Fresh blood: Modern Vampires of the City, by Vampire Weekend
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Issue 3814 6th Jun 2013
The unusually original Vampire Weekend are more sophisticated than ever on their third album.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3814 6th Jun 2013
The unusually original Vampire Weekend are more sophisticated than ever on their third album.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3811 16th May 2013
Only a double album can do the Phoenix Foundation justice.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3808 24th Apr 2013
Another chance to hear one of the better NZ albums of 1975.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3802 14th Mar 2013
David Bowie’s first album in a decade finds him referencing past selves, taking out old voices like clothes from a wardrobe.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3799 21st Feb 2013
Ruban Nielson’s new album feels like it was written in a waking dream.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3796 31st Jan 2013
Beck’s new “album” is a folio of sheet music that requires audience participation.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3793 10th Jan 2013
The world Scott Walker paints on Bish Bosch is as detailed and terrifying as its artist namesake’s depictions of Hell.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3792 3rd Jan 2013
Forget releasing a new album – Elvis Costello is having too much fun performing live.
By Nick Bollinger in Books
Issue 3790 20th Dec 2012
Pete Townshend is ordered and Neil Young near-shambolic, as the two musical giants eschew ghost writers for their autobiographies.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3789 13th Dec 2012
Elastic Wasteland contains some of the most satisfying and sophisticated songs Sean Donnelly has ever put to disc.