Set Her Free by alayna moves with restraint and confidence. These songs stay with the small shifts that matter, the moment when longing becomes clarity, when vulnerability is held with control.
Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s Laughter in Summer begins with the sound of a room coming into focus: piano notes placed gently, a voice entering as if in conversation rather than performance.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds played two shows in Wellington with Aldous Harding supporting…The 13th Floor’s John Bradbury was on the scene…here is his report.
Stray Theories’ Falter places the listener inside a moment of imbalance and asks them to remain there. It is an album shaped by hesitation, by sound that circles and recalibrates rather than pressing forward.
For the First Time, Again, Tyler Ballgame’s debut album draws you in slowly and patiently on the strength of a voice that feels both exposed and assured, with production that knows when to step back.
Stewart Copeland brought his Have I Said Too Much? tour to Wellington. The show takes shape as an engaging evening of storytelling and reflection, propelled by sharp wit and a restless intelligence that rarely pauses long enough to settle.
David Huckfelt’s I Was Born, But… unfolds as a carefully shaped narrative built from the songs of others, drawn together into a coherent and immersive statement.
Barry Adamson’s SCALA!!! arrives as a love letter to a building that introduced, educated and immersed many in non-mainstream cinema.
Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel open Celestun with intent and momentum, two acoustic guitars tumbling over one another in music shaped by interplay, response and craft.
Jana Horn’s decision to self-title her third album lands with the quiet assurance of an artist settled into her sound.
