2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (161+ words) Plant patterns at Kew Gardens, London Graham Reid "|" May 16, 2026 "|" There is the 3. 34 version of this piece on the Irish band Kneecap's current album Febnian. But let's be honest, it's pretty hard for most to understand because it has sections in…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (936+ words) In the pop museum in Oslo Any innocent citizen with just a passing interest in Bob Dylan, but curious about who this fellow is, might accidentally head to the pages of the excellent'expectingrain. com'website where there's a list of books…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (333+ words) The Beatles, if you didn't have enough already Late last year we wrote about High Tide, the debut album by Whanganui's BB and the Bullets (Brian Baker and band). We were impressed (an album which announces a band from the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (576+ words) Parnell Rose Garden, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Recently while re-reading Bob Dylan's 2022 book The Philosophy of Modern Song, we came across a passage which chimed with what we have been mentioning for quite a while. Albums which are basically therapy:…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (321+ words) Wall of railway station, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand With this, her third album for Flying Nun, we reflect on Vera Ellen whose first album for the Nunnery It's Your Birthday (2021) was in our best of the year list, her…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (796+ words) The ticket prices may have been high but you could see where the money went when the elaborate backdrops and screens came into play. It was a wonderfully presented show. It was something considerably more than that, it was that…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (218+ words) Indian elephant, near Goa Graham Reid "|" May 12, 2026 "|" We admit we had not been aware of the Melbourne-based electro-pop artist until we accidentally stumbled on her dreamy and somewhat weightless single Under the Covers which appears on this new album. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (325+ words) Secondhand ties in a shop in Melbourne, Australia The albums in the Rough Guide series can offer world music as a kind of portal into a very different culture and consciousness. And even when world music artists take on tunes…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (327+ words) Painting by Moroccan artist Ahmed Louardiri (1928-74), detail From time to time Elsewhere will single out a recent release we recommend on vinyl, like this one which comes with an insert sheet of lyrics and album credits. Check out Elsewhere's other'Recommended…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (129+ words) Storm cloud in the Southern Highlands near Sydney, Australia Previously we've looked at movie posters for'rock'n'roll, crime, horror, motorcycle outlaw, tripped-out hippie, oddball country and rockabilly, hot rod rebels'and bad girls who murder, cause mayhem and seduce men. They usually…...