Matt Joe Gow: The Woodshed Sessions (2024)

Matt Joe Gow: The Woodshed Sessions (2024)

by | Jun 30, 2024 | Reviews

I have been fortunate to see Matt play in concert a few times, twice as totally solo and one with Kerryn Fields and his Dead Leaves bandmate Andy Pollock. This acoustic session finds him with just Andy and long-time Dead Leaves member Katya Horrop, recording live in...
Living State: Stalker (2024) single

Living State: Stalker (2024) single

by | Jun 2, 2024 | Reviews

Auckland-based Living State continue to release catchy singles and having seen them play a few times I know they power through the live environment as well. Musically they focus the arrangements around singer Marissa who is building her confidence so that while we are...
Hideous Divinity: Unextinct (2024)

Hideous Divinity: Unextinct (2024)

by | Jun 2, 2024 | Reviews

Between 2012 and 2019 Italian technical death metal act Hideous Divinity released four full-length albums, but it has taken five years for them to return with their latest, which is probably due to a certain pandemic, plus the line-up changed with the loss of both a...
Foncedalle: Foncedalle (2024)

Foncedalle: Foncedalle (2024)

by | Jun 2, 2024 | Reviews

This is the debut album by French act Foncedalle, who comprise Marius Mermet (guitar, vocals), JD Mimouni (drum machine, synth) and Clément Maltassat (bass, vocals, synth), they describe the album as a rock band making electronic music as opposed to the other way...
Crucial Velocity: Crucial Velocity (2023)

Crucial Velocity: Crucial Velocity (2023)

by | Jun 2, 2024 | Reviews

I must admit the reason I grabbed this album was due to some of the people involved as it sounded interesting. This band originally commenced as a project between songwriter Nate Bauer (guitar, bass, keyboards) and veteran mixing/mastering engineer Gary Long, owner of...