Air’s Moon Safari is awesome. I can’t stop listening to it. It has a bit of everything and keeps me smiling everytime I listen to it. So I expected the same from ‘Talkie Walkie’ and in parts I got it… I think I appreciate Air’s work on Moon Safari because there is always something happening, [...]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club were the band every music critic were banging on about in 2001. They were huge live (apparently) and their self titled album (this one) was hailed as proof that they were the latest ‘saviours of rock’, alongside The Strokes and The Kings Of Leon. It’s interesting that they drew comparisions to [...]

‘Holding Hands Feeding Ducks’ has slowly grown on me. I really like the Brunettes other album ‘Mars Loves Venus’, but this album didn’t get me on the first, second or third listens, like ‘Mars’ did. At times, The Brunettes can be a little too cutesy-pie for my liking, and there was not much else than [...]

I could go on about accolades all day on Johnny, but really, when it comes down to it, it’s all about the music. The 4th installation of the American Recordings is probably my favourite, even though many consider it to be the weaker of the bunch. Maybe people feel that about the album because a [...]

Getting my thoughts down about this album has been hard. I have had it on my HD for some time now and listen to it every once in a while – in an attempt to check I’m not missing something. The album seems to flitter between a group of musicians having a jam (‘Rockin’ Chair), [...]

Frank Black was definitely the creative force behind the Pixies, but from the sounds of this album, he really needs Kim Deal to bring out the best in him. The songs are good enough. The rough driving vocals of ‘I Switched You’ (which has a ‘Counting The Beat’ groove) and the 70′s anthem rock of [...]

Air’s Moon Safari is an album I should have heard a long time ago – when I worked in the CD Store in Christchurch, it used to get borrowed heaps by other retailers. It was one of those albums I had always wanted to listen to but never got round to it. I knew it [...]

Neil Young is a folk-country-rock genius. It’s the most simple and accurate thing I can think of saying to get people’s attention towards his work. I know a woman who only needs to hear Neil Young’s voice and nearly cries. Any man who has that ability is someone everyone should take the time to listen [...]