December 2012
In this issue:
Home Brew, Bic Runga, Bannerman, Sticky Filth, Gin Wigmore and more. 2012 NZM Wallplanner included!!
Home Brew, Bic Runga, Bannerman, Sticky Filth, Gin Wigmore and more. 2012 NZM Wallplanner included!!
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Album results for R
Shimmer
The Rough Guide To Folly
3, 2, 1, 2000
40 Miles
Act 1
After All These Years
Alabama
All Mountains Are Men
Backyard Moonshot
Baked on Beats Volume One
Bass Player
Between The River And The Railroad Tracks
Black Horses
Dancing for Architecture
Dancing With Shadows
Dirty Sax
Disciplinary Hearings
Divisionary
EP
Esters Sea / Muddy Shallows
Fifth Floor
FIGHT, SOFTLY
Friends / High Places
Fuerza Y Movimiento
Future Reference
Golden Blue
Head First
Hiatus on the Horizon
Holster
I Believe
I Will Raise A Bird Army
Jah Warrior
Like Water
Low Down Country
Married To The Blues
Mind Estate
Mixed By Import
Naked Blues
New Sun Rising
Parlour Games
Patience and Kindness
Primary
Rap Authoritar (EP)
Reality Sets In
Recent Works
Red Eye Society
Redwood
Resonator
Rest Room
Ria Hall EP
Richard Ashby Quartet
Rise
Roofdog
Royal Falcon is the Ocean
Ruined My Life
Ruptus Jack
Ryan McPhun and the Ruby Suns
Seahorse Emporium
Seven Tales of the North Wind
Something Magical
Song of Otago's Past
Songs from Down the Line
Standing In Silence
Sunrise
Tekau Ma Rua: Rua Tekau Ma Wha
Tells You To Fight
That's The Way 'Tis
The Discreet Charm of Ride On Estrada
The Homeward Stretch
The Travellers
The Walls Of The Well
The Way It Was Meant To Be
The Wicked Piano Pumpin' Pickett
Tidemarks
Tiny Blue Biosphere
Trapped Inside
Waiata of Bob Marley 2
Wayt
Werecat Lullabies
Where I Was Born
White Horses
Wiser
Yes Yes Yes
Ruptus Jack: Ruptus Jack
By Simon Sweetman
I've never seen this band live, but I have reviewed an earlier EP and I remember thinking - at that time - that they'd be an interesting live prospect. This new full-length album further confirms the opinion. Auckland-based Ruptus Jack know how to rock out - but the songs have a structure, a melody is always discernible and whilst it might all seem like big dumb fun (in the best possible way), at least there is a point to these songs. It might seem unfair to single out any one of the five members here - but kudos has to go to Jared 'Fadaladies' Hutcheson. Rock bands, in particular, can live or die by their lead singer and Hutcheson does a fine job of channeling late grunge Alice In Chains and the reinvention of Chris Cornell; but he has his own sound. Simply put: the guy is a more than decent rock singer, and that's what you need to be a more than decent rock band. He's ably backed up by Michael Macfie and Matt Vine's guitars, by Tim Lomas' dynamic drumming, and by the prod and probe of Richie Tarbitt's bass drill. Related Information
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