Thematically, Shrines deals in abstract fantasies; it’s subject matter which (sadly) would lend itself well to some semblance of sonic variance. They paint a landscape which is bathed in a creeping, brooding aura by lush synths and pitch-shifted echoes. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Music
Unwound: A Salient Retrospective
I have been an enthusiastic Unwound fanboy for just over three years. Having spent that ...Read more »
Hippity Hoppity Give ‘Em The Zoppity
The best hip-hop albums of 2012 (so far). Read more »
Review – Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
Watershed moments come few and far between for musical genres. 19 days ago the notoriously ...Read more »
Die! Die! Die!
Die!Die!Die! are one of the few contemporary New Zealand bands that need little preamble. In the course of their illustrious career they have produced a consistently excellent oeuvre of noise-pop nuggets; they’ve toured Europe and the Americas; they’ve worked alongside Steve Albini (who in turn has worked with the moderately well-known Nirvana, say, and The Pixies). Read more »
Review – Twin Shadow: Confess
Since 2010’s Forget, Twin Shadow—the brainchild of George Lewis Jr.—has found another gear. In Confess, ...Read more »
Slice Of Paul
Wellington rapper Paul Williams got himself a tad lost on the way to the VBC, ...Read more »
Home Brew’s Masterpiece Debut
From the opening track ‘Dedicated To (Intro)’, when rapper Tom Scott dedicates the album to “the ...Read more »
Bad Spelling And Rock Satire
Tenacious D return with their third album full of all of what you would expect ...Read more »
Review – Dub FX at Bodega
For the uninitiated, Dub FX (nee Benjamin Stanford) is a travelling street performer who uses ...Read more »