music reviews.
October 17, 2022
West Auckland native Avantdale Bowling Club released his project TREES on 30 September. Tom Scott uses the connotations and topic of weed as a proxy to […]
October 17, 2022
Iconic New Zealand outfit Six60 released their fourth album, Castle St. It is their first LP to not feature a eponymous album name. The album title makes reference to Castle […]
October 10, 2022
The Beths have come in hot with an album that takes you for a ride in unexpected ways. It’s a thrill to hear a band at […]
October 3, 2022
The Civic’s Wintergarden is a 1920s smoky jazz club when I come to watch the Shanghai Mimi Band. Thick red curtains are draped behind the band, […]
September 27, 2022
On his latest album, Marlon Williams is still a loveable weirdo—but he’s finally growing up. My Boy, the third album by Marlon Williams, paints a very […]
August 11, 2022
Pati, previously known as Disciple Pati, plays HAU Festival with her exciting, emotional, and cheeky show KA’A. The hour-long show is packed with a range of […]
August 8, 2022
This album makes me want to pop my gabussy! RENAISSANCE is Beyonce’s seventh studio album. After she released Lemonade, you would’ve thought she’d plateaued… this record […]
July 25, 2022
Last year was the 20th anniversary of the release of Navigator. A decade defining album that became the sound of the 2000s for many Māori and […]