Decorated time is the solo project of Wellington multi-instrumentalist Adam McDonald. His latest single, Where The Hills Meet The Sea, features Sam Minot on lead guitar break and lead fade out. Produced at Adam‘s home studio, we have some interesting indie pop/rock with generous allowance for instrumental pairings and fiddling around. It absolutely smacks of…

I’ve never hidden the fact that I absolutely love 80s music. This adopted homeland of mine, Aotearoa New Zealand, appears to be rich with talented musicians, many of whom seem to share this love of all things 80s. isunray and Cosmic Address evidently fit into this clique. Kudos to them, says I! These two intrepid…

I’m seeing the names Scott Seabright and Chris Chetland popping up regularly in New Zealand bands EPKs. Not surprised. These engineering work-horses certainly know how to pull a number through the studio and keep its heart and spirit. No different here, with Medusa Glare‘s newest release Winning The Game. The band together with Scott produced…

Zoë Larsen-Cumming (she/her), musician and songwriter based in Tāmaki Makaurau, is the brains behind Babe Martin. I’m reviewing the debut single from her newly launched E.P, also named Versoix, and this is most definitely an interesting song from an interesting act. With some intense restraint, Babe Martin brings us an organ-driven folk/dream-pop crossover of surprising commerciality.…