The Listener

It takes two

By Nick Bollinger in Music

Issue 3811 16th May 2013

Only a double album can do the Phoenix Foundation justice.

Music reviews: Now hear this

By Jim Pinckney in Music

Issue 3810 9th May 2013

Public Service Broadcasting find gold in vocal samples from British education, entertainment and training films.

Tribute to a friend

By Guy Somerset in Music

Issue 3809 2nd May 2013

Reuben Bradley’s 'Mantis' album and concerts celebrate the music of Drew Menzies.

Take a chance on Cage

By Ian Dando in Music

Issue 3809 2nd May 2013

John Cage: Journeys In Sound, Hilliard Ensemble: The Kiss Of A Divine Nature – The Contemporary Pérotin , Giacomo Puccini: Tosca, Richard Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten.

Second Waves

By Nick Bollinger in Music

Issue 3808 24th Apr 2013

Another chance to hear one of the better NZ albums of 1975.

Play it again, Dennis

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By Karl du Fresne in Music

Issue 3805 18th Apr 2013

Record shops are closing all over the world, thanks to internet downloads and online buying, but Wellington’s Slow Boat Records is defying the trend.

Yeah Yeah? No, no

By Jim Pinckney in Music

Issue 3807 18th Apr 2013

Willy Moon needs to put his dress-up box away.

Wakin' On A Pretty Daze - review, plus short takes

By Jim Pinckney in Music

Issue 3804 28th Mar 2013

An appreciation of the quotidian and simple gestures mark out Kurt Vile’s follow-up to Smoke Ring for My Halo.

Lorde moves in mysterious ways

By Jim Pinckney in Music

Issue Listener Plus 3803 23rd Mar 2013

Inspired by the likes of Burial, teenage star-in-the-making Ella Yelich O’Connor wanted her songs to do all the talking before she unmasked herself.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - live review

By Guy Somerset in Music

Issue Listener Plus 21st Mar 2013

What can Auckland expect from tonight's concert?