Lorde
Melodrama (LP) [ Universal Music / LP - released 6/Apr/2018 ] "Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this record - well, this one is about what comes next. ...The party is about... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love (LP) [ Caroline / LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Mel Parsons
Over My Shoulder [ Cape Road Recordings New Zealand / CD - released 9/Mar/2009 ] Inspired by all the usual suspects - love, heartbreak & loss - West Coast native Mel Parsons presents this beautifully produced debut album, featuring guests spots from Don McGlashan, The Sami Sisters and Neil Watson. |
Mel Parsons
Red Grey Blue [ Cape Road Records / CD - released 16/Sep/2011 ] Tui-award finalist Mel Parsons presents her second album, 'Red Grey Blue', which runs the gamut from gentle and assured, to the depths of darkness and everything in between. |
Miho Wada
Bumpy Road [ CD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] Entirely in synch with MJO's fun-loving energy and humour, this album was written while touring with Miho's baby bump, and recorded during the lead up to the baby's arrival. The ultimate tour diary to motherhood, Bumpy Road introduces the fresh... |
Miho Wada
Mystery Banana [ Miho Wada / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] |
Minuit
The Guards Themselves [ TARDUB / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] Following on from the huge success of 'The 88' and 'The Guns' EP, here we have the welcome return of local 3 piece Minuit - with this excellent album. |
Minuit
Last Night You Saw This Band [ Minuit / CD - released 21/Dec/2012 ] Minuit present their 4th studio album - a smart and fresh recording, which offers another bright and enigmatic musical ride. |
Misled Convoy
Tickling the Dragon's Tail [ Dubmission Records / CD - released 18/Jul/2014 ] Tickling the Dragon's Tail drifts effortlessly between strands of electronic music, with the cinematic ambience of the opening It's in Here' setting the tone for the densely layered Critical Mass': 12 minutes of quivering bassline, peppered with... |
Nadia Reid
Out Of My Province (LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Out of My Province showcases Nadia's sharpest songwriting to date, atmospheric arrangements replete with strings and Rhodes, and of course that immense voice, alternately soothing and riveting. |
Nadia Reid
Preservation [ Slowtime / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] An ode to self-reflection and self-betterment, Nadia Reid's 'Preservation' is the sound of Nadia showing her true colours, taking back a bit of power, and learning more about herself. Deeply intellectual but felt by all, it punches harder than... |
New Gum Sarn
New Gold Mountain [ Spunk / CD ] New Gold Mountain has just as much to do with the countryside around Puhoi in New Zealand than Auckland, where the band New Gum Sarn formed. "The (debut) album was recorded where I grew up in a valley in the countryside," says singer/guitarist... |
Opensouls
Standing in the Rain [ From the Crates / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] 'Standing in the Rain' is the terrifically accomplished sophomore album from one of New Zealand's best-loved soul-funk bands - Opensouls! |
Opshop
Until the End of Time [ Opshop Music / CD - released 2/Aug/2010 ] The long-awaited third album from New Zealand's answer to U2, the heavier 'Until the End of Time' includes the rad single, "Pins & Needles". |
Phoenix Foundation
Give Up Your Dreams [ Universal / CD - released 7/Aug/2015 ] The Phoenix Foundation return with their new and sixth studio album Give Up Your Dreams. It's a shrewd and vibrant reminder that in The Phoenix Foundation's gloriously absurd world of Technicolour pop, it's the challenges you set yourself that reap... |
The Phoenix Foundation
Buffalo [ EMI Music New Zealand / CD - released 11/Apr/2013 ] 'Buffalo' pushes boundaries in a way that marks a new chapter in the band's development, and is irrefutable proof that they are creating the music of the present for the future. Gorgeous stuff! |
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 |
Pie Warmer
The Fearsome Feeling [ Lil' Chief Records New Zealand / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] Ed Cake's 'Fearsome Feeling' album features songs about love - not love songs as such, but songs that blend ideas about love with fear, insanity, talk-back radio, violence against children, death of a loved one, indecision, abandonment, fame,... |