After a five-year hiatus bought on by the strain of touring, The Cribs are back with Selling A Vibe. The Jarman boys have produced yet another bold statement of indie rock brilliance in their ninth outing.
Wellington alternative-rock band Electric Tapestry released their fourth EP Orbiting Bodies. The extended-play takes a deep dive into the void kaleidoscopic journey through sound in its sixteen-minute runtime.
Anna Of The North is back with her third LP Girl In A Bottle, an upbeat indie-pop outing. Catching us a hook from the get go, the (half?) of an album is a twenty-minute (twenty-two, perhaps) break of familiarity.
The Londoner turned music making New Zealander, Tom Cunliffe, is releasing his fourth outing, titled Spit Out Your Gum. It’s a warm and intimate album, glittering with folk sound.
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara band Dropper release their debut album Be a Little Kinder. The Particle Recordings release sees the band show resilience through despair (and plenty of raw guitars and melody).
Power-pop supergroup The Salt Collective are due to release their sophomore album A Brief History of Blindness this week. With as many special guests on this release as there are tracks (if not more), you’ll hear collaborated guitar pop songs on here that might just give you a familiar taste of days come before.
Legendary indie-rockers Pavement have made their way to the silver screen with the Alex Ross Perry directed experimental-musical-concert-biopic film Pavements. While the soundtrack has been floating around on streaming services for a few months, it is making its eventual release to LP and CD this Friday.
Sabine McCalla released her debut album Don’t Call Me Baby last week. Released on the independent US label Gar Hole Records, the LP is a remarkable statement of multi-genre American roots music.
Portugal. The Man are throwing their latest eclectic offering SHISH out into the world this Friday. The Grammy winning band, consisting of just two primary members, are back to their independent roots after their departure from Atlantic Records.
Rhythm-and-blues-meets-gospel-royalty Mavis Staples puts out her latest (and 14th) studio album Sad And Beautiful World this Friday. It’s a beautiful expression of the grim times we are living in and how love can bring us out of the fold.
