Album Review: Betsy And The Reckless – Salty
Betsy And The Reckless – Salty (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Betsy and the Reckless (Maki Phillips, Justin Rangi, Riley Smith) are a Taranaki Based four piece who make gutsy, gnarly RnB with Kiwi roots. As a live band, audiencesContinue Reading
Kraftwerk, Auckland NZ, 2023
Kraftwerk 1st December 2023 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Bridget Herlihy with photography by Doug Peters. Kraftwerk and the terms such as ‘pioneers’ and ‘innovators’ have become synonymous over the last fifty years, with no doubt whatsoever that theirContinue Reading
Keeping Your Individuality: A hanbee Interview
JEONG HANBEE of HANBEE: Keeping Your Individuality An interview by Georgette Singer. Jeong Hanbee sits aside a big bay window, with lush greenery and the beautiful countryside of Korea behind her. The quiet and calm musician, far from our ownContinue Reading
Limp Bizkit, Auckland NZ, 2023
Limp Bizkit 26th November 2023 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. So when it was announced that Limp Bizkit would be performing a headliner show at Spark ArenaContinue Reading
C.R. Avery & The Storm Collective, Hastings NZ, 2023
C.R. Avery & The Storm Collective 25th November 2023 Common Room, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Some say lightning doesn’t strike twice. But they don’t know fuck all, because tonight, for the second timeContinue Reading
Behemoth, Auckland NZ, 2023
Behemoth 24th November 2023 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. There can only be one thing sweeter than an international metal gig, and that is one that is held on a Friday night. ForContinue Reading
Troy Kingi, Auckland NZ, 2023
Troy Kingi & The Room Service 23rd November 2023 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Photography by Jennifer de Koning. Troy Kingi is now at album number seven of his (in)famous 10 10 10 project (Ten albums, Ten different genres over tenContinue Reading
Joji, Auckland NZ, 2023
Joji 22nd November 2023 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. Whether it be Filthy Frank, Pink Guy or Joji, George Kusunoki Miller has certainly been a few different personas in his lifetime. EachContinue Reading
Post Malone, Auckland NZ, 2023
Post Malone 21st November 2023 The Outer Fields, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Charlotte Lightbody, photography by David Watson. The Western Springs’ Outerfields bore witness to a pulsating party of beats and melodies as Post Malone, with his signature easy, self-unseriousContinue Reading