Review: Belladonna – Arcus Way
I’m late to give this album a listen, given it was released in November 2025, and doubly given how much I loved Belladonna’s two magnificent EPs, ‘Salty Dog’ from 2020 and ‘Total Eclipse of my Brain’ from 2022. Having said that, the latest video from the album was only released…
An Andrew Wilson gig without Die! Die! Die!? THE NERVE!
THE NERVE by AW, released in December, is a deceptive album. You can listen to…
Home grown legends The Datsuns are coming to Hamilton for Homegrown. Makes sense.
If you’re old enough to remember back when The Datsuns launched like a rock n’…
“There’s no revolution without a bit of party”: Dick Move’s album launch comes to Raglan this weekend
The third album from Aotearoa’s foremost socialist party punks, Dick Move, is out on Friday.…
Album review: Dreams That Feel Like Falling, by Cowboy Dan
Cowboy Dan formed in 2015, released EPs in 2017 and 2021, pressed those EPs onto a vinyl release in 2023…
Album review: Bots, by Pickle Darling
To wrap your head around Bots, start at either end. Opening track ‘Obsolete’ is a staticky, artful scene-setter. Samples, synthesisers, and…
Pickle Darling’s new album, Bots: “A lot of my life leaks into the recording”
On September 5, Pickle Darling (Ōtautahi’s Lukas Mayo) has a new album coming out. It will be their fourth in…
Chonked through The Waltoniser: A Q&A with The False Waltons
Many of us who witnessed the reassembled Watershed in Hamilton recently, fronted by Marcus MacRury,…
EP REVIEW: Dog Years, by Purple Dog
Look, I don’t know how well you know the team here at Hamilton Underground Press,…
Cowboy Dan finally have an album coming out! And heaps of other news!
Cowboy Dan, those fine jangly happy-sad rockers who have been on our favourites list for…
Rememories of Throw’s ‘All Different Things’ video, with Greg Page, Justin Harris and Kirstin Marcon
A couple of weeks ago, Failsafe Records re-released the magnificent 1995 ‘Rememory’ album by Christchurch…
Contact 89FM Reunion: Four Hours That Brought It All Back
It was officially four hours, but it felt like more. Not because it dragged—because it…
‘Synthesiser Nut’: A Q&A with Sean Lister/Arcology/DJ Arc
Many might remember Sean Lister under the name of DJ Arc from the ‘Liquid Radio’…
Daffodils: The Other Hamilton Musical
The musical ‘Hamilton’ – full title, “Hamilton: An American Musical” – covers the life of one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, and his involvement…
Movie Review: When the Cows Come Home
‘When the Cows Come Home’ was released into cinemas a couple of years ago, but I hadn’t managed to catch it until this week, with…
The eighth stop on Troy Kingi’s ten album odyssey: Californian desert rock
Today is New Album Day for Troy Kingi (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui). Leatherman and the Mojave Desert is the eighth instalment in his 10-10-10…