Pixies 14th December 2022 The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand Review by Tim Gruar with photography by Bruce Mackay. They are back! After lockdowns, re-schedules and resets, to complete unfinished business Downunder playing their debut releases – the electrifying 1987 EPContinue Reading
The Sisters of Mercy 26th October 2022 The Hunter Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand Review by Tim Gruar with photography by Bruce Mackay & Tim Gruar. With a strange and intrepid feeling of Déjà vu that I walked up the hill to theContinue Reading
The Darkness 21st October 2022 The Hunter Lounge, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Scott Weaver. Photography by Bruce Mackay. The Darkness are back. Not that they really ever went away last playing this very venue back in 2017. They’ve knockedContinue Reading
Pop Will Eat Itself 13th September 2022 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Tim Gruar. Photography by Bruce Mackay. England’s finest genre-blenders Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI aka Poppies aka 80’s grebos) have returned. The last time I saw them IContinue Reading
GWAR 18th August 2022 Tufnel Park Dome, London, England Photography by Bruce Mackay. GWAR is an American heavy metal band composed of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc.Continue Reading
Come Together: The Rolling Stones Tribute Concert 20th January 2021 The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Scott Weaver, photography by Bruce Mackay. The Rolling Stones have secured their place in history as one of the greatest, if notContinue Reading
From The Pit – an Exhibition of New Zealand Music Photography 24th May 2021 Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Hilaire Carmody. Opening Night photography by Bruce Mackay & Jecht Taylor. Every week, venue spaces across New Zealand are floodedContinue Reading
The live electronic five-piece party-starters SHAPESHIFTER have today announced their new LP RITUALS release tour for Aotearoa! Following up on headlining tours of Aotearoa, and a summer of sold-out festivals, the future-shocked soul outfit are set to perform new materialContinue Reading
Shapeshifter 21st November 2020 TSB Arena, Wellington, New Zealand. Photography by Bruce Mackay. New Zealand music is having the time of its life this year, despite a couple of pesky lockdowns that have caused a few dates to be rescheduled.Continue Reading