Family Jewels Records

11/09/2026

Record shop open this arvo 12- 4.30ish, my friends, so come through if you can. Heaps of fresh new bits, and also some tasty second hand punk/ post punk classics, a few of which are pictured below. Come and grab some and take 'em home...

10/09/2026

Pull up this arvo 3- 5pm for musical treats, my friends, and again tomorrow 12 til 4.30 or thereabouts. All manner of crucial biz has just touched down, just a handful of which is pictured below. Come grab some!

04/09/2026

Father's Day is TOMORROW, my friends. We have the perfect gifts... records, t shirts, record vouchers, CDs, all that jazz. Come through today and we'll sort you out. Open 12 til 4.30...

04/09/2026

Gareth Thomas, Lambchop and Nkolo Teles... streamable version of my RNZ music session from earlier today is right here...

Former Goodshirt singer/ songwriter Gareth Thomas has a new solo album of hooky alt-pop on the way. New music from Nashville country collective Lambchop and an 80s reissue from West African electronic funk pioneer, Nkono Teles.

03/09/2026

Father's day is this Sunday, my friends. And the best possible thing you can get for any father figures in your life for Father's Day is a Family Jewels Record Voucher. Music feeds your emotional life, right? It's a sort of spiritual medicine, a pain-killer, a cheap but effective thrill generator. Dads need tunes, and we can help. Come into the shop this arvo (3- 5pm) or Saturday 12- 4.30ish and we'll sort you out

03/09/2026

I'll be on RNZ National today, my friends, just after the 11am news. Brace yourselves for ace tunes from former Goodshirt hombre Gareth Thomas, Nashville country collective Lambchop and West African electronic funk pioneer Nkono Teles. Tune in/ tell yr mates!

28/08/2026

Perfect Father's Day gift? An unbearably stylish Family Jewels T shirt. Also... records, record vouchers and all that jazz. Open today 12 til 4.30ish. We'll sort you out.

27/08/2026

Record store open this arvo, my friends, with all sort of delightful fresh bits, both new and sec hand. The new Phoebe Bridgers album finally rolled in, alongside new Mogwai, Gravest Gravy by the Cramps (only one copy left!), killer MAW/ Kerry Chandler mixes of Fela Kuti, restocks of Bill Callahan classics, on and on it goes. Also, two whole crates of fresh and unusual second hand bits. Open for a few hours 3 til 5pm this arvo, then 12 til 4.30ish Saturday...

27/08/2026

Streamable version of my recent bFM interview for AUDIOCULTURE on Aotearoa's early funk heritage is right here:

On this week's edition of Audio Culture, writer Grant Smithies joins Big J to talk about the history of funk in Aotearoa! Thanks to AudioCulture!

25/08/2026

Yep.

Fixed it.