Pixies, Wellington NZ, 2022
Pixies 14th December 2022 The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand Review by Tim Gruar with photography by Bruce Mackay. They are back! After lockdowns, re-schedules and resets, to complete unfinished business Downunder playing their debut releases – the electrifying 1987 EPContinue Reading
Great Sounds Great, Wellington NZ, 2022
Great Sounds Great 10th December 2022 Cuba Street Precinct, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Auckland has The Others Way and other cool indie smallfests and have done for some time. We, down here in Pōneke, haveContinue Reading
Deep Fried Funk, Napier NZ, 2022
Deep Fried Funk 9th November 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald. Feature photograph by Kevin Bridle. Soul is a double edged sword, one side is sex, the other revolution. – Jimmy Rabbitte, the Commitments How much moreContinue Reading
The Grogans to pinch off a few shows in NZ
Following a huge year of touring through 2022, The Grogans are jumping straight back into another packed year – announcing their 27-date AUS/NZ tour in support of their latest album ‘Which Way Is Out’. Including seven stops throughout Aotearoa, theContinue Reading
TE KAAHU & Arahi, Whakatu NZ, 2022
TE KAAHU & Arahi 7th December 2022 Whakatu Community Hall, Whakatu, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. In 2022’s penultimate iteration of the Small Hall Sessions, the artists performing are a double bill of local-legend-in-the-making Arahi,Continue Reading
Khruangbin & Kamasi Washington, Auckland NZ, 2022
Khruangbin & Kamasi Washington 6th December 2022 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Henry Appleyard. Photography by Jackie Lee Young. Words are going to struggle here. High rising trio Khruangbin performed the last show of their ‘First Class WorldContinue Reading
2CΞLLOS, Auckland NZ, 2022
2CΞLLOS 4th December 2022 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Fleming. Photography by Doug Peters. There is often something rather melancholic about a Sunday evening, for most the last night of the weekend, the troubles and woes ofContinue Reading
Air Supply, Auckland NZ, 2022
Air Supply 4th December 2022 The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. After much too long a wait, Air Supply have returned to New Zealand to perform all-time classics including ‘Love and Other Bruises’, ‘All Out OfContinue Reading
Billy Joel, Auckland NZ, 2022
Billy Joel 3rd December 2022 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Bridget Herlihy. Photography by Tom Grut. It can be a surreal and magical experience watching an artist that has played an integral part in the soundtrack of yourContinue Reading