Sit Down In Front – Confessions Of A Pie Thief (Independent) Reviewed by Doug Peters. With this country’s recent waking up from the slumber of the recent virus induced lockdown, it has meant a return to live music events andContinue Reading
Various Artists – 1:12 Party (1:12 Records) Reviewed by Doug Peters. Originally meant as a Record Store Day 2020 release, 1:12 Party is the latest compilation from Tāmaki Makaurau’s 1:12 Records. A 14 track celebration of the best DIY andContinue Reading
Giantess – Big Woman (Independent) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. One of the silver linings of the slower pace of life brought about by the recent lockdown, and a gradual transition to a new kind of normalcy has been a bitContinue Reading
Tim Allen – The Last Bastion Of A Lad (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Originally from Lancashire, now based in Auckland, moonlighting carpenter Tim Allen (not the ‘Tool Man’) is a diamond in the rough. He loves a bit of irony,Continue Reading
Rhian Sheehan – Recollections, Vol.1 (LOOP) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Comedian Bill Bailey once made a joke about the best way to listen to Pink Floyd – you pull the curtains, lie on the floor, turn the speakers over andContinue Reading
Reb Fountain – Reb Fountain (Flying Nun Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. I first met Californian born Reb Fountain during her tour of her 2008 ‘Holster’ album when her bandmate Sam Prebble (also performing as Bond Street Bridge) introduced usContinue Reading
Shihad – Churn (Wildside) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Ahhh… the good old days. Most of us have an album or two (or three or four) that provided the soundtrack to days of a potentially reckless and misspent youth, or conjureContinue Reading
The Dream Syndicate – The Universe Inside (ANTI-) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. The Dream Syndicate were one of those US alt-rock/neo-psychedelia bands that injected the vibrance of the Paisley Underground into the depressive veins of the late 80’s, at aContinue Reading
The Frights – Everything Seems Like Yesterday (Epitaph Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. With Covid-19 the best thing, if there is anything to be positive about, has been the opportunity to stop and refresh the batteries and get stuck intoContinue Reading