Aotearoa
News: The legendary Split Enz reunite for antipodean tour next year.
The legendary Split Enz – featuring Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Neil Finn, and Noel Crombie – will reunite for their first tour in nearly 20 years on the Forever Enz Tour through Live Nation, confirmed for May 2026. Antipodean pioneers in make-up and self-designed clothing with a zany form of art rock, and later transitioning …
Track: Drape yourself in the exquisite folds of ‘The Gown’ as The Bats circle above, ready to land their new album in October.
It’s the prefect time for The Bats again as they release the single, ‘The Gown’, as we hit the home stretch to their forthcoming new album ‘Corner Coming Up’ on 17 October, through Flying Nun Records. ‘The Gown’ is the the third release off the new album which has to be one of the most …
News: Aotearoa’s magnificent Ringlets announce intimate Australian East Coast tour
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s fabulous Ringlets have announced an Australian tour following the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ and recently reviewed by me here. I noted that the album is a blast of thoroughly commendable sonic joy. ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ is …
News: It’s our ‘Lucky Day’ as the legendary The Bats announce new album ‘Corner Coming Up’ through Flying Nun Records, with a glorious new single as a delectable amuse bouche.
The Bats are still swinging from the glorious imperious belfry as the legendary band announce the release of their new album ‘Corner Coming Up’ on 17 October, preceded by the release of the shimmering single ‘Luck Day’. Since the sad death of The Chills’ Martin Phillipps, The Bats continue to stand tall as survivors of …
Album review: Aotearoa’s Ringlets unveil ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies)’ – a spectacular post punk blast from the land of the long white cloud, with NZ tour announced.
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s fabulous Ringlets have released their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ and it is a blast of thoroughly commendable sonic joy. Ringlets so epitomise the classic Dunedin sound it is kind of fitting they are on the legendary Flying Nun and Leather Jackets Records label: intelligent wry pop at its very …
Track: ‘I Was on That Roof Once’ – New Zealand’s epic Ringlets bounce back with third single ahead of album release
New Zealand’s Ringlets recently announced the release of their second album, with the cute title ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the third thrilling single ‘I Was on That Roof Once’. It follows the earlier singles ‘Heavenly Wheel’ and ‘Street Message’ (reviewed by me here and here …
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Ringlets unveil second thundering single ‘Street Massage’ off their forthcoming album.
New Zealand’s Ringlets recently announced the release of their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ for 27 June 2025, and have unveiled the second delicious tempting morsel, the single ‘Street Message. It follows the earlier single ‘Heavenly Wheel’ (reviewed by me here). Ringlets have that classic Dunedin sound and …
Track: Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Hemi Hemingway releases the thrilling, enigmatic track ‘(To Be) Without You’.
Under the moniker Hemi Hemingway, Aotearoan/New Zealand auteur Shaun Blackwell has released the exciting thrum of ‘(To Be) Without You’, a vibrant enigmatic track that is luminsicent as it is thrilling. With Hemingway’s deep sonorous vocals that shake the foundations and a motorik beat, the track is filled with a luscious instrumentation including soaring saxophones …
Track: The legendary The Bats swoop in with the shimmering fuzzy new single ‘Loline’, as a new record shapes up.
Surely the sun shines brighter the day we are blessed with another single from the living legends The Bats, one of the finest exports from Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. It’s been five long years since their last album and The Bats have today released their new single ‘Loline’, while in the …
News: Fazerdaze is formally launching the album ‘Soft Power’ with an independently organised gig at the Powerhouse in Auckland.
Last year’s ‘Soft Power’ from Fazerdaze, released through Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, was for me one of the albums of the year (see my review here). Fazerdaze spent a lot of the time since that release touring extensively across the US and Australia in support of Pond and Finneas and has only now had time to organise …