Archive - Ephemeral

Singles In Your Area: w/c Jul 14

New music from Blackpink, Shame, Geese, Deftones and Wolf Alice, plus locals Tami Neilson, Coast Arcade, High Watah and Rhian Sheehan

Jul 15 •

My Week In Music: 7-11 July

New music abounds from locals Ladi6 and Freya, plus Kesha and Nilüfer Yanya a posthumous release for Low Roar, and birthdays for Big Boi and Sufjan…

Jul 11 •

Jurassic Moa Rebirth

So, I found out about the moa de-extinction project right after I saw the new Jurassic World movie and now they're more or less the same thing

Jul 10 •

Ode To My Doctor

Who knew that my GP leaving town would have such an impact.

Jul 8 •

Singles In Your Area: w/c Jul 7

New tracks from Lewis Capaldi, Chance The Rapper, Nilüfer Yanya, RIIKI REID, Ethel Cain, Foo Fighters and For Those I Love, plus a few thoughts on Bob…

Jul 7 •

My Week In Music: 30 June-4 July

A string of brilliant new albums from Lorde, Auckland rockers Ringlets, and emo prodigal sons Moving Mountains, plus birthdays for D'Angelo and Vince…

Jul 6 •

No, I haven't mastered toast making ... but I did win a prize for a speech and I thought you might like to have a read!

Jul 3 •

Best Of 2025. So far, anyway.

... in which I bemoan outlets rushing to share their lists, then immediately share mine. Yeah, I probably feel a bit late to the party.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Singles In Your Area: w/c Jun 30

New singles and videos from The Beths, Kesha, Lola Young, Kurt Vile, SPRINTS, Sarah McLachlan (?!) and more, plus Orville Peck performs with Willie…

Jun 30 •

My Week In Music: 23-27 June

New releases from Hotline TNT, Yungblud, Haim, Ratso and (ugh) Benson Boone, plus a look back at White Zombie's Astro-Creep 2000.

Jun 29 •

Addendum: The F#$%ing News

A couple of after thoughts on yesterday's deranged piece, plus a few thoughts on Paddy Gower's memoir This Is The F#$%ing News

Jun 27 •

Derangement Syndrome

A troubling Trumpism rears its head in little old New Zealand

Jun 25 •

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