Phrantic & Phreaky! Phrugging phantastic! Phanciful phuzzzzz rockers (how much more alliteration do you want??) PHUCK!!! … Our fave San Diego trio, the Schizophonics return to Aotearoa for the third time this March (previous times being 2019, and 2020)!Continue Reading
The Schizophonics 4th March 2020 Neck Of The Woods, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Ali Nicholls. Photography by Connor Crawford. Just shy of a year since their last roady touring Aotearoa, raucous San Diego-based duo The Schizophonics returned with aContinue Reading
Stereolab 2nd March 2020 Hollywood Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Ali Nicholls. Photography by Connor Crawford. Stereolab have never been a band for labels. Authors, promoters, and musicians alike have all tried to accurately pinpoint the signature Stereolab sound,Continue Reading
Drab Majesty 27th February 2020 Whammy! Bar, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Ali Nicholls. Photography by Connor Crawford. Through the drifting smog of Nag Champa and the thick humidity of a hundred or so goths huddled underground on a hotContinue Reading
Cattle Decapitation 26th February 2020 Whammy! Bar, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Connor Crawford. “Let’s hope it doesn’t take another twenty years to come back!” These were the very last words that Travis Ryan growled asContinue Reading
Obituary 22nd January 2020 The Studio, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Kate Taylor. Photography by Connor Crawford. Feature Artwork by Leon Taylor. Gather round ye metal fans of old, or is that old metal fans? Summer seems to be theContinue Reading
The Sound 17th January 2020 Neck of The World, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Ali Nicholls. Photography by Connor Crawford. Pioneers of the post-punk era The Sound have long been regarded as one of the most influential and under-celebrated bandsContinue Reading
Mac Demarco 8th January 2020 The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Ali Nicholls. Photography by Connor Crawford. Bedroom indie-rock icon and hero of lazy Saturday afternoons Mac Demarco invites Auckland to celebrate life, love, and good times atContinue Reading
Nils Frahm 22nd November 2019 The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Ali Nicholls. Photography by Connor Crawford. After two years of back to back touring, it is almost expected for a musician to have fine-tuned the craft ofContinue Reading