Eight Songs For A Mad King, Auckland NZ, 2020
NZ Opera Presents: Eight Songs For A Mad King 11th – 19th March 2020 Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Jeff McEwan. At a board room table, the gloss coating its dark wood glintingContinue Reading
Let Me Tell You A Story About Truth: An Amanda Palmer Interview
AMANDA PALMER: Let Me Tell You A Story About Truth. An interview by Sarah Kidd. As one half of The Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer has always stood out, her performances and talent for lyricism drawing fans like moths to aContinue Reading
Machine Head to perform epic Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary show in NZ
Bay Area metal titans, MACHINE HEAD, will return to New Zealand in 2020. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album, the epic modern metal classic, Burn My Eyes, Machine Head will perform two sets in a mighty three-hour metalContinue Reading
Ari Lennox, Auckland NZ, 2020
Ari Lennox 10th March 2020 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Warren Paea. The talent pouring out of Dreamville Records chalice seems eternally endless as the labels first lady Ari Lennox from Washington D.C graced our shores with one ofContinue Reading
Norma Jean announce NZ concerts
Buckle up Kiwis, US metalcore mainstays Norma Jean are bringing the heaviness to New Zealand shores this May for their long awaited return off the back of their highly reviewed album ‘All Hail’. Valhalla Touring Presents: NORMA JEAN All HailContinue Reading
One Ripped Jesus & Roast Potatoes: The Darkness Interview
DAN HAWKINS of THE DARKNESS: One Ripped Jesus & Roast Potatoes. An interview by Sarah Kidd. Seventeen years have passed since the release of their debut album Permission to Land that saw The Darkness spring forth as the personification ofContinue Reading
Australasian WorldTurbojugendDays, Melbourne Aus, 2020
Australasian WorldTurbojugendDays 2020 5th-8th March 2020 Melbourne, Australia. Review by Janne Vee. Photography by Matt Gleeson. In late summer 2003 Turbojugend St Pauli organised the first WorldTurboJugendDays in Hamburg, Germany. It was the first global meeting of a fan clubContinue Reading
A Day On The Green, Auckland NZ, 2020
A Day On The Green Featuring A-ha & Rick Astley 7th March 2020 Villa Maria Estate, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Matt Henry Mendonca. The cool kiss of autumn had been bestowed upon Auckland’s head yesterday,Continue Reading
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Auckland NZ, 2020
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats 6th March 2020 Whammy! Bar, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Henry Appleyard. Photography by Doug Peters. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats are mind twisters. They ripped through Whammy! Bar’s ears last night with their uniqueContinue Reading