I can’t believe it is more than a year since I wrote about JP’s last album, Light Years, but it was and now here he is with the new single from the forthcoming third album, Patience Way. {Arrays} never sound lik […]

There are times when bands appear to decide to not record any more and instead concentrate on playing live gigs in front of adoring fans, and I am sure that many thought we had seen the last of new material from […]

This is a wonderful album, very New Zealand, but also very much classic singer-songwriter in a way which is not often heard these days. It took me a while to think who they remind me of, but in the end, I settled […]

You must give this Dunedin quartet plenty of kudos for their name, as I don’t think I have smiled so much on seeing one since I came across {Mice on Stilts} years back. This is the debut release from Jack R […]

Last month I was fortunate enough to see {South For Winter} play a few gigs while they were down here in Aotearoa, and I was blown away by Nick (acoustic guitar, vocals) and Dani (vocals, mandolin). Although Nick […]

I recently travelled up to Leigh Sawmill to see Looking For Alaska play a combined concert with Albi & The Wolves and before the gig I was chatting to a friend of mine who had gone up independently and I had asked […]

Otts are a trio from the Taranaki, and this two-track EP is their fourth to date as they work towards their debut album. Formed in 2020, they have a sound which takes me back more than 40 years to the indie […]

There are times when one is sent a song which oozes class from every pore, and that is exactly what we have here in one of the most delicious and delightful jazz numbers I have ever come across. {Goldsmith Baynes} […]

Here we have the second single from The Not Okays, following on from their cover of Bite Me which came out towards the end of last year. Noriel Wong (guitar), Aaron Prictor (guitar, vocals), Lauren Kate Borhani […]

When it comes to describing the music of husband and wife Charles (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Te Ata, Te Ati Awa) and Emily Looker (nee Rice), I have long lost all rationality as I love what they do so very much i […]

I first came across Lorenzo last year with his single Same Mistake, which I thoroughly enjoyed, but due to one or two lockdowns I had been unable to catch either him or his band, {Cut To The Bone}, in concert. […]

Ellery is back with the second single from his forthcoming album, Failure Thirty Minutes Deep, and I really wish he would hurry up and release that as it something I am really looking forward to, given just how […]

Following on from last year’s Good Luck… You’re Gonna Need It EP, Eurenza quartet are back with their next single. As with the EP, this is naïve thrash from the early days of the genre, with this being even mo […]

Rene Black is best known as being the man behind the kit for {Cripple Mr Onion} and {His Masters Voice}, and these days can be found in premier NZ Sabbath tribute band {After Forever}, but anyone expecting a […]

There is no doubt in my mind that the period of 1967 – 1973 was probably the most important ever in the history of British rock music with bands exploding with new ideas and styles, understanding that the only l […]

When I try to describe Gridfailure to people I normally use phrases such as “dystopian post-apocalyptic nightmare in black and white” or “Art Zoyd taken to the extreme, Can on steroids”, but I know that none of […]

Brenner’s most recent release finds him combining a discordant web of vocals, guitars, keyboards, and field recordings while also bringing in a host of guests which include Benjamin Levitt (Megalophobe, G […]

Originally released in Norway in 2020 before being picked up by Talking Elephant for release on CD last year, here we find Matthews joining forces with Norwegian band The Salmon Smokers which features […]

There is something about a big band in the hands of a really good arranger which makes jazz swing with its own vitality and life. This is what my dad used to play in the car when I was young, on his trusty […]

Back in 1991 I attended the Fairport Convention Winter Tour when they played Guildford, and that night the support act was Jay Turner. I had never heard of him prior to that, but his material deeply resonated with […]