The Boondocks are making a huge name for themselves throughout Aotearoa, and no wonder! For a band made up essentially as our very own White Stripes, Scott and Branden are delivering quality heavy music of the highest order, on repeat. And are, waaaayyyy heavier than the aforementioned Stripes. New single Sticks And Stones is out…

I hadn’t listened to Silk Cut before I got the review enquiry for their newly released eponymously named album. Lead single is Turning The Whole World On, and I am not surprised that they chose this one, because it’s bloody brilliant! Consisting of lead vocalist/guitars/keys player Andrew Thorne, guitarist and BVs purveyor Justin McLean, bass…

Taranaki comes at me again, and again I am enchanted. Crystal’s new single Westward is, in my view, her best one yet. Complete with a promo vid filmed on the coast of the western North Island of Aotearoa at Awakino, north of the ‘Naki, Crystal brings us an ethereal number suffused with a lilting soprano…

Rising star Jack Moser, Tāmaki Makaurau chap that he is, brings us an ambient, almost psychedelia-infused track called Where You Are. Driven by gentle keys and a lo-fi intensity rhythm section, this is a pop single with nice commercial sensibilities. Jack Moser has a great voice. You can feel it coming from the bottom of…

Christchurch Country lady Miranda Easten sure knows how to write ’em! Fresh off her co-headliner nationwide tour, Miranda releases Shade Of Black as the promo single for her new album Concrete & Honey, which drops at the end of this month. Miranda‘s warm, lilting soprano has the precise timbre for a country music vocal. It’s…

I had to walk away from my laptop and ponder a number of things following listening to Tell Me Mama by Karra Rhodes. In the end I have decided just to type what comes. You HAVE to listen to this song. And then listen to it again. And a third time. For a young woman…

It’s great listening to a collective of technically proficient musicians developing their artistic statement, and seeing this develop as you review single after single. Psycho Gab got together only in 2023, and are about to release their debut EP Crazy Talk. I’ve reviewed a couple of the pre-release singles that are on it, and now…

New single Celebrate Life is from the up-coming eponymously named debut EP for Tavita and Bay Road. Coming from Porirua, Tavita de Seymour brings us a touch of the South Pacific’s gorgeous summer as we languish in the depths of winter here. For my northern hemisphere kith and kin, no, it’s not like Australia –…