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Gidday, kia ora! We hope you enjoy our great selection of music.
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Today’s Shows:
8pm | 100% Americana |
Valerie’s 2022 album The Moon and Stars was an absolute delight so when this album flew past on our social media feed it caused great excitement. She pushes her beautiful sophisticated voice in new directions on this album, offering up a palette of Americana albeit with contemporary production cues (the producer is one of our favourites M Ward). What’s really delightful is that she avoids the cliché of despair at the world and offers “a radical statement to break scepticism, surveillance and doomscrolling” (from The Guardian).
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.
The Independent review promises “outsize, old school-fun”, a promise also hinted at by the fabulous colourful album cover which looks like it could have come straight from the set of a 1980s BBC variety show. A really nice collection – we loved Brandi’s quote in her interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe – “I’ve been singing with Elton all my life – he just didn’t know it until about 10 or 20 years ago”. Opening with synths that could be straight from the opening of 70s albums “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” or “Blue Moves” this is a wonderful nostalgic blend of Americana and rock.
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.
We could have predicted The Guardian‘s reaction – “back to dreary basics”. After the departure of Winston Marshall a few years ago their first album in seven years brings them back with a familiar mix of electronic folk, sometimes stomping, always melodic. The now trio still have it on this album named after the pub in South London where they first met (we thought it must have been a US allusion somehow). A delightful album – its delightful to see this unfashionable effort sitting in the NZ top five as we write!
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We’ve long been fans of Sharon Van Etten’s ethereal indie pop and she delivers again. Enjoying the dynamic of the band she played with on tour, this is her first album recorded collaboratively with “The Attachment Theory”. She has said “For the first time in my life I asked the band if we could just jam” – it sounds like this resulted in quick inspirations and great results.
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.
With a couple of weeks distance and a bit of reflection, here are the ‘Songs of 2024’ according to us! We’ve put our favourites at the top but other than that its not strictly ordered. Enjoy and let us know yours.
https://embed.music.apple.com/nz/playlist/songs-of-the-year-2024/pl.u-aZb0LV4TPR3gWz
Another solid, melodic album (the ninth) from the Californian folk-rock revivalists.
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.
London Grammar’s fourth album is another example of the beautifully recorded melodic pop we’re used to. Layers of synths, acoustic guitar, strings and overlaid with Hannah Reid’s hypnotic vocals. The lyrics aren’t just something for her to sing though – have a listen, they’re well thought through. Another winner from London Grammar.
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Mr Lenderman has really broken out on this record – reviewer’s references to Neil Young can’t be taken lightly! On this, his fourth record, he’s really found his voice in a melodic and lyrically sharp album. The Pitchfork 8.7 is spot on – as they said his “outstanding fourth album is loaded with zingers and losers. It’s witty and sincere, the mark of a songwriter finding his voice.”
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.
David Kushner is a 24-ish year old singer songwriter originally hailing from Chicago. He hit the big time in 2022 with “Miserable Man” which went viral however it was last year’s “Daylight” which really hit the big time, reaching No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in New Zealand. He has a ‘bombastic singer-songwriter’ style akin to Benson Boone and Hozier, with distorted baritone vocals and rich orchestral backings. This is a really enjoyable melodic album although it hasn’t received any critical attention of note. Who cares – its a nice listen!
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.
This is the fourth album from Los Angeles-based Indie band Foster the People. Its filled by an “upbeat, classic disco and dance-funk vibe”, a retro feel but its not all just a good time – there are some more serious themes of war and peace and global warming, albeit still with some good times. A really good sounding and enjoyable album “full of cathartic grooves” (AllMusic).
New Zealand Net Radio plays a song from our irregularly updated #albumoftheweek every hour from 9am to 12pm. Listen in @tunein at http://tun.in/sfAtE or on the web player.