Maxine Macaulay is a Wellington-based artist, and vocalist/brains behind Goodnight My Darling. This new single, The Empress, is her first release since her eponymously-titled debut 2022 album, and is dark, compelling and ever so slightly scary. Wonderful! If someone wanted to put Portishead, Bjork, Kate Bush, Julia Deans and Everything But The Girl together to…

Wellington-local but proud native of the Philippines, Jeline is an artist with an incredible set of pipes! This was the first thing I noticed when I started listening to this number. This lady brings it from somewhere way down deep, and then goes a little further. With an impressive array of octaves, she’s absolutely fabulous…

Sydney-based Kiwi Country music artist Abby Christo beings us her latest single Shouldn’t Be Doing This. Now, with it having been recorded in Sydney but then produced, mixed and mastered in no less than Nashville, Tennessee itself – this single is literally dripping Country. Afficionados are going to flip for it. Now, Country is one…

Michèle Ducray is my kind of performer. She’s uniquely talented, in that she’s a fabulous singer, dancer and performer, but she’s also fearless and openly dark. I’ve reviewed a couple of her tracks before, and loved them, but this is the best of the three so far. Throne Of Mine is a synth-pop track basking…

London-based Aucklander Jupita (Julia Morris) brings us Want You Back, the title track for her up-coming debut EP. Produced by Levi Patel, Justyn Pilbrow and Maude Minnie Morris, this is an indie gem with layered guitars, stadium level drums, and a warm, understated yet effective bottom end. Very much a produced sound, it strays into…