Long derided as a windswept enclave of bureaucrats, New Zealand’s capital Wellington is now a thriving cultural centre of the South Pacific. By Jonathan Alley
Kasey Chambers’ new album Rattlin’ Bones with singer/songwriter husband Shane Nicholson brings her back to country roots with family. Brother Nash produces, with father Bill on guitar. Ed. Nimmervoll reports.
Robert Forster co-founded The Go-Betweens with Grant McLennan, forever altering Australia’s music landscape. The critic and thinker’s latest is The Evangelist. By Ed. Nimmervoll
The Presets are a perfect contradiction: melodic electro with lyrical meaning. With Apocalypso they sing, we dance, towards Armageddon. Julia Gaw reports.
Musicians have, at times, fluked a trendsetter with a fashion mishap. Julia Gaw picks over looks that went from ‘wrong’ to ‘right now’ throughout the decades.
He’s the mystery man from the shady side of the street. The secret agent of audio noir, Barry Adamson sidles up to Jonathan Alley, to talk about his new album, Back to the Cat.
In The Icon we profile the pacesetters your music collection should not be without. This month, Ed.Nimmervoll goes head to head with the fearsome Max Cavalera.
Hendrix nut, soul sensation, geezer. Jamie Lidell tells Julia Gaw about the music that blows his hair back, and his new album, Jim.