Right Here Right Now is the latest offering from world-famous-in-New-Zealand band Six60. It’s a hook-loaded, statement continuing roughly where I can only assume they left off from the last album.
Queensland band Radium Dolls are back with their second LP Wound Up. Their sophomore effort embraces raw Australian rock. But deep in the eleven songs, we really see how clever these four chaps are.
Israeli/Canadian songwriter Jamie Hilsden (Man Alive) is releasing his solo album Marine Life under the difficult to find on Google band name, Large (seriously, Google it and see the abundance of blue whales that come up!). The project is a catchy, folky journey which is showered in optimism and top-notch guitar work.
Aotearoa’s cosmic misfits (how come every rock band is using space or cosmic to describe their music these days?) Planet Hunter are back with their second album, Soothsayer. The album is marketed as a distillation of life in the nation’s capital.
British act Dead Dads Club are releasing their self-titled debut. The name might be a give-away as to the themes they will be covering on this catchy LP which I really enjoyed.
Long Island punk-rockers Half Dizzy have recently released their latest love-letter to nineties Epitaph Records punk releases in their album Yard Sale.
Dreamer+ is the new album from Oslo producer and musician, Sassy 009. This concept-album’s runtime is packed with a variety of beats, synths and dark melodies, straying into the genres of grunge and shoegaze.
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.
Basque Park Summer Series: Latin Flavours
Saturday 21 February | Basque Park, Auckland
