Mr Bruce 13th February 2024 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. It was 2019 when UK jazz-electro duo, The Correspondents, re-detonated our stages, blowing up crowds at Auckland’s Splore Festival and Morning Festival (at WhammyContinue Reading
AMANDA PALMER: Surviving Aotearoa An interview by Tim Gruar with live photography by Doug Peters. Amanda Palmer has just released her brand-new five-song e.p. called ‘New Zealand Survival Songs’, featuring material she wrote and recorded during a two year stintContinue Reading
Mermaidens 9th December 2023 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Now split between Pōneke and Tāmaki Makaurau indie three-piece Mermaidens have been bouncing around the motu in support of their fourth, self-titled album. Tonight wasContinue Reading
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
Great Sounds Great 18th November 2023 Cuba Street Precinct, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. For the second year running Eyegum Collective brings us the coolest lil’ festival in the Coolest Little Capital. The lineup was aContinue Reading
Mermaidens – Mermaidens (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Long-term friends and creative audio-visual boundary pushers, Pōneke/Tāmaki Manukau based three-piece Mermaidens – Gussie Larkin (vocals, guitar), Lily West (vocals, bass) and Abe Hollingsworth (drums) – are back with their fourth album.Continue Reading
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
Dick Move – Wet (1:12 Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Auckland’s Dick Move release their second album, three years after their debut ‘Chop’, an album of full-on party/rage against the system, landlords and corporate filth. Songs on ‘Wet’ explode outContinue Reading
Wellington Jazz Festival 25th – 29th October 2023 Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Photography by Nick George. Come post-election and the Capital was ready to have a proper party. With government-elect in radio silence while they ‘negotiate’ theContinue Reading