Jeremy Taylor
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
A new album from charming Swede Jens Lekman, Ryan Adams classic-rocking out in a moping fashion, and a collection of early 70's English prog/ psyche/ folk have Jeremy Taylor all a-quiver. Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor lends an ear to the third release from London trio, The XX, catches up on a 2016 release he missed from Cat's Eyes, and checks in with London based expat Wellingtonian indie rock band… Audio
Jeremy Taylor's best music of 2016
After much deliberation and gnashing of teeth, Jeremy Taylor of Slow Boat Records selects top tracks from his fave 5 albums of 2016. Audio
Revelling in Dadrock
Jeremy Taylor goes fully Dadrock with the new Rolling Stones blues covers album, Kate Bush's live tour de force, and a star-studded tribute to the magnificent Emmylou Harris. Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor enjoys Flying Nun's retrospective collection from short-lived Auckland punk band The Features, a tenth anniversary reissue from Midlake, a double disc dose of bluesy guitar rock from… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor revisits a pre-ponderous stadium rock incarnation of Pink Floyd, investigates new releases from Bic Runga and Miles Calder & The Rumours, and the most recent release from recent tourist… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor admires the new album from Leonard Cohen, David Bowie's stage show cast recording, Connan Mockasin's Soft Hair, and pays his respects to the late Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive". Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
New music from Auckland's Hopetoun Brown, Wellington "pan-generational supergroup" Teeth, spooky retro-futurism from Survive, and a classic reissue from 1986 from Elvis Costello & The Attractions" Audio
Songwriting is not a competitive sport
Songwriting is like a mystical process that involves distilling unnameable, abstract feelings and ideas into music, almost like a form of alchemy – making something tangible out of the intangible… Video
New music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor plays songs from the third album by Eau Claire, Wisconsin indie-folk group fronted by Justin Vernon, his first since 2011's "Bon Iver, Bon Iver", Warpaint - the third album for LA all… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor takes in the new release from superb Irish songstress Lisa Hannigan, the understated tenth album from Chicago alt-country-rock pioneers Wilco, and a harrowing reflection on loss from… Audio
Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat records
Jeremy Taylor investigates post-band 'solo' releases from three very different singer-songwriters, including the piano-led solo debut from Shayne P Carter, a haunting film soundtrack from former… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor basks in the warm, rose-tinted nostalgic hue of Lawrence Arabia's debut release with the Reduction Agents getting the remastered/reissued treatment, stares down one man's… Audio
Music reviewer Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat Records digs deep into the soulful retro-futurist folk stylings of Ryley Walker, the 'better than it ought to be' new Monkees album, and a reissue of Hole's best record… Audio
New music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor seeks solace in this deeply troubled world in the soulful sounds of Michael Kiwanuka's sophomore album, the floating, airy guitar stylings of William Tyler, and the defiant majesty of… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor samples new releases from Natasha Khan's Bat For Lashes, and all female supergroup Case/Lang/Veirs, and likes Paul McCartney's old tapes better than his new tapes. Audio
Music review with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor enjoys the 70's singer-songwriter flavour of Kevin Morby, wades into a three disc selection of British indie music from 1987, and partakes of the musical comfort food that is the golden… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor checks out the self-titled debut from indie-rock supergroup Minor Victories, the rather lovely second album from local producer Pacific Heights, and a compilation of American… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
The covers album; does it signify an artist who has run out of ideas? Can a cover really be better than the original? Did a Grateful Dead tribute album really need to run to 5 discs? Jeremy Taylor… Audio
New Music with Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor is charmed by the subtlety of Radiohead's ninth album, is surprised by how good a Suede comeback album is, digs Bombino's 'dry guitars', and is unnerved by the spooky sound of… Audio