I’m off to Rhythm and Vines Festival in Gisborne for the 3 days leading up to New Years. My pick of the event are Welsh band Future of the Left. Though a dank poorly-lit club would be a more suitable setting for their particular brand of fevered rock – I’m sure they’ll be awesome amongst [Read the Rest...]

After a morning during which a certain local music television station showcased the worst of New Zealand music I felt it necessary to seek out something fresh and decent from these shores. This single from A Dead Forest Index is just that. Even though the band are comprised of brothers who did the “leave the [Read the Rest...]

I’m not one for christmas, or sappy tunes and the intersection between the two is a fairly massive cavern of awful. But this wee ditty by the Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles is awesome. DDG have an album out next year on Sub Pop that will definitely be worth checking and the Crocodiles I loved [Read the Rest...]