BIANCA BAILEY of WIRI DONNA: Being Alone Together An interview by Tim Gruar. Eyegum Music Collective is back with GREAT SOUNDS GREAT 2023, a one-day multi-venue festival on Saturday 18 November 2023 in Pōneke’s Cuba Street precinct. Spanning across sevenContinue Reading
Deafheaven 6th June 2022 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand Review by Rene Black, photography by Garry Thomas. On a cold Tuesday night in Wellington it was warming not only physically but spiritually to enter San Fran to a full and eagerContinue Reading
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 17th February 2023 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Photography by Garry Thomas. Here at Ambient Light we don’t have a lot of rules when it comes to who we cover – basically as longContinue Reading
Immolated Vol. 3 30th September 2022 Valhalla, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Photographer Garry Thomas throws himself a birthday party every couple of years and he calls it ‘Immolated’ (meaning kill or offer as a sacrifice,Continue Reading
Bret McKenzie 8th September 2022 The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Kath Read, photography by Garry Thomas. There definitely felt like something in the air last night as Bret McKenzie took the stage at the Wellington Opera HouseContinue Reading
Midnight Oil 6th September 2022 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Garry Thomas. Of all the numerous reviews I’ve written, this would have to be the most bittersweet. Midnight Oil brought just as muchContinue Reading
Monthly Feature by Tim Gruar. It’s been a turbulent time over the last two or three weeks. No one can ignore the crazy weather flowing over the motu. Or the crazy news coming in from America. The over turning ofContinue Reading
Wiri Donna 10th June 2022 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Tim Gruar, photography by Garry Thomas. Wiri Donna (a.k.a Bianca Bailey) has been popping up on stages around the motu for a couple of years now. She beganContinue Reading
Benee + The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 30th July 2021 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Feature photograph kindly supplied by Garry Thomas/Muzic.net.nz. Is the occasion of playing your material accompanied by the National Orchestra aContinue Reading