Trinity Roots
True [ Stone Feather / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Winner New Zealand Music Awards 2003 - "Best Roots Music Album". Dub / Reggae rubbing shoulders with Jazz, Blues and Soul feeling |
Troy Kingi
Black Sea Golden Ladder [ Triple A Records / CD - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A collaboration with award winning Ĺtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist... |
Troy Kingi
The Ghost Of Freddie Cesar (LP) [ Triple A Records / LP - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Multi-award winning artist Troy Kingi take us on a deeply personal discovery through an album dedicated to 70s funk, lost souls and memories. The Ghost of Freddie Cesar is Troy Kingi's most personal work to date - one that invites the listener to... |
Troy Kingi & the Upperclass
Holy Colony Burning Acres [ Triple A Records / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] The third instalment of Troy Kingi's aspirational 10|10|10 Series (ten albums in ten genres in ten years). Holy Colony Burning Acres is a record that focuses on major issues facing indigenous peoples all around the world - from crying for the... |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
IC-01 Hanoi (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] While recording Unknown Mortal Orchestra's latest release, Sex & Food, Ruban Nielson, his long-time collaborator Jacob Portrait and his brother Kody Nielson, found themselves in the Vietnamese city of Hanoi playing and recording with local musicians... |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
II [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] 'II' illustrates the emotional turmoil of life on the road for Ruban Nielson, painting surrealist, cartoonish portraits of loneliness, love and despair. |
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
II (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 15/Feb/2013 ] Emerging from rampant hedonism and isolation is II, the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The musical vision of Portlander-via-New Zealand Ruban Nielson started as an anonymous home-recording project that fused psychedelia, soul, choppy... |
Various Artists
How Is The Air Up There? 80 Mod, Soul, RnB & Freakbeat Nuggets From Down Under [ RPM / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] For the latest in the RPM /Frenzy Music collaborations, following sets from Larry's Rebels , The Fourmyula , Ray Columbus, The Dave Miller Set, and the Girl Group Sound down-under on "Come and See Me", we explore the mid 60's club scene and the... |
Anika Moa
In Swings the Tide [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] The third album from Auckland based singer / songwriter Anika Moa features the single "Dreams in My Head". Beautifully composed and her first self-produced album, 'In Swings the Tide' is her finest work yet! |
The Phoenix Foundation
Horsepower [ Capital Recordings / CD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] The debut long player from Wellington six-piece The Phoenix Foundation, 'Horse Power' is a sophisticated album with a well-developed sound, defying categorisation but with a unifying thread of gentle melancholy. It's a sort of eclectic blend... |
The Phoenix Foundation
Pegasus [ Mushroom Records New Zealand / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] The sophomore album from this six-piece Wellington band, 'Pegasus' is already garnering high acclaim! "Nothing short of brilliant." - Pulp |
Able Tasmans
A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down [ Flying Nun / Captured Tracks / CD - released 31/Mar/2015 ] Now, after nearly two decades Able Tasmans 1986 debut album - A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down is available again! The deluxe re-issue has been re-mastered and expanded to include their first EP The Tired Sun (complete with pull out replica sleeve),... |
Anthonie Tonnon
Successor [ CD - released 6/Mar/2015 ] Anthonie Tonnon was formerly known as Tono and the Finance Company. Tono and the Finance Company released two EPs - Love and Economics and Fragile Thing and the full-length Up Here For Dancing. With dry wit and observational lyrics that recalled... |
Badd Energy
Underwater Pyramids [ Flying Nun / CD - released 15/Mar/2013 ] Spanning fantasy and the unsettling, from "How Do You Sleep" to the anti-apathy attack of "Riot", 'Underwater Pyramids' hurtles listeners through a kaleidoscopic of noize and rage. |
The Bats
Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres - The Best of The Bats [ Flying Nun / CD - released 9/Nov/2000 ] Complete overview, as selected by the Bats themselves. Completely good! |
The Broken Heartbreakers
How We Got To Now [ Broken Heartbreakers / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] It's nearly five years since The Broken Heartbreakers released their last album 'Wintersun' to excellent reviews and response, and in that time a lot has changed. The music world has changed, the line-up has changed, and the sound of The Broken... |
The Brunettes
Structure and Cosmetics [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] The third (and arguably best) long play from NZ band The Brunettes is an album that eschews much of the bright, candy coating that characterised their previous efforts in favour of a more subtle, sophisticated palate of colours. |
Cool Rainbows
Whale Rocket [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - released 19/Mar/2012 ] Auckland based musician and producer Cool Rainbows (Djeisan Suskov) presents his dreamy debut album, featuring the heart-warming "Southern Summer Fun". |
Cornerstone Roots
Free Yourself [ Motherload Collectiive / CD - released 12/Jun/2007 ] Cornerstone, the original sounding roots band from Raglan, New Zealand - with music that is message orientated, bass driven, soul induced - are the quiet underdogs of Kiwi reggae. |
Cornerstone Roots
Future is Now [ Motherland Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] Here we have the long-awaited third full-length release from 5-piece New Zealand reggae roots band, Cornerstone Roots. |