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... |
Lorde
Pure Heroine (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - released 15/Nov/2013 ] Lorde's music melds concentrated, sharp-eyed lyrics and multi-layered vocals with crisp, 2013 beatscapes. The decision to release her first EP, with plenty of mystery but no marketing or publicity, and just a simple, lifelike illustration, was... |
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... |
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 Black Seeds
Solid Ground [ Black Seeds Music New Zealand / CD - released 11/Aug/2008 ] New Zealand's best loved reggae / funk / soul / dub band are back with more sweet sounds on their fourth studio recording - 'Solid Ground'. Feels like summer already! |
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... |
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. |
The Datsuns
Deep Sleep [ CD - released 3/Oct/2014 ] Seizing the opportunity of being in the same city, Deep Sleep was written and recorded in a blistering fast ten days at Roundhead Studios in Auckland last summer. The result is a sonic explosion that arrives, lights the place on fire, then leaves,... |
Dave Dobbyn
Harmony House [ CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] Dave Dobbyn describes this album as a "record of hope". It comes in two halves. "I think there is something naively pop about the first half, songwise and in its melodies…apart from the opening track, which is a challenge." "The second half... |
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights
Left by Soft [ Arch Hill Recordings / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] Kilgour's first album in four years with the Heavy Eights features elegantly chiming chords and beautifully drifting solos, all presented with his sparkling pop sensibilities. |
Delaney Davidson
Swim Down Low (LP) [ Rough Diamond / LP - released 25/Apr/2014 ] After two successful albums on legendary Voodoo Rhythm, Delaney Davidson is back with his 5th solo album, 10 new amazing gems of gothic folk-noir, with a lo-fi rock sensibility. The title "Swim Down Low" fell out of the mouth of Matt Bordin... |
Devilskin
Live at the Powerstation CD & DVD [ Devilskin / CD/DVD - released 21/Nov/2014 ] Devilskin's electrifying live show is captured in spectacular glory on this CD/DVD release as they turn it all on for a raging audience. The hits, Never See The Light, Start A Revolution and the anthemic Little Pills are joined by all the bands... |
Devilskin
Red [ Devilskin / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Red is the universal colour of passion, vitality, blood, danger, romance, anger, horror and love. Everything evocative. Of all the colours, Red is a warning and a statement. Recorded at Roundhead Studios Auckland mid 2019 with the award-winning... |
Devilskin
We Rise [ Devilskin / CD - released 11/Jul/2014 ] After stomping the NZ rock scene with the infectious Little Pills and Never See The Light singles, Devilskin present their highly anticipated debut album We Rise. Devilskin are a four piece band from Hamilton, New Zealand who formed in June 2010.... |