Lake South, occupies a socially conscious corner of the Aotearoa music landscape, crafting heartfelt, homespun songs that blend synth-folk melancholy with working-class idealism and a deep sense of place.
Love Party, are Poneke tāngata Kate Yesberg, Dayle Jellyman and Cory Champion, together, compositely, they have plethora of musical experience, including playing in teenage punk bands, whilst concurrently other acts including; Battle Ska Galactica, Clear Path Ensemble, Fvkvshima, and Floating Head jazz ensemble.
Still Shakin’ is the 12 album released under the North Mississippi Allstars moniker, the band founded by Luther and Cody Dickinson in Hernando, Mississippi, just a stone’s throw across the state line from Memphis, the centre of all things musical.
There are no two words more emblematic of Australian music than Jimmy Barnes.
A case can, and should, be made for Sparks, as one of the most underrated, original and consistently entertaining bands…ever. And MAD!, their 27th studio album, makes that case as strongly as anything in their massive catalogue.
Almost a quarter of a decade after their last long player, Pulp returns with an album that sounds like they never left.
Lucy Gooch has steadily carved out a space for herself as a distinct and affecting voice in contemporary British ambient music. Emerging first with the EP Rushing (2020) and then expanding her cinematic textures in the EP Rain’s Break, (2021) she received critical praise for her ability to merge choral elements with synth-driven soundscapes that feel both ecclesiastical and intimate.
Swans are a saga, Micheal Gira the driving element behind the entity has continued to challenge the very paradigm of what post-punk, industrial dance and to a lesser extent gothic metal as the decades have traversed.
If the end of the world had a jukebox, The Minus 5 would be the house band, playing literate songs loudly, and barely holding it together in the way only seasoned musicians can do well. Their latest release, Oar On, Penelope, is a full-throttle collage of garage rock squall, surreal Americana, and barbed-wire wit.
Wellington-based musician Michael Llewellyn celebrates New Zealand Month with his second album release I’m Gorgeous.