Search Results: listener 2014
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JACK BODY
Poems of Love and War Robert Easting (narrator) David Greco (bar) Somara Ouk, Budi Putra (vocals) Martin Riseley (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Young [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] "works of immense skill and real communication that in these fabulous performances will give him a worldwide audience. Even the splendid Meditations on Michelangelo for violin and strings really catches the ear. Don't pass on thjis." (John Button) |
Tami Neilson
Dynamite! (LP) [ Southbound / LP - released 21/Mar/2014 ] 10 explosive new songs from the Hot Rockin' Lady of Country, Rockabilly & Soul. With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music, Tami Neilson has been described as the love child of Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "It is hard to imagine a Tom Rakewell who looks the part better than the lanky, almost adolescent Topi Lehtipuu, his wide-eyed innocence an open invitation to corruption, and he sings the role with elegance." (Gramophone) |
Tami Neilson
Dynamite! [ Southbound / CD - released 21/Mar/2014 ] 10 explosive new songs from the Hot Rockin' Lady of Country, Rockabilly & Soul. With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music, Tami Neilson has been described as the love child of Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison... |
Aphex Twin
Syro (Triple LP) [ Warp / LP - released 19/Sep/2014 ] Low on frenetics, Syro is anchored by rotund and agile basslines that zip and glide, and it's decked in accents and melodies that are lively even at their most distressed. |
Goat
Commune [ Rocket Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2014 ] Commune is the 2nd full-length and debut Sub Pop album by Swedish band Goat. |
Fatima
Yellow Memories [ Eglo / CD - released 9/May/2014 ] Eglo Records are proud to present Fatima's highly anticipated debut album 'Yellow Memories'.Featuring production work from the likes of Floating Points, Theo Parrish, Oh No, Scoop DeVille, Computer Jay, Knxwledge and more... |
STRAVINSKY
The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "The combination of Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra ensures crisp ensemble of the highest quality." (Gramophone) |
Grayson Gilmour
Infinite Life (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP ] Infinite Life! is the fifth offering from Wellington musician Grayson Gilmour. Enveloping listeners in sultry layers of vocals, smooth strings and intricate off kilter rhythms, Infinite Life! combines warm pop songs with experimental beats, textures... |
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TRADITIONAL
Bal-kan: Honey & Blood - Cycles of Life [3 CD plus large book] Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 3 CD/Book - released 1/Jan/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
Hurray For The Riff Raff
Small Town Heroes [ Liberation Music / CD - released 17/Oct/2014 ] At the forefront of a new generation of young musicians celebrating and reimagining American roots music, 'Small Town Heroes' is a young woman leaving her indelible stamp on the American folk tradition. It follows Hurray For The Riff Raff's... |
Kate Tempest
Everybody Down [ Big Dada / CD - released 23/May/2014 ] There's a strong, vibrant formal tradition in hip hop: the story rhyme. Rather than the bragging and boasting of many raps, in a story rhyme the MC presents a narrative - a street update of Ovid or Homer if you want to get hifalutin about it. Traced... |
Liars
Mess (180g Double LP) [ Mute / 2 LP ] Mess is Liars SEVENTH album. This follow up to 2012's WIXIW is an angry, ecstatic, primal burst of ritualistic synth-rock that sacrifices self persecution for potent, purposeful abandon.Liars' career has seen the band rattle through pigeonholes in an... |
Perfume Genius
Too Bright [ Matador / CD - released 19/Sep/2014 ] Over the course of two astonishing albums, Perfume Genius, aka Seattle native Mike Hadreas, cemented his place as a singer-songwriter of rare frankness, creating songs that, while achingly emotional, offered empathy and hope, rather than any judgment... |
Perfume Genius
Too Bright (LP) [ Matador / LP - released 19/Sep/2014 ] Over the course of two astonishing albums, Perfume Genius, aka Seattle native Mike Hadreas, cemented his place as a singer-songwriter of rare frankness, creating songs that, while achingly emotional, offered empathy and hope, rather than any judgment... |
Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
Soused [ 4AD / CD - released 17/Oct/2014 ] When Sunn O))) first approached Scott Walker about appearing on their 2009 album Monoliths & Dimensions, little did they know what it would actually lead to. Four years on, Scott was back with something even more enticing, collaborating on Soused, a... |
Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
Soused 2LP [ 4AD / 2 LP - released 17/Oct/2014 ] When Sunn O))) first approached Scott Walker about appearing on their 2009 albumMonoliths & Dimensions, little did they know what it would actually lead to. Four years on, Scott was back with something even more enticing, collaborating on Soused, a... |
St. Vincent
St Vincent [ Caroline / CD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] The fourth album for St Vincent, aka Annie Clark, finds this musician at her most assured, as she meshes distorted, aggressive electric guitars and ethereal vocal and synthesizer arrangements on top of an infectious rhythm section and relentless... |
Various
Temporary - Selections from Dunedin's Pop Underground [ Fishrider / CD - released 12/Sep/2014 ] This compilation of songs by 13 of our favorite young Dunedin bands comes with discography details for each band to assist with further discovery. The past few years have been a remarkable time in Dunedin for music. People talk about the 1980's being... |
Various
Temporary - Selections from Dunedin's Pop Underground (LP) [ Fishrider / LP - released 12/Sep/2014 ] This compilation of songs by 13 of our favorite young Dunedin bands comes with a fanzine and discography details for each band to assist with further discovery. The past few years have been a remarkable time in Dunedin for music. People talk about... |
