Night Wolf, collaborating with The Fods have dropped "Kickback", and it is a masterclass in holding two wildly opposing truths in your hands at once. The transatlantic indie punk collective Neil "Birch" Birchall, Alan Winn providing backing, Chris "EZ" Ranson, Paul "Ol" Collins, and Rob Critchley drastically shifts away from their usual territory. By teaming with UK-based producer Night Wolf, whose cinematic sound design...

Ghosting rarely gets the courtesy of a final scene. Steph Casey gives it one anyway, filling it with overdriven guitar, drums, split-octave vocals and a chorus ready to answer back. “10,000 Hail Marys” is a grunge-pop and punk-pop single about the guilt left behind when a relationship ends in disappearance. Casey makes the unanswered message move at full speed, turning frustration into release. The Kapiti Coast singer-songwriter...