Music

I am Giant

Posted 4:53pm Sunday 4th March 2012 by Lauren Wootton

Thursday March 8 just got a little more exciting with the return of I am Giant to Dunedin. Supported by Cairo Knife Fight – the crazy-looking duo from last Friday’s show for Orientadium – the four-piece rock band are sure to put on a show worth seeing. I caught up with I am Giant’s bassist Paul Read more...

Second Skin

Posted 4:44pm Saturday 25th February 2012 by Lauren Wootton

Dunedin band Knives at Noon sat down with Critic reporter Lauren Wootton to pop her interviewing cherry, and discuss their new EP. Opening for Shihad at Orientation last Friday, Knives at Noon were amping to share the stage with a band they have looked up to since before they were freshers Read more...

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times

Posted 3:29am Monday 17th October 2011 by Sam Valentine

In the now established tradition, Critic presents our end of year recap; the best of music in two thousand and eleven. Props if you picked up on The Simpsons reference in the title. The Best Albums of 2011 Zomby – Dedication A dense, dark and well-produced take of some of Read more...

Boredom, You Conqueror - Ink Mathematics

Posted 5:06am Monday 10th October 2011 by Sam Valentine

(3/5) Dunedin isn’t exactly short on fine purveyors’ of the sonically heavy. Hell, Made in China, Soulseller and Mountaineater can all be downright punishing, while this year’s battle of the bands winners’ A.F.F.C.O might be the sludgiest and angriest band in the entire Read more...

The Hunter - Mastodon

Posted 5:04am Monday 10th October 2011 by Basti Menkes

(2.5/5) After hitting their commercial and creative stride with 2009's celestial Crack the Skye, American heavy metal outfit Mastodon return with their most vanilla album to date. Felicitously titled The Hunter, this back-to-basics approach to their very own progressive sludge style seems Read more...

Gary Numan – Dead Son Rising

Posted 4:12am Monday 3rd October 2011 by Basti Menkes

(5/5) Salvaged from the cutting-room floor, this collection of previously unfinished songs continues in a similar vein to Numan’s 2006’s anthemic opus Jagged, and thanks to collaborator/programmer extraordinaire Ade Fenton, Gary’s atheistic industrial sound he established Read more...

Walton EP

Posted 6:25am Monday 19th September 2011 by Critic

(3/5) The debut release from fresh-faced 20-year-old Mancunian producer Sam Walton (aka Walton), the simple titled Walton EP finds Hyperdub producing yet another clinical yet widely experimental EP.   Effortlessly blending genres from UK Garage to an almost relaxed post-dubstep vibe, Read more...

Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis Here's the Reatards

Posted 6:24am Monday 19th September 2011 by Critic

Four Tapes. (4/5) With his already esteemed reputation receiving a typical post-death boost, Teenage Hate/Fuck Elvis Here’s the Reatards sees a superbly packaged reissue of early material from late punk hero Jay Reatard. The liner notes accurately crediting Reatard with “Guitar, Read more...

Chad VanGaalen – Diaper Island

Posted 2:58am Monday 12th September 2011 by Critic

  With a prolific musical and illustrative output only matched by his passionate cult following, Chad VanGaalen seems on a mission to induct listeners into his own insular, idiosyncratic world. Populated with melancholy, melody and wonderfully off-kilter compositions existing on a musical Read more...

Beastwars with Soulseller and Idiot Prayer

Posted 2:56am Monday 12th September 2011 by Critic

Once again returning to Dunedin after a spectacular May performance, the Beastwars Winter Tour saw some true sonic weight hit Re:Fuel. Friday September 2 Re:Fuel  Opening proceedings, Idiot Prayer played an unfamiliar set comprised of new material. With almost industrial Read more...