Music Review

After a 14-year absence, D'Angelo - the great soul vocalist and multi-instrumentalist music critic Robert Christgau dubbed "R&B Jesus" - is finally back on the scene with Black Messiah, an album that… Audio

Nick Bollinger listens to the sonic daring and pop ambitions of TV On The Radio's latest record, Seeds. Audio

A Day In My Mind's Mind began last decade as a series of compilation albums focused on the local psychedelic pop of the late 60s and early 70s. Now the pick of those tracks have been released on a… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a compilation of Sly Stone's minimal electro-funk experimentations entitled I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-1970. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews new albums by Taylor Swift, Darren Watson and Seun Kuti. Audio

Featuring 'Chet Atkins and Les Paul' and 'Damien Rice'. Audio

Nick Bollinger checks in on the latest afro-beat offering from Fela Kuti's son Seun. Audio

"With shuddering synthesisers, handclaps the size of skyscrapers, and vocals that might have been tweezed together syllable-by-syllable, this is a big slam-dunking pop record by anyone's definition."… Audio

'The Once' and 'The Cure'. Audio

Grant Smithies checks out the lesbian love songs and post-modern murder ballads of New Orleans folk band Hurray For The Riff Raff, then gets sand in his Speedoes while listening to Nelson surf-rock… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a collection of funky late 60s - early 70s country music from the likes of Kenny Rogers, Townes Van Zandt, and Dolly Parton. 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… Audio

Ruthie Foster and Matthew Barber. Audio

Grant Smithies rounds-up the five finalists for the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll, the only peer voted songwriting award in New Zealand, with the winner decided by over 10,000 fellow songwriters from the… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Commune, the new album from enigmatic Swedish experimental fusion group Goat. Audio

Robert Johnson reviews a recent release of Prokofiev works for violin and piano. Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne play Prokofiev's two Violin Sonatas - written for David Oistrakh - and his Five… Audio

Jim Pinckney reviews the slinky psychedelia of Wildest Dreams, the new project of U.K. stalwart DJ Harvey, who has jumped from punk, to disco, to techno throughout his career. Audio

Kiran Dass take a listen to the literate post-punk of Josef K on The Only Fun in Town. Audio