The return of the Roots
Trinity Roots Citizen (Self-released) When beloved Wellington group Trinity Roots rallied themselves for a series of reunion concerts in 2010, it became clear that the public weren’t that keen to let […]
Trinity Roots Citizen (Self-released) When beloved Wellington group Trinity Roots rallied themselves for a series of reunion concerts in 2010, it became clear that the public weren’t that keen to let […]
Public criticisms of the established New Zealand music industry aside, Ian ‘Blink’ Jorgensen might be best known for organising the well-loved Camp A Low Hum music festival during the late […]
Between 13 and 15 March, the New Zealand WOMAD festival returns to Brooklands Park and TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth for yet another weekend of incredible music, arts […]
Fat Freddy’s Drop, live at Unit, Tokyo, 9/11/2014 At just past 1am on Sunday 9 November, Fat Freddy’s Drop, our very own hi-tech soul stalwarts, took to the stage inside […]
Electric Wire Hustle Love Can Prevail (Okayplayer/Somethinksounds) With their self-titled 2009 debut, Wellington trio Electric Wire Hustle paid homage to the rich traditions of African-American soul, jazz, hip-hop and […]
Flying Lotus You’re Dead (Warp Records) Almost every time the great American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis released an album, it was worlds apart from his last work. And yet, […]
FKA Twigs LP1 (Young Turks) Young Jamaican-English-Spanish singer-songwriter and dancer FKA Twigs (real name: Tahliah Debrett Barnett) has been compelling listeners and viewers across the globe since 2013, when her […]
Carsick Cars 3 (Maybe Mars) For their third album, Beijing’s Carsick Cars — perhaps the pre-eminent Chinese indie rock band — travelled to New York to record under the watchful […]
Jonathan Crayford Dark Light (Rattle Records) Recorded in New York City last year, Dark Light sees nomadic New Zealand pianist Jonathan Crayford playing alongside Ben Street (bass) and Dan Weiss […]
Shunkan Honey, Milk and Blood (Art is Hard Records) As Shunkan, 20-year-old singer, multi-instrumentalist and DIY record producer Marina Sakimoto creates bedsit indie-pop songs, which while drenched in an emotional register […]