Ambient Light Singles Club: June 2022
Monthly Feature by Tim Gruar, Bridget Herlihy & Doug Peters. Crikey, whanau, it’s June already! Where has the year gone? We’ll be writing our Christmas lists before you know it. So, it looks like the new normal is upon us all,Continue Reading
Album Review: Billy Howerdel – What Normal Was
Billy Howerdel – What Normal Was (Alchemy Recordings / Rise Records / BMG) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Billy Howerdel’s first solo album under his own name, ‘What Normal Was’, has been a long time in the making. Perhaps best knownContinue Reading
Joan As Police Woman, Auckland NZ, 2022
Joan As Police Woman 11th June 2022 Hollywood Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Bridget Herlihy with photography by Doug Peters. With a career spanning across three decades, New Yorker Joan As Police Woman (aka Joan Wasser) really needs no introduction. TheContinue Reading
Plum Green, Wellington NZ, 2022
Plum Green 11th June 2022 Moon Bar, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Nobody can deny what a great summer it’s been. Warm radiance to wash away the fears and anxieties of the last two years. ButContinue Reading
Chelsea Wolfe, Auckland NZ, 2022
Chelsea Wolfe 10th June 2022 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Bridget Herlihy with photography by Doug Peters. It is a well-established (and legitimately researched) fact that the congregation of people to experience music can create a sense of joy, connectionContinue Reading
Wiri Donna, Wellington NZ, 2022
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
Grant Haua, Whakatu NZ, 2022
Grant Haua 10th June 2022 Whakatu Community Hall, Whakatu, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like the ever-flowing river, the Small Hall Sessions keep rolling on, spreading vitality as they go. The latest traveller to navigateContinue Reading
Dean Lewis announces New Zealand tour
TEG Van Egmond is thrilled to announce that one of Australia’s most accomplished singer/songwriters – the multiple-award-winning, multiple-Platinum-certified global superstar Dean Lewis – will embark on a New Zealand tour, taking in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch this November. His ‘SadContinue Reading
Perfume Genius, Auckland NZ, 2022
Perfume Genius 6th June 2022 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sam Te Kani. Photography by Doug Peters. Being my first proper gig in many months I had some nerves about being confined to Auckland’s Power Station with several hundredContinue Reading