“Best-solo album…Bright November Morning does feel like a new dawn for the Don.. the great storyteller of New Zealand music” – Russell Baillie, NZ Listener “It’s a marvel…Being able to articulate the complex relationship between people and place, fear and beauty, freedom and risk, memory and hope in a few
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“leans further into rock than ever before, without losing touch with Creevy’s emotional candidness — rather, on this album, she easily embraces the wonderfully unsettling depths of the human psyche, in real
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BOILER ROOM NZ End your week with five minutes of perfection Aldous Harding does it again CHRIS SCHULZ May 8 Stop what you’re doing, if you can, and devote five minutes and
By Sam Sodomsky Reviewed April 10, 2026 Former Black Midi bassist Cameron Picton’s dazzlingly complicated solo debut is a tangle of baroque melodies, chamber-punk arrangements, and garden-path lyrics. The way Cameron Picton tells
Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me review – mordant, melodic melancholy from the best songwriter of her generation Alexis Petridis Thu 19 Feb 2026 12.00 GMT Whether retreating from fame or
Buck Meek – The Mirror 4-5 Stars A wonderfully rich collection, this is a record that’s easy to love. Reviewer: Tom Morgan Released: 27th February 2026 Label: 4AD Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek has quietly built up a wonderful
KAVARI – PLAGUE MUSIC EP Genre: Electronic / Experimental Label: XL Release Date: 2026 By James Gui Reviewed February 6, 2026 A noise artist who once found hidden music in the crackle of fire sounds equally incendiary on
Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X review – vulnerability and versatility widen potty-mouthed appeal Dave Simpson Fri 16 Jan 2026 08.00 GMT (Rough Trade) The duo’s 13th album finds Jason Williamson
Converge: Love Is Not Enough review – metalcore veterans’ rage remains fresh and furious Matt Mills Friday 13 Feb 2026 (Epitaph) Even after 35 years, the intricacies and emotional pangs of these
Snocaps, the new band by Allison and Katie Crutchfield that surprise-released their acclaimed debut album in October via ANTI- Records. From the moment it dropped, Snocaps’ self-titled debut has been greeted as a triumphant
Hatchie, the project of Australian singer-songwriter Harriette Pilbeam, released new album Liquorice, on November 7 via Secretly Canadian. Since its release, Liquorice has landed to warm acclaim — currently holding an 81 “universal acclaim” Metascore
Blawan – aka Jamie Roberts – has released his highly anticipated new album SickElixir via XL Recordings. Universal Critical Acclaim At its core, SickElixir operates in that tension between order and collapse. Pitchfork describes how “gnarled