the clean Archive
03 Nov 2026
Book Review: The Clean: In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
When most rock fans think of music from New Zealand, the first names to come up are Split Enz and Crowded House. But beyond those two, rock from the other […]
23 Sep 2014
Festival Review: Transfigurations II, Part 2
Continued from Part One… I’ve long been a fan of what is sometimes labeled “kiwi pop,” the jangly guitar-based music – mostly made by a very interconnected community of musicians […]
27 Aug 2014
Festival Preview: Transfigurations II
Two thousand and four would not be most people’s idea of the perfect year to open an independent record store. Even without the benefit of hindsight – the economic meltdown […]