One of the absolute highlights of the Auckland Folk Festival this year were Aro, the husband-and-wife team of Charles (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Te Ata, Te Ati Awa) and Emily Looker (nee Rice). At that event C […]

Bevan is a lo-fi alternative indie pop musician from Morrinsville, and Weekend is taken from his third full-length album, which is due out later this year. He says he is inspired by all forms of music from Fraggle […]

Just one look at the band name, song, and font, and one knows that here we have an act aiming to be on the heavy side. A quick look at Encylopaedia Metallum and one can see they have another nine bands listed with […]

The picture on the album cover is a picture, neat! That got me thinking the guys probably had a sense of humour and when I saw they describe themselves as a perfect fruit salad; filled with juicy melodies, tasty […]

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to see Sol3 Mio at Spark Arena, and I came away as suitably impressed as one would expect, not only from the main act, but also by the support who impressed everyone with […]

Stephen Galvin is a multi-instrumentalist who was invited to teach at the New Zealand Guitar Academy at the tender age of 23, before opening his own teaching studio in 1984. Since then, he has performed in bands […]

I am not really sure what to say about Ed Palermo anymore, apart from that it is obvious to anyone who has ever listened to his music that he is an arranger par excellence. Once he manages to get an idea […]

Brutal death metal act Focal Dystonia was only formed at the beginning of 2020 by multi-instrumentalist Floor van Kuijk (Korpse, Carnifloor) and drummer Florent Duployer (Anachronism, Kakothanasy), yet by the end […]

As well as new artwork, the 1990 album from GWAR has remixed and remastered audio by producer Ronan Chris Murphy, which has certainly cleaned up the original and allows us to hear Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus) in […]

Heartwind were formed in 2017 by keyboard player Mikael Rosengren and guitar player Goran Engvall with the aim of writing and delivering a true melodic rock album with a fresh and updated sound. They released […]

Heathen probably don’t need too much introduction, having been formed in the Bay Area back in the 80’s, and featuring members of Exodus, Metal Church and Die Krupps in their line-up at different times, and now the […]

There is something very special indeed about this series of albums from Anti-Corporate Music, and each time I hear one I am taken away from my current environment and to a totally different time and space. The […]

Junior Wells made his first recordings when he replaced Little Walter in Muddy Waters’s band back in 1952 and is best known for the song “Messin’ With The Kid” and the album ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’. He died in 1998, […]

I was sat working away at my desk one evening recently, when I had a message come through from TeMatera Smith, asking if I would be interested in hearing a brand-new album which he had literally just finished […]

In the Nineties, guitarist and singer Scott Pilgrim had a band in Melbourne called Soda, who released the Pan EP. Fast forward 23 years and he walked into Warwick Donald’s control room and saw a multi-track tape d […]

SPURGE – CROWN

EP 27min   Art Rock

US Private Press

Rating 80/100

There is no doubt that the new ‘Spurge’  EP entitled ‘Crown’ from this Atlanta based band ’ has been purposely arranged to showcase t […]

UK CD -Fruits de Mer Records  60min

http://www.robgould.co.uk

http://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com

My Rating -A Well DeservedTop Score 100/100

At first, it would have been very tempting to try and draw parallels […]

This is the third solo album from guitarist Kalle Wallner who normally does guitar duties for  German Band “RPWL” (Risettion Postl Wallner & Lung). This project, entitled “Liquid”, had been seven years in the maki […]