Headline Access Workshops and Discussions announced
Headline Access is a competition for upcoming musicians and content creators, with the chance to participate in a series of intimate workshops and discussions with Baltimore punk outfit Turnstile and UK Grammy Awards-nominated rapper Slowthai as well as the NZContinue Reading
Remi Wolf, Wellington NZ, 2023
Remi Wolf 11th January 2023 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand Photography by Maeve O’Connell. With a reputation as a fierce live performer, Remi Wolf has sold out many rooms around the world and garnered praise from fans and critics alike.Continue Reading
Snoop Dogg to perform two NZ shows this March
Finally, the wait is over and Californian Hip Hop icon Snoop Dogg will be heading to our shores in less than eight weeks! Snoop Dogg, who hasn’t performed in New Zealand under that name since 2008 (we did get aContinue Reading
Arch Enemy to perform in NZ next month
ARCH ENEMY are bigger and better than ever. Delivering a maelstrom of diamond-hard riffing wrapped around cinematic melodies, thunderous drumming and towering vocals, ARCH ENEMY are unstoppable and sound incredibly energized and they are headed back to New Zealand inContinue Reading
Rina Sawayama, Auckland NZ, 2023
Rina Sawayama 9th January 2023 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand Photography by Doug Peters. Rina Sawayama (リナ・サワヤマ) is a Japanese–British genre-bending singer-songwriter, actress and model. In 2017, she self-released her debut e.p. ‘Rina’. After signing to Dirty Hit in 2020, sheContinue Reading
Juicy Fest, Auckland NZ, 2023
Juicy Fest 8th January 2023 Due Drop Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Kate Taylor. Photography by Doug Peters. Ambitious new touring music carnival Juicy Fest, arrived in Tāmaki Makaurau last night, on the last sweltering summer holiday chanceContinue Reading
The Year in Photos 2022
It’s that time of the year where many in the music media industry around the world are taking a misty-eyed look back on the year and reminiscing on the highs (and sometimes lows) of what was by many accounts aContinue Reading
EMPEROR to perform special one-off NZ show
Soundworks Direct and Valhalla Touring are today proud to announce Black Metal royalty EMPEROR will be performing a special one-off New Zealand show next May, with a set list comprised mostly of tracks from their debut studio album ‘In TheContinue Reading
Nie!, Napier NZ, 2022
Nie! 15th November 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald. Photography by Ricky Dunphy. One only need open a newspaper, or one’s bank statement for that matter, to know that times are hard. There is an inescapableContinue Reading