Nick Bollinger discusses a dark but hopeful third album from Wellington's Eb and Sparrow; the blood-and-gutsy songs of 20-year-old Sophie Allison, otherwise known as Soccer Mommy; the life-and-death concerns of Zola Jesus, and a few family favourites - as you've never heard them before - from Johnny Dowd.
Ebony Lamb of Eb and Sparrow Photo: supplied
