The Sampler

Nick Bollinger reviews only the third albun in fourty-five years from freak-folk figurehead Vashti Bunyan. Audio

Nick Bollinger takes a listen to the quiet sighs of Wellington-based duo French for Rabbits on their debut LP Spirits. Audio

This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews a defining double live set by Texas bluesman Gary Clark Jr., and talks to Australian minstrel C.W. Stoneking about his unique fusion of jazz, gospel and… Read more Audio

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews the second album from Mercury Music Prize-winning British indie rockers Alt J; a two-disc compendium of southern styles from Lucinda Williams; and a set… Read more Audio

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews a double-disc set from father-and-son duo Jeff and Spencer Tweedy, a.k.a. Tweedy; the ecstatic pagan grooves of Swedish ensemble Goat; and a beginners… Read more Audio

Standing in for Nick Bollinger, Jim Pinckney reviews the retro rock styles of Wildest Dreams, the futuristic kiwi soul of Electric Wire Hustle, Robyn Hitchcock's gentle acoustic strummings and Brian… Read more Audio

Kiran Dass, sitting in for Nick Bollinger, reviews the swirling Southern Gothic of Christchurch's Dark Matter; the reverb-drenched melancholy of Roy Montgomery; and the literate post-punk of Josef K.

Scott Kara reviews Angels and Devils by The Bug, Lullaby… and the Ceaseless Roar by Robert Plant and Pale Communion by Opeth. Read more Audio

Joe Nunweek, sitting in for Nick Bollinger, reviews albums by Naomi Punk, Wreck and Reference, and Lewis. Read more Audio

This week, Nick Bollinger reviews music by Beck, Mirel Wagner and Chris Smither. Read more Audio

This week Nick Bollinger reviews music by Benjamin Booker, Billy Joe Shaver, and Beach Pigs. Read more Audio