Articles by Michael Edwards

Brent Cash

How Strange It Seems

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

Never one to hide his influences, Brent Cash owes a huge debt to the likes of Burt Bacharach and the Association, because it's their classi...

Arctic Monkeys

Suck It and See

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

The speed with which the Arctic Monkeys were heralded as being the saviours of British music meant two things. One: they obviously couldn't...

Kate Bush

Director's Cut

PUBLISHED May 31, 2011

Kate Bush has never been particularly worried about being conventional. During her more than 30-year career, she's created the music she wa...

The 3Ds

Early Recordings 1989-90

PUBLISHED May 30, 2011

Despite not being the best known of the Dunedin bands, the 3Ds were very influential to the likes of Pavement and Superchunk before finally...

Joseph Arthur

The Graduation Ceremony

PUBLISHED May 23, 2011

It might be a little redundant to state that Joseph Arthur makes albums that sound like Joseph Arthur, but his moody, atmospheric brand of...

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History Of Hollywood

PUBLISHED May 19, 2011

Turner Classic Movies is one of those reliable cable channels that does exactly what it says on the box: shows a bunch of old movies that c...

Damon & Naomi

False Beats and True Hearts

PUBLISHED May 18, 2011

Though Damon & Naomi may never completely emerge from the shadow of Galaxie 500, their gradual progression has found them making records th...

Gold-Bears

Are You Falling In Love?

PUBLISHED May 17, 2011

Are You Falling In Love? is the most obvious recent release by Slumberland trying to emulate the whole C86 scene and/or the Sarah Records r...