New This Week / Singles in Review

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014

Percussions - Ascii Bot Percussions is another alias of Kieran Hebden, also the mastermind behind electronic project Four Tet. With Percussions, Hebden seems to approach electronic music from more of a minimalist standpoint. “Ascii Bot” spans eight and half minutes, but is constructed Read more...

Woods - With light and with love

Posted 1:58pm Sunday 27th April 2014

What if Neil Young fronted an indie folk band? Good news everyone! Look here, Woods. They’re talented too. They write some catchy alternative country songs, most of them on the sentimental side. They have their nine minute jammy epic, they have their two minute pop treats, they have the sweet and Read more...

Tycho - Awake

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014

Rating: A- Tycho is Scott Hansen, a San Francisco based visual artist and producer. Having released music since the early 2000s, it wasn’t until 2011’s Dive that Hansen’s music started gaining considerable attention. Awake, like Dive, is a sleek, electro-ambient record with an undercurrent of Read more...

Download of the week: Mermaidens - Bones (NZ)

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014

Mermaidens are Lily Paris West, Gussie Larkin and Abe Hollingsworth, a three-piece, psych-pop outfit from Wellington. Combining dirty, looming riffs and impassioned vocals, their three track EP Bones is available for name-your-price download from mermaidens.bandcamp.com. Read more...

New this week

Posted 4:31pm Sunday 13th April 2014

How To Dress Well - Repeat Pleasure Another single from How To Dress Well, AKA Tom Krell. Another romantic themed tale, told with a great soulful melody, and a flurry of illuminating synth work. Features lightly strummed acoustic guitar, sounds a bit like a remixed version of a John Read more...

Download of the Week: Race Banyon - Whatever Dreams are Made of (NZ)

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

Electronic project from Wellington based musician Eddie Johnston, also of Lontalius. Some deeply immersive tracks, soulful, dark, and beautiful. Whatever Dreams Are Made Of is available as a name-your-price download at racebanyon.bandcamp.com. Read more...

New this Week / Singles in Review

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

Die! Die! Die! - Crystal New single from Auckland based noise poppers Die! Die! Die!. A more evenly paced, introspective tune compared to their previous output. “Crystal” is melodic, more reserved yet still familiar. An interesting shift in direction from the group. SZA (Ft. Read more...

Yumi Zouma - Yumi Zouma

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

Rating: A Yumi Zouma is a New Zealand trio now based in New York and Paris. At first a collaborative project between Charlie Ryder and Josh Burgess (both from Bang Bang Eche), the two eventually joint forces with vocalist Kim Pflaum. After having completed a number of tracks the group were Read more...

Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love

Posted 4:50pm Sunday 6th April 2014

Rating: A Clocking in at just under 23 minutes, Say Yes To Love is furious and relentless, so much so you almost try to inhale twice as slow to compensate. Buried in a constant layer of noise and feedback, its violence is tremendous. It’s visceral and it’s unmerciful, it’s loud and it’s Read more...

Liars - Mess

Posted 7:01pm Sunday 30th March 2014

Rating: A- Over their 14-year career, Liars have embodied various musical guises. Originally a cerebral art punk unit which formed around the time of the alternative-dance-rock revival, the band have managed to rearrange themselves into a different musical configuration with each proceeding Read more...