-based composer and performer who specialises in instrumental music for film and was featured most notably on one by Force Five Films about the unveiling of Richard Branson’s Virgin G […]

On this her debut album, Kay provides vocals and guitar, and she is joined by her husband Guy Hobson on keyboards and brother-in-law Stephen McDaid on lead guitar. I was initially listening to this while working […]

Here we have the debut solo album from Stephen McDaid, who has been somewhat busy helping out his in-law’s by playing on both Guy Hobson and Kay Duncan’s recent releases, but now he has found time to go out on his […]

Max Hill (they/them) originally started as Slow Rage, which became a duo with the addition of drummer Sam Hatley, building quite a reputation in the all-ages scene. However, like many other musicians they decided […]

It has been a year since States released their last single, Relentless, but they were caught up in the COVID lockdowns and even though they recorded drum tracks at the end of 2020 they were unable to complete the […]

Now, I must confess to being as much a fan of short song as I am of long ones and given how much I listen to Napalm Death that is probably a good thing. But all short songs I know tend to fall into one of two […]

I must confess to knowing very little about MOoFiSh apart from that they are a duo of Rhonda Hofmans Johnson and Chris Fish Johnson, and while Rhonda is the lead singer I don’t know if they create all the music t […]

Torn Chorus is Franklin Davis, an Auckland-based songwriter, musician, and photographer, who provides bass, various guitars, and vocals. This is about how he perceives the world through light and sound, as a […]

Some years back I was over at AAA Records and head honcho TeMatera Smith handed me a copy of this album and told me to go and listen to it as he thought I would enjoy it. He was quite correct, but it was only […]

South African saxophonist, penny whistle master, and composer Morris Goldberg is perhaps best known for his association with Hugh Masekela with whom he worked for some decades, and in 1996 he formed the first […]

Dutch metal outfit Pestilence are back with their ninth studio album, although there has been a significant line-up change since 2018’s ‘Hadeon’ with only founder guitarist and singer Patrick Mameli still there […]

Back in 2004 guitarist Sharne Scarborough was looking for a new rhythm section for {Just One Fix}, and he asked Ant Ward and Gaylene ‘G-Force’ to join. Although the bassist and drummer had bumped into each oth […]

There has never been any doubt in my mind that the most difficult musical format to get right is that of a trio, as while it is expected that the sound will be full and complete, there is also no room to hide. […]

Somewhat incredibly, it is nearly 20 years since Goodshirt released “Sophie”, which was the first NZ single in 18 months to get to #1 on the charts and won ‘Single of The Year’ at the 2003 NZ Music Awards. Now in […]