Pennywise, Auckland NZ, 2020
Pennywise 4th February 2020 The Studio, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Isaac Fleming. Photography by Ginelle Cocks. Straight Ahead was not the first album by Pennywise, in fact they had already released four albums before it. But last year itContinue Reading
Faith No More announce Australasian arena tour
Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce one of music’s most influential and commanding bands, Californian five-piece Faith No More will tour Australia and New Zealand in May 2020, performing seven arena shows – one show only in each city – in theirContinue Reading
DIIV to perform in NZ as part of Strange Universe
Banished Music and Strange News, in unison with 95bFM and www.undertheradar.co.nz are ecstatic to unleash into the cosmos STRANGE UNIVERSE, a brand new concert series of galactic proportions, kicking off with a double-header of Brooklyn’s shoegaze superstars DIIV, and theContinue Reading
Elton John kicks off NZ tour tonight, new tickets available
New Zealand gears up to welcome Sir Elton John, who kicks off the first of six Farewell Yellow Brick Road concerts at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight, Tuesday 4th February. For the next two weeks, Elton John fever will sweepContinue Reading
The Canary In The Mine Shaft: An MC50 Interview
WAYNE KRAMER of MC50: The Canary In The Mine Shaft An interview by Sarah Kidd. Wayne Kramer has never been a man to hold anything back, his influence being one of the main reasons that the MC5 have had suchContinue Reading
Return To The Fold: A Corrosion Of Conformity Interview
WOODROE ‘WOODY’ WEATHERMAN of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Return To The Fold An interview by Sarah Kidd. Despite multitudes of line-up changes over the years, the core of who and what Corrosion of Conformity is as a band has never faded,Continue Reading
WOMAD 2020 Interviews: The Blind Boys Of Alabama
ERIC ‘RICKY’ MCKINNIE of THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: WOMAD 2020 Interviews An interview by Tim Gruar. It sounds like the plot to a great movie – all be it a long one. A singing group of four blind, African-AmericanContinue Reading
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Auckland NZ, 2020
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 27th January 2020 Albert Park, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. With Christmas trees long since been packed away and New Year’s celebrations now nothing but a distant memory, Auckland AnniversaryContinue Reading
Those All Important Roots: An Omar Apollo Interview
OMAR APOLLO: Those All Important Roots An interview by Sarah Kidd. Armed with little more than a guitar and a laptop, Omar Apollo wrote a tune called ‘Ugotme’, an R&B composition that came from the heart and spoke to allContinue Reading