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Recitals
Orbit I (Clear Vinyl LP) [ Papaiti Records / Flying Nun Records / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Flying Nun Records are pleased to announce their latest signing, Recitals, a 7-piece band based in both Te Whanganui-A-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau. They are made up of Xanthe Rook (Bass/Vocals), Tharushi Bowatte (Trumpet), Carla Camilleri (Keys/Vocals),... |
Reuben Bradley, Roger Manins & Brett Hirst
Shark Variations [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] One of New Zealand's most revered drummers and jazz composers, Reuben Bradley teams up with Roger Manins (sax) and Brett Hirst (bass) for his fourth Rattle release. Recorded after their New Zealand tour in September 2016 (by Rattle's in-house... |
Scott Mannion
Loving Echoes [ Lil' Chief / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] 'Loving Echoes' is the first solo album by Scott Mannion, co-founder of Lil' Chief Records (Jonathan Bree, Princess Chelsea, the Ruby Suns). A cult figure in the New Zealand alternative music canon, Loving Echoes is his first release in 15... |
Sharon Van Etten
Are We There [ Jagaguwar / CD - released 23/May/2014 ] Stunning Brooklyn-based songstress Sharon Van Etten follows up her third and breakthrough album - 2012's Tramp with an equally heartbreakingly beautiful release Are We There. Sharon sings heartbreaking and heartfelt songs that are intensely... |
Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sharon Van Etten's Remind Me Tomorrow comes four years after Are We There, and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van... |
Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sharon Van Etten's Remind Me Tomorrow comes four years after Are We There, and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van... |
Stef Animal
Top Gear [ Fishrider Records / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Stef Animal (The Golden Awesome) presents her debut solo release "Top Gear" - a concept album of fifteen writing exercises, each conceived and recorded in one session. Each track was made using a different piece of obsolete or unfashionable music... |
Tom Lark
Brave Star [ Winegum Records / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Brave Star is the debut full-length album from Tom Lark, marking his return after a seven year hiatus. Shaped in equal parts by the confronting vulnerability of John Lennon, and the troubled braggadocio of spaghetti westerns, the songs on Brave Star... |
Tom Lark
Brave Star (LP) [ Winegum Records / LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Brave Star is the debut full-length album from Tom Lark, marking his return after a seven year hiatus. Shaped in equal parts by the confronting vulnerability of John Lennon, and the troubled braggadocio of spaghetti westerns, the songs on Brave Star... |
Tyler, The Creator
Igor [ Sony / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Produced entirely by Tyler, IGOR features guest appearances from Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Solange, Kanye West, and Jerrod Carmichael, along with backing vocals from Santigold, Jessy Wilson, La Roux, CeeLo Green, Charlie Wilson, Slowthai, and... |
Tyler, The Creator
Igor (LP) [ Sony / LP - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Produced entirely by Tyler, IGOR features guest appearances from Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Solange, Kanye West, and Jerrod Carmichael, along with backing vocals from Santigold, Jessy Wilson, La Roux, CeeLo Green, Charlie Wilson, Slowthai, and... |
Various Artists
The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso (Double Gatefold LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 27/Oct/2017 ] The Original Sound of Burkina Faso follows the hugely successful 'The Original Sound of Mali' compilation released earlier this year. Here we have a collection of songs that pay tribute to a truly golden age of music; touching on folk, funk,... |
The War On Drugs
A Deeper Understanding [ Atlantic / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] This is the band's first album since 2014's universally acclaimed 'Lost In The Dream'. For much of the three and a half year period since the release of 'Lost In The Dream', The War On Drugs' frontman, Adam Granduciel, led the charge for his... |
Yo La Tengo
This Stupid World (LP) [ Matador / 2 LP - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by... |
Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Aldous Harding
Designer (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Aldous Harding
Party (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 19/May/2017 ] Igniting interest with her eponymous debut album released just two years ago, Aldous Harding quickly became a name murmured on many lips. She's known for her sinister torch songs, gentle laments and eerie odes delivered with a charismatic combination... |
Alex Cameron
Jumping the Shark [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Sydney's strange,artistic Alex Cameron's 'Jumping The Shark' on Secretly Canadian weaves intelligent, poignant lyricism with primitive 80s synths and seemingly minimalist arrangements recalling David Bowie and Ariel Pink, all under a Lynch- like... |
American Aquarium
Lamentations [ New West Records / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] On American Aquarium's new album Lamentations, BJ Barham shines light on dark American corners with heartbreaking conversations, long looks in the mirror, and empathetic questions, all through songwriting that is clear without sacrificing its poetry,... |
Avishai Cohen
Big Vicious (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Charismatic trumpeter Avishai Cohen launched his exuberant, home-grown band Big Vicious six years ago, after relocating from the US to his native Israel, rounding up players to shape the music from the ground up, and co-authoring much of its newest... |
