Poliça — Dreams Go
4 Stars
The sound of a band bearing said emotional weight with great elegance, and perhaps even optimism.
15th October 2025
Labels
Memphis Industries
Baba Ali — Laugh Like A Bomb
3-5 Stars
There’s a little of the previous few years’ zeitgeist to it.
28th April 2023
The Go! Team — Get Up Sequences Part One
3 Stars
It’s comforting to know their defiant experimentalism remains undiminished.
1st July 2021
Francis Lung — Miracle
3-5 Stars
He isn’t reinventing the wheel here, but he knows what he’s good at.
17th June 2021
Field Music - Flat White Moon
4 Stars
A solid record that does everything you’d ever hope a Field Music album would do.
22nd April 2021
Mush — Lines Redacted
4 Stars
Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. Like many bands before and since, Mush live by these preachings.
11th February 2021
NZCA Lines — Pure Luxury
4 Stars
These may be difficult times, but NZCA LINES will be throwing the greatest party ever nonetheless.
9th July 2020
Mush — 3D Routine
3-5 Stars
As debuts go, this is an impressive mission statement.
13th February 2020
Poliça — When We Stay Alive
4 Stars
Emotionally raw, elegantly presented and at many parts a real tear-jerker.
30th January 2020
Field Music — Making A New World
3 Stars
There are enough ideas in the tank here.
9th January 2020
Jesca Hoop — Stonechild
4 Stars
An exercise in top-level songwriting, stately and intelligent.
5th July 2019
You Tell Me — You Tell Me
3 Stars
Delicate vocals with an indie pop sensibility.
11th January 2019
Menace Beach — Black Rainbow Sound
4 Stars
Motorik beats, distorted guitars, electro-clash synths and complementary vocal interplay.
31st August 2018
Field Music — Open Here
3 Stars
A deeply astute pop album that’s also often brimming with fun.
2nd February 2018
The Go! Team — Semicircle
3 Stars
Another upbeat, buoyant addition to their canon.
19th January 2018
Weaves — Wide Open
4 Stars
A logical gear shift from a band that are fuelled by the unpredictable.
6th October 2017
Dutch Uncles — Big Balloon
4 Stars
Austerity, therapy, David Bowie’s brain and fried chicken.
17th February 2017
Menace Beach — Lemon Memory
4 Stars
Not a supergroup, just a really, really super group.
20th January 2017
Weaves — Weaves
4 Stars
Both deliciously raucous and whimsical, Weaves’ ‘wonky-pop’ debut is a whole lot of fun.
17th June 2016
Poliça — United Crushers
4 Stars
Poliça have finally drawn straws and found something to stick with.
3rd March 2016
Field Music — commontime
2 Stars
In the end, this is an album with a whimsical construct that fails to live up to its musical promise.
5th February 2016
NZCA Lines — Infinite Summer
4 Stars
‘Infinite Summer’ is a beast that demands expansive concert halls and expectant crowds.
22nd January 2016
Menace Beach — Super Transporterreum EP
4 Stars
There are very few bands as focused right now.
25th September 2015
Outfit — Slowness
4 Stars
Theatrical and dramatic without being too pretentious.
13th June 2015