Music Review

Nick Bollinger talks to Joshua Tillman - the artist better known as Father John Misty - about comedy, tragedy and the human condition. Audio

Grant Smithies gets an earful of Otago "gothtronica" care of Dunedin trio Elan Vital, dusts off a key tune from Jamaican rasta ambassador Johnny Clark and sings the praises of NZ post punk act, The… Audio

Tony Stamp lends an ear to the U.K. electronic producer who masquerades as Blanck Mass. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews an album by the reformed Grandaddy which picks up in the same desolate place they left off. Audio

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger decodes the Latin quote behind Laura Marling's new album Semper Femina. Audio

The moody, bleak images enhance the sonic retro palette of this song : Reverby tunes, the washed-out backing vocals and hand claps hark back to late-60s Memphis, and yet the bass and guitar grooves… Video

Nick Bollinger reviews new albums by eclectic Hispanic-Angeleno quartet Chicano Batman. Audio

Nick Bollinger checks the new album by Tennessee blues woman Valerie June. Audio

Elliott Childs lends an ear to the latest set from alt-country originators Son Volt. Audio

In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger reviews new albums by eclectic Hispanic-Angeleno quartet Chicano Batman, and Tennessee blues woman Valerie June, while Elliott Childs lends an ear to the latest… Audio