Issue 7
REVIEWIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Evidence of her being raised in a folk scene rings out in Charlette Hannah’s voice. It’s a mixture of haunting tunes featuring glockenspiel, bodhran, cello and piano- effortlessly gliding from lov... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Who’d have thought a Hamilton country-folk muso would be retrospectively recognized as making a psych-folk masterpiece? Chris Thompson learnt his chops from Dave Calder of the Hamilton County Blu... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
The Flight of the Conchords craze has certainly been around for a while since the TV series hit, but for good reason. This album is a great collection of the older live songs and some of the more memo... READ MORE →
REVIEWIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
This nominal true story has resulted in much controversy and more than one law suit. Whatever liberties have been taken with the life and criminal times of Frank Lucas the result is easily the best g... READ MORE →
SPOTLIGHTIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Cause for Alliance spent the first nine months of their existence writing, rehearsing and developing a sound and an identity that is more fully-fledged than most bands display in their early years. At... READ MORE →
SPOTLIGHTIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Hardworking duo Alex Ellis and Phil Ormsby from Flaxworks Theatre are back on the road again in 2008, this time touring New Zealand with their second production Murder by Chocolate. Performing in 16 d... READ MORE →
INTERVIEWIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Stalwarts of the local indie scene, The Shrugs seem to have finally settled on a cemented line up in releasing their fourth and possibly finest album 'How To Knit a Pony' this Saturday, 24th May at Ye... READ MORE →
SPOTLIGHTIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Hamilton barely measures a sonic blip on the radar when it comes to the official self-congratulatory festivities of New Zealand Music Month. But since 2005, local musicians and their supporters have ... READ MORE →
ARTICLEIssue 7 May 19 - June 1 2008
Last week we introduced our new Mammoth Top 8 chart online which is a user-voted chart of your favourite songs. The votes are collected at mammothguide.co.nz/top8 and you can listen to the radio show ... READ MORE →
May 19 - June 1 2008
This issue features the 4th Annual Circle Jerk covered in all its self-congratulatory honour, an interview with Geoff Doube from local band The Shrugs about their new album and jew ‘fros. Also inside are spotlights on metal band Cause for Alliance and theatre production Murder By Chocolate. We have reviews of American Gangster and Flight of the Conchords as well as two Community Radio featured album reviews.
