New albums reviewed: Rock and Roll misfits Jazmine Mary and Ratso
By Jazmine Mary
Anyone expecting something like Joan Jett or Suzi Quatro from Auckland's Jazmine Mary on the basis of the louche, rebel-gal album cover here hasn't been paying attention.
Jazmine Mary is the noir-folk vehicle for Australian-born Jazmine Phillips, (they/them) whose downbeat The picked up Best Independent Debut at the 2022 Taite Prize and their follow-up DOG appeared in many best-of lists in 2023.
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