Family Jewels Records

29/05/2026

New Soul Jazz gem out today. Record store open 12 til 4.30pm so come and scoop up a copy...

28/05/2026

Hey there, comrades. Record store open this arvo as usual for a short window 3- 5pm, then again Saturday 12 til 4.30 or so. All manner of fresh arrivals, including the spanking new Rebel Island Soul set on SOUL JAZZ and their KILLER reissues of the first three mind-melting psych/ krautrock/ acid-funk Brown Spirits LPs, crucial new funk 45 from Delvon Lamarr's organ trio, marvelous new Aldous Harding LP, restock of the Nubiyan Twist album and on and on it goes. Heaps of fresh second hand bits as well. Come in and say gidday and take some home...

28/05/2026

I'll be blathering music on RNZ National Nine To Noon today, my friends, just after the 11am news. We'll check out an ace new comp by UK DJ Luke Una, new music from The Wellington Sea Shanty Society and a reissued soul-jazz gem by Wellington’s Jonathan Crayford and Riki Gooch. Tune in! Tell yr mates!

22/05/2026

Yes, mate! It's that time of the week. Record store open today 12 til 4.30ish, with incoming gems galore. If you missed the mighty Little Annie 2LP on On-U Sound when it came out on Record Store Day, we've handed a few more copies of that, too, if yr quick...

21/05/2026

Thoughtful and informative 9/10 review of new Aldous LP here on Pitchfork:

Read Jayson Greene’s review of the album.

21/05/2026

I am knocked out/ fu**ed up/ surprised/ delighted by this new Aldous Harding record. Her best yet, and just landed on vinyl at our wee record shack. Open this arvo 3-5pm and Saturday 12- 4.30ish. Come get. Deep thinking and pleasure awaits.

21/05/2026

Very pleased to have a new short story in the latest edition of Landfall Tauraka, which arrived in my mailbox today. It’s called Baby Monster, a story about writing stories, and I love that it has found its place among fine work from a couple of dozen other writers. Go and grab a copy from any decent bookstore, or better still- subscribe!

15/05/2026

DJ B-Lo and I are back on the tools tonight at Red16 for our last Expansions night of the year. Free entry, good company, fine drinks, dusty vinyl treats from across the genres. Come down for a shimmy, a head-nod, a bit of sociable warmth and noise. Be lovely to see you...

15/05/2026

Righto, you lot. Let's be having you! Record store open today 12 noon til 4.30ish, so come down and grab a few musical gems. Crates are bulging with new bits, a few of which are pictured below, but also a coupla crates of sec hand bits going out today, and I just chucked a bunch more prime NEW LPs into the $20 Off crates. Be lovely to see you...

15/05/2026

The Clean, Arthur Ahbez and GBM Nutron: streamable version of my RNZ music session from earlier today is right here...

There's a lot of well-deserved love for pioneering Dunedin band The Clean at the moment due to the recent release of the book "The Clean: In The Dreamtime You Need A Rubber Soul" by Richard Langston. We'll hear a couple of key songs from the band today, followed by some bracing Waikato psychedelia f...