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Sometimes the first time you listen to an album you realise you need to listen to it more before making a proper judgment (U2's "No Line On The Horizon" and Evermore's "Truth Of The World: Welcome To The Show" being recent examples). More »
You're just going about your day. Sitting at your work desk or driving in your car when it hits you. A catchy tune that will stay in your head for the next hour, possibly day or even worse longer. It happens to everyone and more recently struck More »
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Andrew Spraggon, the man behind Kiwi outfit Sola Rosa, doesn't like to hurry the creative process - which is why it's been three and a half years since "Moves On" was released for follow-up "Get It Together" to hit the shelves. With More »
The gentle distorted vocals at the start of opening track 'Set The Controls' hides the rip-roaring rock song to come, befitting the fact that it's written and sung by one of Radio Hauraki's morning pirates, Dean Young. And so the tone is set for T More »
At Yahoo!Xtra we love a bit of Friday fun and what better way to see in the weekend by cranking the tunes up and transporting ourselves to a musical world far away from our cubicles. Around this time on a Friday afternoon I chuck my iTunes on rand More »
Evermore's new album Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show doesn't just mark a departure from their uber-successful rock/pop sound that brought them hits such as 'Running' and 'Light Surrounding You'. It also doubles as a concept album; the Hume b More »
Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show is the third album from Feilding's Hume brothers, better known as pop/rock/alt band Evermore. It's been almost three years since last long player, the hit-laded Real Life, was released.But it has been worth th More »
No Line On The Horizon is U2's first studio album in almost five years, and what a belter it is. Gone are the seemingly single-driven albums of the past decade, and we're back to classic U2 - the Unforgettable Fire, Achtung Baby, Zooropa- U2 of ol More »
Few bands which have emerged from the New Wave movement of the 1980s have had such an enduring presence or influence as Depeche Mode. The Dave Gahan fronted band have endured more than their fair share of troubles over the years, none more so than More »