The Helium Project – Galatos: August 11, 2022
The Helium Project make their first performance in Auckland and Galatos is set up nightclub style with semi circles of people around tables nursing drinks.
John Bradbury
Steve Gunn – Other You (Matador) Album Review
Steve Gunn has released a steady stream of high quality guitar based albums over the last decade and his latest release, Other You, is his sixth and his best yet.
Chvrches – Screen Violence (Liberator Music)
Chvrches fourth album, Screen Violence, recaptures the distinctive indie-electronica of their first two albums after a disappointing third album, where they went went for a more mainstream pop sound.
Kendall Elise – Let the Night In (Album Review)
The themes of Let the Night In, the second album, by Kendall Elise are big and universal but the stories in Elise’s lyrics are personal and specific. Musically it moves between intimate acoustic folk, confessional country and blues and upbeat pop and rockabilly whilst always maintaining a consistent sound. Elise’s vocals are powerful, and reflect […]
Album Review: LoneLady – Former Things (Warp)
Julie Campbell started work on the third LoneLady album, Former Things, when she took up a residency at Somerset House’s studio in London in 2016.
EP Review: Freya – Wildest Creatures I’ve Dreamed
North Shore teen Freya serves up her Wildest Creatures I’ve Dreamed.
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – Utopian Ashes (Third Man)
Forty one years ago Joy Division charted the emotions of the failing end of a relationship in their classic song Love Will Tear Us Apart and that same sad territory is mapped in Utopian Ashes by Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth. On their first album together Gillespie and Beth use country and chamber pop to […]
Good Habits at Guide Hall: Concert Review 3rd July 2021
Ministry of Folk transformed the Auckland Guide Centre into an intimate alt-folk hall Friday night with Bill Angus and the Mighty Ways, Hoop and Good Habits. The dimmed hall, fairy light lit stage area and your own drink of choice sets the scene for an evening of music where everyone seems to be friends, including […]
Album Review: Squirrel Flower – Planet (i)
The album Planet (i) is titled for a new world that Ella Williams, who is Squirrel Flower, imagines people settle and destroy after leaving earth and for her internal world of thoughts and feelings.
Album Review: Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend (Liberator)
After the steady progress of their first two albums Wolf Alice have taken a bold step forward with their new album Blue Weekend. The album combines soaring well crafted dynamics, subtle playing and stunning vocals with lyrics that fearlessly tackle a range of human emotions.