Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 22nd March 2015

Noel Gallagher has to be one of the most tragic figures in rock history. Okay, he’s not quite up there with Daniel Johnston or Syd Barrett, but he is piteous in his own way. Like The Beatles (yes, it’s sentence three and I’ve already made that comparison), Oasis started out as lovable British Read more...

Anthonie Tonnon

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

You are from Dunedin originally, but migrated to Auckland. Did you feel there wasn’t a place for you in the Dunedin music scene? That wasn’t it. I decided very suddenly that I was going to move to Auckland. It was New Year’s Day, I took two suitcases with me, and that was that. I think Read more...

Recent Releases

Posted 2:32pm Sunday 15th March 2015

Hot Chip “Huarache Lights” London group, Hot Chip, has been carefully honing its brand of electronica for a decade and a half now. On fifth album, In Our Heads, they have seemingly perfected their craft, blending irresistibly catchy electronics with thought-provoking lyricism. New track, Read more...

Interview: Leon Jory - Charisma Collective

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

L eon Jory is a Dunedin musician, and one of the minds behind local music label Charisma Collective. Critic caught up with Leon recently to talk about his new solo release, EP 24b.3Q, and what is on the cards for the collective this year. Critic: For the many readers who won’t be Read more...

En Esch - Spänk

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

Rating: 3/5 Nicklaus Schandelmaier, more commonly known as En Esch, is an industrial rock musician hailing from Germany. For many years he was in the phenomenal band KMFDM (Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid), sharing songwriting duties with Sascha “Käpt’n K” Konietzko. Like many famous musical Read more...

Interview: Sigma

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

Drum and bass duo, Sigma, is made up of British talents Joe Lenzie and Cameron Edwards. Critic caught up with them just before their bombastic set at the Orientation Afterparty, to talk about dubstep, e-cigarettes and Karl Pilkington. Critic: Firstly, I’ve got to ask — what flavor vape are Read more...

Interview: Kiesza

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 8th March 2015

Headlining the OUSA Orientation Afterparty, Kiesza performed for nearly 4000 students last Thursday night. Critic sat down with her beforehand to hear about the road she’s travelled to get here and what her thoughts are on L&P, Crocs and James Brown. Critic: We’re just going to start off Read more...

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015

Cult Album It’s been twenty years since Oasis’s blockbuster second album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, was released. A lot has happened in that time. The band themselves lost their critical and commercial success and their place in the zeitgeist, and fell into an oh-are-they-still-going Read more...

Björk - Vulnicura

Posted 6:26pm Sunday 1st March 2015

Rating: 4/5 E xperimental pop star Björk has proven more than once that she’s capable of making gorgeous, genre-defying albums. Sadly, the last time she made one of those was in 2001 with Vespertine. Sure, the three albums she has released since then had their merits, but they were Read more...

Panda Bear - Panda Bear vs. the Grim Reaper

Posted 4:35pm Sunday 22nd February 2015

Rating: 5/5 Experimental pop group Animal Collective requires no introduction. Between their critical acclaim, alluring sense of mystery and smattering of successful singles, they are certainly a band whose reputation precedes them. In the absence of a conventional frontman, it was Read more...