Malcom John Rebennack, Jr. – better known as Dr. John, The Night Tripper, is rightfully viewed as one of the most important musical characters to come out of the South, and every serious music lover will have at l […]

This is the solo project for Lennart Janssen, who is also known for his work with Nuno Lourenço (0-Nun, Salqiu) in the experimental black metal outfit Thermohaline. In many ways this follows a similar path, with […]

Ulas Hazar originally built his reputation one of most pre-eminent exponents of the saz, a three-stringed long-necked lute, and was even called one of the best saz players of all time. However, when speaking with […]

Soto must surely be one of the most active rock singers around, as while this is “just” his seventh solo album, he has recorded nearly 90 as a lead singer. I have long been a fan of his music, both with bands suc […]

Born in Santa Barbara, Jim Waller began playing music at an early age, and soon became an important member of the ground-breaking jazz-rock octet Los Blues that played regularly for nearly six years (1967–73) in L […]

This is something of an unusual album in that Peter Maxymych, a big fan of the Art Van Damme Quintet, decided he wanted to recreate the sounds and styles of that outfit (Van Damme died in 2010). His playing of the […]

It would be easy to look at the heavily airbrushed cover of her latest album, or the video for songs such as “Impulsive”, and just think of Orianthi as another marketing creation. But one must remember that she […]

Here we find Phil and the boys back for their second full-length album. It is the same line-up as the debut, with Todd (guitar), Dane (drums) and Tyla Campbell (bass) joining their dad, along with singer Neil […]

Reb Beach needs no introduction, having been a founder member of Winger, collaborating with the likes of Alice Cooper, Dokken and Night Ranger, and alongside David Coverdale he has been the only constant member of […]

The word “supergroup” tends to get used too often, but when it comes to extreme metal this band is probably the closest we are going to get to one. Scour have had a few line-up changes since coming together in 201 […]

I have a confession to make. Although The Smashing Pumpkins are widely renowned and have released some incredibly important albums through their career (most notably 1995’s ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sad […]

Ravenhall were formed by guitarist Joe Ravenhall and singer Chris Brebner in 2015. They were both already veterans of the Auckland scene and wanted to perform music which concentrated on the power of acoustic […]

On Tick is the brainchild of brothers Brendan (vocals and drums) and Aidan O’Loughlin (vocals, guitar), and was formed from the ashes of their previous musical outfit, Evil Tomato, who began as a band in 2012. […]

Glass Throne are an Auckland-based power trio comprising Justin Robinson (lead vocals, bass, guitar), Owen McKibbin (guitar, organ, backing vocals) and Daniel Cutfield (drums, percussion, backing vocals). I have […]

Power The Light is Max Roskilly, an 18-year-old musician who is based in Auckland, and has been self-releasing music for the last four years already, including the album Blueprints a while back. This is his second […]

There is a long history of band members using pseudonyms, with Ramones probably being the most famous, and here we have a band who use pseudonyms for their pseudonyms, so we have Cheese (Joey Provolone), Tomato […]

Formed in 2018, Wellington-based melodic rock band {This Silent Divide} comprise Shaun Jones (vocals, guitar), Kieran Williams (lead guitar, backing vocals), Peter Stitt (bass, backing vocals), and Sunil Jolly […]

Spren is the latest release by Stealphish, the project run by multi-instrumentalist Josh Barker. Josh is well-known as a guitarist, and first came to prominence with the metalcore band Incarnium, where he wrote […]

Last December I was fortunate enough to see Alien Weaponry at the Power Station, and their support that night was Hamilton band Seas of Conflict. There were loads of fans there wearing their shirts, they had great […]

Back in 2017, Reija released a drums/piano/bass album called ‘Reflections’, with pianist Nitai Hershkovits and bassist Pau Lligadas. Here he has returned to the same format, but this time around he has brought in […]