Auckland Country singer Kayla Rose (grand-daughter of the late, great Rusty Greaves, and niece to the late, great Kevin Greaves) brings us the follow up single to her recent release Drinks, the eponymously named for the parallel released EP, Dear Little Me. We have here a classic Country track. We’ve got the mild, slightly below…

One of my favourite Kiwi guitarists from one of my favourite Aotearoa regions is Courtnay Low, leader and vocalist for Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie. The band is dropping its EP Mercy on Friday 11th October (or October 11th if you’re American), and holy mother of pearl, the focus single and EP are absolutely breath-taking.…

From the newly announced re-release of THE UNDERWATERMELON MAN AND OTHER UNREASONABLE RHYMES on 1st November, we’re given the late, great Kiwi comedian John Clarke‘s performance of The Hide And Seeky Bird. Naturally, as a quirky project we’re going to feel the vibe of the comedian’s delivery and tone. It pops us along jovially as…

Ocean Beach is releasing a new single every first day of the month. So far, thanks to using a previous laptop that would not look out of place as a prop in a steampunk movie, I missed September’s release – but I will retrospectively review that one. I love their 1st October release, Be Together.…

Hawkes Bay’s alt-rockers Say Or Do return with new single Take My Hand, due for release on the platforms on 11th October. It’s the appetiser for their forthcoming EP, due in early 2025. They definitely stay true to their self-described genre blend of alt-rock energy and skate-punk with this track. Vocally astute with a pop-punky…

Great to hear from the awesome and versatile Swerve City! These guys are bringing us a new EP launch soon, which you’ll see noted elsewhere on this site. From it I am reviewing focus single Avalanche. We start off with a nicely up-tempo (but not frenetically so) driving some great guitar picking. Anchored by a…

Hmmm, I wonder who these guys are, and whether they’ll ever make it… 😉 Nah, I am thrilled to get to review some Salmonella Dub. Single Hands In The Soil is on release now, with guests Troy Kingi and Whirimako Black. As we know, Dub has been an ever present sound around the South Pacific,…

I find myself often saying “I love this band” or “I’m a big fan of that band”. I’m in a truly privileged position of being given wonderful new music to hear – generally before the release date, unless my laptop decides to finally die, ahem! – and I get to tell you about what I…

Wow! What would happen if Patti Smith and Avril Lavigne fell into a blender? You’d get Emma Dilemma, that’s what! With one of the most in-your-face releases I’ve come across recently in new single Libra, Ōtautahi native but Los Angeles based Emma has a brash sound that concords out of the headphones, giving you the…