I must confess this is the first time I have come across The Mountain Goats, and I when I went looking to do some research I was somewhat intrigued to discover that band leader John Darnielle has been using that […]

I do not believe there is currently a more enjoyable music series out there than ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ from Anti-Corporate Music. This was the fifth album, and as always features a musician performing und […]

There is no doubt that Björn “Speed” Strid and his band of merry men have changed direction since they first started, yet that has never been enough for Strid who has also launched The Night Flight Orchestra, as […]

The Auckland Folk Festival earlier this year was an embarrassment of riches, with so many great Kiwi artists playing multiple sets, and I spent the weekend trying to soak in as much as possible. There is no doubt […]

There are times when the music world is very small indeed, which is why earlier this year I found myself at The Portland Public House in Auckland to see a singer-songwriter, having been put in contact by a fellow […]

Following on from the single Pay, which I reviewed a few months back, BRBB are back with the second single from their second album, which is due next year. We find them moving much more into a dub style, with Ree […]

Back in 1985 I was working in the center of the universe, which is Eastbourne, where the busiest day of the week was Thursday, Pension Day! To say I spent a lot of time either bored or on the train to London is […]

This quintet was put together by guitarist Skip Grasso and bassist Phil Ravita with the aim of recording all-new material, as opposed to working on classics from the tradition, and to achieve this they brought in […]

When this arrived in my inbox, I was immediately excited, as I knew this was going to be an absolute delight, just like every other Cadabra release I had previously come across. Andrew Leman (H. P. LOVECRAFT […]

I had to smile when I saw this release, and not just because the album title is “Hail Satan” backwards, but I remember these guys from the first time around. Back in the early 2000’s they were signed to Conqu […]

I’ve been racking my brains, but after more than 30 years of writing about music I am convinced, this is the first album I have ever reviewed a band from Ecuador. This is the debut album from Claudio C ( […]

Here we have the third release from The Justin Rothberg Group, which comprises Justin on guitar and mandolin, along with Todd Groves (woodwind), Jon Price (bass), Hiroyuki Matsuura (drums) and Andy O’Neill […]

There is no doubt that Keith Tippett left behind a huge musical legacy when he died last year, having released his first album in 1970 and continuing to experiment throughout his life, often in the company of his […]

When Larry Newcomb’s son, Jake, was 11 years old he told his dad that he wanted to learn guitar. Larry said that was a great idea, but why didn’t he learn bass instead as that way he would always have a gig. He […]

I can’t tell you much about this band, as even the gospel which is Encylopaedia Metallum does not know who played on this their debut EP which was released towards the end of 2020. What I do know is that the b […]

Sam is back with his new single, which finds him taking quite a different approach to Where We’ll Go, which also featured Mena Wilde. Whereas he normally sits quite happily within alt country, here we see him […]

{Vera Ellen) (Girl Friday, Maple Syrup) is back in Wellington after some time in Los Angeles, where she wrote most of the material which can now be found on her debut for Flying Nun Records. Written over the space […]

For anyone who has come across Bevan’s single, Weekend, we now have an album which is very similar in style and approach to that song, which is one of the 11 songs in the set. When I reviewed that previously, I s […]

The other night I got a notification to say there was a new episode of The Distortion Transmission available on YouTube (subscribe to the Muzic.net.nz channel if you haven’t already), so I settled back to see w […]

There is no doubt that Shihad are the Kiwi rock band who should have broken America 20 years ago, and if it wasn’t for a series of unfortunate events such as the attack on the Twin Towers, which caused the band t […]