Album & Single Reviews

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (222+ words) Undertheradar Listen to GRIFTHORSE's Debut Album 'FACSIMILE' It's go time for Ōtautahi Christchurch collective GRIFTHORSE, whose debut album FACSIMILE galloped into the world late last week, just ahead of this Friday's GRIFTFEST launch party spectacular at The Loons in Ōhinehou…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (615+ words) All musicians, in a way, are the sum total of their listening choices growing up, and Mondo Castro is probably no exception. Launching from the ‘90s-era Pin-up Girls, Mondo has become a local stage feature with a new band that…...

16+ hour, 16+ min ago   (708+ words) Like the similarly styled Cliff Richard, Liverpool, England native Billy Fury was mostly just a home-country phenomenon. The singer, who died in 1983, played no part in the British Invasion and never placed a song on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. In the…...

13+ hour, 21+ min ago   (536+ words) Share the post "Album review: TRACK DOGS – Still at the Music" I can’t believe the Track Dogs have been together twenty years, released 11 albums and played Glastonbury and the Royal Albert Hall and I’ve never heard of them. Mind you,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (196+ words) Amapiano voices Lington and ilovelethu join forces on “Final Attempt,” a six-track EP about love and second chances. The title sets the tone. The project follows the feeling of giving something one more try while hope and doubt pull in different…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago   (822+ words) From intimate love songs to an experimental sound, we highlight 3 reasons why She’s the Best is Troye Sivan’s best album yet. 3 reasons Troye Sivan’s new album is his best yet When Troye Sivan released Rush, I don’t think anyone could…...

19+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1783+ words) The Number Twelve Looks Like You have two records to deal with this autumn, nearly twenty years apart. The New Jersey mathcore veterans are playing their 2007 album “Mongrel” in full for the first time, just as they prepare to release…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago   (399+ words) Strong of sinew, grizzled and gritty, the music of Richard Thompson is the work of a man who has been through life’s wars and lived to tell the tale. And what tales he can tell, chronicling a fascinating cross-section of…...

22+ hour, 9+ min ago   (125+ words) Acta Infernalis Act Two for Stoned Jesus. Although the Ukrainian band has been around since 2009, it wasn’t until last year that it embarked on its ambitious trilogy. So 2026 marks the release of Songs to Moon on Season of Mist for…...

22+ hour, 39+ min ago   (139+ words) From the neoclassical R&B of ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ and angular funk of ‘That’s How I Know’, to the astral swirl of ‘I Just Want Your Love’ and beatific falsetto on ‘Do You Sleep, Do You Dream’ (with some…...