Bad Schematics – C O L L I D E (Independent) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Affectionately known to many as the Swamp, Palmerston North has a colourful music history, some of which has brought the windy city in the middleContinue Reading
Betsy And The Reckless – Salty (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Betsy and the Reckless (Maki Phillips, Justin Rangi, Riley Smith) are a Taranaki Based four piece who make gutsy, gnarly RnB with Kiwi roots. As a live band, audiencesContinue Reading
Mermaidens – Mermaidens (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Long-term friends and creative audio-visual boundary pushers, Pōneke/Tāmaki Manukau based three-piece Mermaidens – Gussie Larkin (vocals, guitar), Lily West (vocals, bass) and Abe Hollingsworth (drums) – are back with their fourth album.Continue Reading
Dick Move – Wet (1:12 Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Auckland’s Dick Move release their second album, three years after their debut ‘Chop’, an album of full-on party/rage against the system, landlords and corporate filth. Songs on ‘Wet’ explode outContinue Reading
Vor-Stellen – Parallelograms (Flying Nun) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. “Hello everyone,” screams the internet, gleefully. “And, welcome to our ‘German Word of the Day’. It’s “Vorstellen”. Which means – dah dah – “to introduce” and “to imagine”. “Today, kinder, we’ll learn howContinue Reading
Filter – The Algorithm (Golden Robot Records) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. It’s hard to believe that it has been 30 years since Richard Patrick formed Filter. Since the release of their debut album ‘Short Bus’ in 1995, Filter have notContinue Reading
Rancid – Tomorrow Never Comes (Epitaph) Reviewed by Sarah Kidd. It’s been six years. Yup six long years since Rancid dropped an album. They say good things take time, and if Tomorrow Never Comes is anything to go by, thenContinue Reading
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman… (Matador) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Whether you love them or not, there is no denying that Queen of the Stone Age have a pedigree within the realm of rock musicContinue Reading
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are (Roswell Records, Inc.) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Still mourning the loss of drummer Taylor Hawkins fans celebrated the return of Foo Fighters to the world tour circulate. Ahead of their local dates nextContinue Reading