Reviews
Album Reviews
Album Review: Suki Waterhouse strikes a brilliant, mature balance on the promising ‘Loveland’
★★★★☆
Suki Waterhouse delivers a highly promising evolution on Loveland, an atmospheric third studio album that pairs high-level production from Aaron...
Single Reviews
Pixie Lott’s fan-powered comeback ‘Dance Like No One’s Watching’ is a welcome return that falls slightly short of classic status
★★★☆☆
Pixie Lott returns to her big-production roots with 'Dance Like No One’s Watching', a fan-selected party record that showcases her...
Live Reviews
Deafheaven: A return to Auckland At Full Force
★★★★☆
With the long-awaited return of Deafheaven to Tamaki Makaurau after three years, they did not hold back.
Album Reviews
Borderline introduce themselves as New Zealand’s next massive musical export on confident self-titled debut
★★★★☆
Auckland quartet Borderline have delivered one of the most confident debuts of the year, blending massive 80s pop grooves with...
Album Reviews
Myles Smith embraces beautifully raw, unpolished vulnerability on debut masterpiece ‘My Mess, My Heart, My Life.’
★★★★★
Luton singer-songwriter Myles Smith has stepped out from the shadow of his viral success, delivering a deeply vulnerable, genre-expanding masterclass...
Live Reviews
Freya Skye live in Auckland: pop’s brightest new hope absolutely lights up the stage
Freya Skye blew expectations out of the water in Auckland, delivering an intricate, star-filled pop production that proved her massive...
Live Reviews
Matt Corby in Auckland: A Soul-Stirring Journey Through a Decade of Memory
★★★★☆
From deadpan humor to the communal heights of "Brother," Corby delivers an intimate, barefoot masterclass at his long-awaited New Zealand...
Live Reviews
BBC Big Weekend Sunderland 2026 — Sunday: Olivia Dean Makes History and We Were There for It
★★★★★
Niall Horan opened, CMAT was an absolute force of nature, Kehlani closed with sparks literally raining from the sky —...