David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights – Left By Soft
Relentless. That’s a word that springs to mind when it comes to David Kilgour and his penchant for making amazing albums. This is his first with The Heavy Eights in about four years;…
Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
I have a very distinct and vivid childhood memory of my mum lying in a field with her new boyfriend on a summers afternoon reading out loud to each-other a book about astral…
Luger Boa – New Hot Nights
Lugar Boa’s new album is evidence of two hypotheses; rock and roll is not dead and rock and roll is not about going back to basics. Loosely based around a night out along…
Jimmy Christmas from Luger Boa
Cheese on Toast met up with Luger Boa front-man Jimmy Christmas in a back alley behind K Rd last week to chat about their brand new album New Hot Nights – which is…
Rest in Peace Poly Styrene
Poly Styrene (Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) who was best known for her vocal performances with X-Ray Spex has passed away, aged 53 from cancer. She was raised by her mother alone; her father a…
TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
You can’t see light, it’s invisible. On Earth the most common source of light is, of course, the sun. And light-bulbs probably. But they’re kinda a lot less impressive than the total frequency…
Smith Westerns – Dye It Blonde
Chicago’s Smith Westerns make sweet smelling jangle-pop. Yep it smells. Really good. Dye It Blonde is their second album and it’s brim full of freshly mowed grass, rain showers on warm concrete and…
TV on the Radio’s Gerard Smith passes away
TV on the Radio’s bassist Gerard Smith passed away yesterday morning, 20 April, from lung cancer, Gerard was 34 years old. The band announced the sad news on their website and the cancellation…
Offspring – TV Series
Last night I thought I’d watch an episode or two of Australian comedy-drama Offspring on DVD (released by Madman) – it seemed light hearted enough for some casual “facebook-on-laptop-half-watching-tv” time. By half way…
The Kills – Blood Pressures
There has been a long, long obsession with the sinister, dangerous and elusive serpent. Mankind has, throughout history, wanted to charm and tame snakes; to dance the dangerous dance with these alien-like beings…
The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines
Opening track and early single Wrecking Bar (Ra Ra Ra) is one of those songs that’s kinda fun to hear on an indie-club dance floor. It’s a bit like I Bet You Look…
Review : The Gladyes – Shadows Explode
Auckland duo The Gladeyes are back with their follow up to their absolutely gorgeous Psychosis of Love with more of the same luscious lo fi warmth with one of the most perfectly descriptive…
LCMDF (Le Corp Mince de Françoise) – Love & Nature – review
What happens in Finland? Exactly… you’re hard pushed to answer that aren’t you. Is Scandinavia conveniently grouped together as a region so the rest of the world doesn’t have to remember which bits…
The Everson EP, reviewed
The Eversons are a four-piece from Wellington fronted by former one-half of Little Pictures, Mark Turner, who has traded in the electro-pop for a return to a more traditional guitar-pop format – drawing…
Interview with Scratch 22
Yesterday, Cheese on Toast met up with Scratch 22 in Kingsland to chat about the release of his album, Distance From View – which is due out next week on Round Trip Mars…
Interview with Shayne Carter
Yesterday, Cheese on Toast met up with Shayne Carter at a cafe in Sandringham to chat about the forthcoming back catalogue shows he has planned. Watch the interview with Shayne here… Last Train…
Interview with Eli “Paperboy” Reed
Cheese on Toast spoke to Eli “Paperboy” Reed last week on the phone. I think I annoyed him when I asked why “Paperboy” but eventually we got back on track, kind of… Listen…
Glasvegas – Euphoric /// Heartbreak \
Glasvegas are back with an album bigger and more amazingly bombastic than their debut; which, frankly is no mean feat. It’s the audiophile equivalent to going into space with a giant telescope-slash-amplifier and…
Ghost Wave EP review
Ghost Wave have been busy solidifying and refining their sound in, what they called, the “Ghost Cave” in Sandringham and getting signed to Arch Hill records to release their debut EP. Opening with…
City Oh Sigh – Like A Light EP, reviewed.
Like a Light is wrong. But, let’s be honest, “Like a Gorgeous, Lush, Warm But Dewy Garden With Beautiful Bird Song Chirping Lightly in Natural Rhythm With the Sound of a Babbling Brook…
Glasvegas Interview
A wee while ago I got to chat with Rab Allan on the telephone, interupting his viewing of QI on TV, to talk about the recording of their brand new album EUPHORIC ///…
REVIEW : Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years
Cold Cave’s 2099 debut Love Comes Close was, to my ears, at bit Joy Division-lite. If I was feeling uncharitable I would have said it sounded a but like Some Girls guy and…
REVIEW : Eli “Paperboy” Reed – Come and Get It
There is something problematic with modern blue-eyed soul; I can’t quite put my finger on what it is – but I wonder if much of it comes from a faux sense of purity…
REVIEW – Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs
Hercules and Love Affair return with a sophomore album – and I need to make some full disclosures before I go any further. I love and loved soulful house music from the late…
Interview with Joseph Mount of Metronomy
Cheese on Toast spoke with Joseph Mount the other day on the phone. He was in Paris at the time and I was in Auckland, as he helpfully pointed out. We reminisced about…
