Husband Material: Raindrop (2023) single

Husband Material: Raindrop (2023) single

Auckland jazz trio Husband Material have their debut album coming out later this year and prior to that they have released this single to give us a taste of what is to come. Although the three of them all play multiple instruments, this sounds very much like a live...
This Silent Divide: Beautiful Creature (2023) single

This Silent Divide: Beautiful Creature (2023) single

Here we have the latest single from Wellington-based melodic hard rock quartet This Silent Divide. I really enjoyed their Tall Stories EP, and they played a great gig at Dead Witch towards the end of last year, and this would have been recorded at about the same time....
Drop Off Point: Bridge City Crew (2023)

Drop Off Point: Bridge City Crew (2023)

Back in 1991, bassist Jorge “Hoya Roc” Guerra took over from the legend that is Roger Minet in the Agnostic Front side-project Madball, since when he has been a constant alongside Freddy Cricien. He now has a new claim to fame, providing a shoutout to his...
Mikey Videotape: The Strangest Dream (2023)

Mikey Videotape: The Strangest Dream (2023)

Some years back I was asked by AAA Records if I would write the press release for the debut album by a young Auckland-based prog band to which of course I agreed and in due course I was speaking to singer Michael Brown of Outside In about their incredible release,...
Cautionary Tales: No Funeral Blues (2023) single

Cautionary Tales: No Funeral Blues (2023) single

Cautionary Tales are a multi-international band in that they are mostly based in Berlin, as well as Aotearoa and NYC and feature Will Marshall (vocals, keyboards), Karl Weber (guitar, backing vocals), Martyn Matthews (synthesizers, Rhodes, Hammond), Taylor Mallo...