Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, to anyone who has had a passing interest, seem like a kooky retro-throwback band. Tracks like ‘How Long’ and ’100 Days’ ooze the funk and soul that seems a long time gone. Thanks to the lovely people at NPR (who we should all donate to support), I’ve been drowning in [...]

‘Humbug’ is one very good album, and ‘My Propeller’ is one of the highlighters therein. Probably one of the tracks on the album to strongly feature producer Josh Homme’s influence, it’s a dreamy and smile worthy track for every the most tone deaf. Fantastic drums too.

Australian record label Modular thinks it’s something to do with the limestone, but like all kiwis, we know it’s isolation that gives our bands their unique sound. Full with some of NZ’s best music (and acting) fodder, you can download the Modular NZ Tribute now through their website. Heads up from UTR. Tracklist Russell Crowe [...]

While this has been out for a few days now, today was the first time I managed to really take it in. There was some early criticism about the album too ‘hip-hop’ based…which to me sounds both crazy and awesome. Crazy, because let’s face the facts, Gorillaz has always been centered around hip-hop (Del’s early [...]

The sound of this made me check if my speakers were plugged in, but still worth a peak if you like their stuff. Album isn’t due to May, but a nice preview of what’s coming…

Way better performance here from Spoon; I was shocked at how bad ‘Written In Reverse’ came off on Conan a while back. Letterman gets a darker treatment with a track that, now having seen performed live, I like a lot better.

Proving what we already know to be true, New Zealand is a great place….to start off a world tour! Normally, bands play NZ at the end of grueling world tours, but the recently reunited Pavement chose Auckland to perform for the first time together in close to 10 years. Yeah, I’m too cheap and too [...]