The first time I listened to ‘Aqualung’, from memory, was at a white trash party during my teens. Maybe subconsciously I have always held a view that Jethro Tull was listened to by white trash bums (living in Christchurch only propagated that theory more, after catching Aqualung being cranked by my white trash neighbour while [...]

Maya Arulpragasam’s voice initially seems to sweet to warrant the ‘Parental Advisory’ sticker on the cover – but she packs a punch, which is fortunate, because the content of her lyrics is soooo politically driven and the instrumentals are so damn heavy the album would seem a little silly were she to squeak herself over [...]

When I first heard ‘March of the Pigs’ I was hooked. I think within days I had ‘The Downward Spiral’ and knew all the words to most of the songs. When ‘The Fragile’ came out, I liked it, but only parts of it. ‘With Teeth’ is much the same. I think Trent Reznor is amazing, [...]

I had heard Alice Russell a bit on Radio Active, but was travelling to Dunedin when the dude in the CD Store at Wellington Airport dropped ‘Hurry on Now’ from ‘Under the Munka Moon’ and I knew I had to have it for the rental car we would be driving over the weekend. It was [...]

His first solo attempt worked out to be a good one. As with all the Wu albums, production and beat making cannot be faulted (RZA possibly worked on this album?), and Ghost’s unmistakable voice is strong and dirty. ‘Fish’ and ‘Black Jesus’ are highlights while Wildflower gets a mention for being the ‘colourful’ opening to [...]

The Wu-Tang Clan have proved that their strengths as a group are great, but many of their solo efforts (there are too many to list) are as good as, and at times better than their collaborative albums. Ghostface’s Ironman album ranks up there with the best Wu releases so far, so Supreme Clientele was an [...]

Gang of Four were formed in the 80′s and released 2 albums, in the 80′s to mediocre reviews. Fast forward 15 something years, and a scottish band called Franz Ferdinand recieve the Mercury Prize for their self-titled album which to nearly everyone sounds like the new-sound of rock… But I found out recently that the [...]

I thought I knew Hendrix, cos I had listened to ‘The Ultimate Collection’ and numerous ‘Best ofs’…but was I sooooooo wrong. Electric Ladyland starts of with a few tracks I hadn’t heard, but I recognised as Jimi tracks (you know how Jimi’s guitar sound is obvious, and his voice is unmistakable), then I got warmed [...]