Dunedin flower children Trick Mammoth go in search of the perfect feather-light pop song in this impressive 10-song debut for Fishrider Records and come within a cat's whisker of the sublime more times than they fall short.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
This three-disc set fleshes out the Velvet Underground's abrasive and sometimes-ugly second album with mono and single mixes, alternate takes and a 1967 live recording from The Gymnasium, New York, adding context to its white-noise exploration of sex, drugs and death.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
In 1958, following a year of enormous success as a rockabilly-pop duo, the Everly Brothers went back to their roots and recorded an album of traditional numbers.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
By late 1967, much turn-turn-turning over of personnel had effectively reduced the Byrds to a duo, forcing founding members Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman to look elsewhere for an answer to the band's declining popularity.
In making the transition from indie-rock drummer to synth-pop wunderkind, Robert DeLong has brought with him an appreciation for song-based grooves.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
The ''other half'' of Sonic Youth, guitarist/vocalist Lee Ranaldo and drummer Steve Shelley, are unquestionably top players.
After 15 years of piling provocation upon incitement, Madonna knew her next move needed to take her into very different territory.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
Lyttelton Records delivers another quality release, this time a seductive exploration of dark country-folk by Christchurch duo Charlotte Ivey and Harley Williams.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
Bert Jansch died in October 2011 the hero of the guitar heroes.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Anna Calvi broadens her range on One Breath, offering up all the powerfully voiced drama of her strong self-titled 2011 debut while also exploring the tension-building possibilities in a whisper.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
There is a delicious irony to the story of one of corporate rock's cornerstone albums, a famous tale of pulling the wool that paid off for both the suits and the satin-trousers.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album.
In the age of the single download, Jeff Harford rediscovers the album. This week -Massive Attack's Blue Lines.
