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December 10
Music review: SoccerPractise
Auckland band SoccerPractise has been quietly attracting attention for a few years now.
Entertainment
December 3
CD reviews: Cindy Wilson
Forty years on from the founding of the wildly influential danz-punk ensemble the B-52s, vocalist Cindy Wilson has dipped a toe into solo waters, first with 2017 EPs Sunrise and Supernatural, and now, a spooky, but cheerful, electro-pop album, Change.
Entertainment
December 3
CD reviews: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
After almost a quarter of a century ploughing an increasingly unproductive furrow, Noel Gallagher has decided to change tack.
Entertainment
December 3
CD reviews: Bjork
Bjork exudes a lust for life again on her self-styled "Tinder album", a hope-filled set powered by flutes and birdsong.
Entertainment
November 19
Music review: Taylor Swift
Pop Princess. Crazy Cat Lady. Alt-Right Figurehead.
Entertainment
November 12
The classics: Shark Variations
This is Reuben Bradley's fourth jazz album for Rattle and the New Zealand company maintains it is his ``most relaxed and free-spirited'' disc.
Entertainment
November 12
CD review: Weezer
With Rivers Cuomo at the helm for 11 albums, not much has changed in Weezer's universe.
Entertainment
November 5
CD reviews: Kelly Clarkson
New label, new sound is the overriding theme of Kelly Clarkson’s 8th album, her first for Atlantic and billed as the one she’s always wanted to make.
Entertainment
November 5
CD reviews: Destroyer
Dan Bejar sat out Whiteout Conditions, this year’s excellent New Pornographers album, to finish this one, his 12th Destroyer record.
Entertainment
September 24
CD reviews: Flora Knight & Sean Donald
Canadian guitarist Sean Donald met Flora Knight in Toronto a couple of years back when the Dunedin fiddler was on a mission to immerse herself in old-time American music.
Entertainment
September 24
CD reviews: Ane Brun
Norwegian Grammy Award-winning artist Ane Brun’s new album might comprise 14 covers, yet her seventh studio release nevertheless serves as a highly personal offering.
Entertainment
September 24
CD reviews: Angus & Julia Stone
Recorded in a Byron Bay cottage, the Australian siblings’ album is, in part, influenced by uber-producer Rick Rubin, who encouraged the pair to write their songs together.
The Mix
September 17
CD reviews: The War on Drugs
Jimmy Iovine, a man who knows a bit about success (he has produced albums by Bruce Springsteen and U2, co-founded Interscope Records and, more recently, set up Apple Music) once stated The War On Drugs should be gigantic.
The Mix
September 17
CD reviews: LCD Soundsystem
‘‘Good gracious/ I sound like my mom’’ is hardly the sort of pronouncement you’d expect from New York’s hippest dance-punk crew, yet this self-effacement has been the bedrock of LCD Soundsystem’s career for over a decade.
Entertainment
September 3
CD reviews: Herriot Row
Having released two albums (Pre-Pill Love, Endearance) and an EP (The Right To Talk To Strangers) under his own name, Kiwi songwriter Simon Comber has a new musical vehicle, which has resulted in a confident new album, possibly his best yet.
Entertainment
September 3
CD reviews: Iron and Wine
Sam Beam has entered his 40s in fine style, returning to the stripped-back folk on which his primary musical vehicle, Iron and Wine, first began turning heads more than 15 years ago.
Entertainment
September 3
CD reviews: Dave Rawlings
A sly devil of a guitarist, one who prefers to show off his talents by way of omission of notes rather than addition, Dave Rawlings is, notably, the partner (in life and music) of Gillian Welch.
Entertainment
August 20
CD Reviews: Queens of the Stone Age
It’s a master stroke: a hard(ish) rock band hires a producer (Mark Ronson) best known for his funky, dancefloor and chart-topping work with artists such as Bruno Mars, Amy Winehouse and Adele.
Entertainment
August 20
CD review: Paul Kelly
Enduring Australian Paul Kelly has returned to the electric guitar on his new album, which captures that magic mix of story-telling and band energy he explored with the Messengers and the Coloured Girls back in the ’80s.
Entertainment
August 13
CD reviews: Mermaidens
Wellington trio Mermaidens take their intriguing mix of brooding grunge, post-punk angularity and cinematic blues to new heights on their second album.
Entertainment
August 13
CD reviews: Mondo Cozmo
Having been frontman for two previous major label alt-rock bands (Laguardia and Eastern Conference Champions) that, well, never really did much, Los Angeles-based producer and songwriter Josh Ostrander has found more success with his latest project.
Entertainment
August 13
CD reviews: Summer Thieves
Having springboarded from the Dunedin student parties to national tours and summer festivals, the now Auckland-based Summer Thieves build on the roots-rock-funk template of Six60, Kora and others, aided in their soulful endeavours by none other than Tiki Taane, who produced this debut album.
Entertainment
August 6
The classics: August 7th
Debussy: Sonatas and Piano Trto. Te Koki Trio. Rattle CD
Entertainment
August 6
CD reviews: Tyler, The Creator
Like fine wine, Tyler, The Creator’s maturation ensures his fourth LP becomes a bold vintage.
Entertainment
August 6
CD reviews: Ciaran McMeeken
Born in Arrowtown, raised in Dunedin and now living in Auckland, Ciaran McMeeken might have arrived at his shiny-bright debut album, yet there’s an echo of his busking days here, too.
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