Aldous Harding – Warm Chris (Flying Nun)
Aldous Harding serves up another round of sonic specialties…10 new songs that she describes as “wilder but cleaner”.
Album Reviews
Ocean Child – Songs of Yoko Ono – Various Artists: 13th Floor Album Review
Ocean Child – Songs of Yoko Ono is a superlative collection of contemporary Dream Pop songs which sound like healing spells for troubled times. Yoko Ono first met John Lennon late in 1966. After the pinnacle of Revolver and prior to the exalted Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It may require an opening of […]
Hoodoo Gurus – Chariot Of The Gods (Big Time)
Hoodoo Gurus come bursting out of the gates with their first new album in over a decade. With time off due to COVID, this chariot’s wheels are on fire!
Jackie Bristow – Outsider: 13th Floor Album Review
Jackie Bristow takes us on a heartfelt journey through Americana drenched in a spirit of Blue-Eyed Soul. A seasoned songwriter and performer who is able to commune with the Heartland in a similar fashion to long time People’s Bard, Springsteen.
Eddie Vedder – Earthling: 13th Floor Album Review
Eddie Vedder playing the Bowie role for once, descends through the stratosphere as Earthling, and breathes life back into the Planet of Music, rouses us all to stop the sleepwalking – if you have ears to listen and something in between.
Cowboy Junkies – Songs Of The Recollection (Latent)
Cowboy Junkies assemble a collection of covers two years after their last studio album, Ghosts.
Michael James Keane – Wandering Bull (Meow)
Michael James Keane, self-proclaimed singer, songwriter and stonemason, unveils his second album, Wandering Bull.
Chris Priestley – Tales From Godzone (Songs of NZ’s Distant Past)
Chris Priestley and his Unsung Heroes Troupe uncover songs and stories from New Zealand’s distant past.
Gramsci – The Hinterlands: 13th Floor Album Review
Gramsci takes us to The Hinterlands on this follow-up to last year’s beguiling Inheritance.
Lee Martin – Gypsy Soul (AAA): Album Review
Lee Martin makes her debut as a Kiwi artist with Gypsy Soul, a unique blend of her South African, American and Kiwi influences.