A few months back I was fortunate enough to catch up once again with one of my very favourite duos, Danni Parsons and Lance Shepherd, otherwise known as In The Shallows. That night they were joined by bassist Andy […]

I have no idea who many albums I have reviewed over the last 35 years, but it is countless thousands, while the words written are well into the millions, but I must confess this is the first time I have ever been […]

In Between is the third single from the upcoming 2023 EP Guns Of Dialogue, but is the first time I have personally come across Jaqualyn Taimana Williams. As with her debut album she has been working with producer […]

Here we have the third collaboration between Gridfailure’s David Brenner and Megalophobe’s Benjamin Levitt who between them contribute a wide array of instruments including vocals, guitars and basses, keys and syn […]

Personal Igloo is the solo project of Auckland based song writer/producer, Hamish Nixon, which brings together soul and pop with some raspy vocals and a love for bands such as Kings of Leon. Old Me is the first […]

The latest album by Felix Danilo finds him exploring different musical textures where the main (and often only) instrument is a multi-layered guitar full of reverb. Although the album is mostly instrumental, he is […]

One Man Bannister is the name used by Hamilton-based Matthew Banister when he is not performing in one of his bands such as Sneaky Feelings or The Changing Same, and this is his latest album. It is somewhat […]

I first came across these guys a few months back when I saw them open for Daniel Armstrong & The Monsoons and I was immediately impressed by their approach which was both effective and infectious, so I was pleased […]

It has been quite a while since Greta released her debut single, Outnumbered, but now she is back with the follow-up which is a precursor for an EP which is hopefully not too far in the distant future. What we […]

I thoroughly enjoyed the last Tablefox album, Battles, while I was also fortunate enough to recently catch them supporting Capital Theatre so was looking forward to their new single. Musically they are based in […]

The first thing which struck me about this single, even before I listened to it, is that the artwork is such a strange shape, but given that many of these are only released digitally these days there is no actual […]

Seven years ago, I was fortunate to see one of the mightiest pairings ever at a metal gig, namely Carcass supporting Napalm Death, a line-up I never thought I would see in New Zealand. Most of the world see Shane […]

It might look from the cover that Samantha was playing her guitar in a garage, and that is exactly what is happening as that is where this was recorded (apart from the bass and drums which were recorded in Chile). […]

It seems to have been ages since I last heard from The RVMES, and I can see from looking through my records that it is more than a year since I last saw them play, and also more than a year since I reviewed their […]

Earlier this year I was fortunate to be asked to review Tō Ihu, one of the four singles to be made available from this album so far, and I was just blown away by what I was hearing. Allana Goldsmith is a classic […]

Pianist Erik Dahl is back with his latest album, and yet again his piano is very much the focal point of everything contained within. He has a few musicians assist on some of the songs to provide additional […]

I have been a fan of Sweden’s Evergrey for more than 20 years, and although they have had quite a few line-up changes in their history, singer/guitarist Tom S. Englund has always been there while the return of g […]

Back in 2018 I was contacted by Stephen Latin-Kasper who had just recorded his debut album as Infinitwav and released it straight onto vinyl, which impressed me immensely. Fast forward to 2021 and he contacted me […]

This is a somewhat unusually presented album in that the first four tracks are then combined with another piece to make a fifth which takes up more than half the album. Jimmy Ryan provides electric guitar and […]

This is the debut single from Christchurch-based rock group Electric Temples, and the thing which impresses me most right from the off is the use of space. When a band starts, it is easy to throw the kitchen sink […]