Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Album Reviews

So much music, so little time… Take something new for a test drive and read our review.

13th Floor

Join Us at The 13th Floor Fund-raising Event!!!

The 13th Floor is still raising money to keep our video sessions alive! We loved having so many amazing local artists up to The...
Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams – Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)

Lucinda Williams has made the comeback album of the year with her Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart. Like all of us, Lucinda has...
Swans

Swans – Beggar (Mute/Young God) Album Review

SWANS, the formidable American group formed in the early 1980s, that survived the No Wave label, have reinvented themselves multiple times. As the stalwart...
John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp Orpheus Descending (Republic)

John Mellencamp releases his 25th studio album. The Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer coming off a previous album that, depending who you talk,...
The Hard-Ons

The Hard-Ons – Ripper ’23 (Cheersquad) (Album Review)

The Hard-Ons circa the first phase (mid80 to early ’90s) were an underground punk favourite in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with their take on Ramones punk...
Pickle Darling

Pickle Darling – Laundromat (Father/ Daughter)

There’s a sparkling magic in Pickle Darling songs. The project of Ōtautahi songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Lukas Mayo, this latest collection comprises wry reflections on...
Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Weathervanes (Southeastern)

Jason Isbell takes over production duties on this 6th album with the 400 Unit, resulting in one of this year’s finest albums, in a...
Tanya Tucker

Tanya Tucker – Sweet Western Sound (Fantasy)

Tanya Tucker follows up her Grammy Award winning 2019 album, While I’m Livin’, with another set of classic country tunes that is pure Tanya. Like...
Jazmine Mary

Jazmine Mary – Dog (13th Floor Album Review)

Jazmine Mary releases their second long-player, titled Dog, and it’s a beauty. According to the PR, ’Jazmine Mary won’t tell you what the album is...
Sin City

Sin City – Something’s Cookin’ (EP Review)

Sin City are no strangers to Aotearoa/New Zealand, having been Covid refugees, a time which they put to good use to establish themselves with...