Flying Nun 40th Anniversary 24th July 2021 Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sam Duquemin. Photography by Doug Peters. Crowds descend on the Auckland Town Hall, escaping the cool night air, to celebrate forty years of Flying NunContinue Reading
Pickle Darling 24th July 2021 Spaceship, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Richmond Palleson. Touring their most recent album “Cosmonaut”, Otautahi’s Pickle Darling brought the magic to the appropriately named Spaceship in Hastings, charming a select audienceContinue Reading
GARY KEMP: Writing For Me An interview by Bridget Herlihy. Gary Kemp is a man of many talents. He became a household name in the 1980s as a member of one of the most successful bands of the New Wave/NewContinue Reading
Garbage – No Gods, No Masters (Liberator Music) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. On this new release, Garbage have returned to the gloom, amping up the dramatics and tapping into post-Trumpian, Covid calamity. Where ‘Strange Little Birds’ was a more personalContinue Reading
TUAWAHINE 2nd July 2021 The Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Courtney Tabener. Photography by Doug Peters. It was a typical winters evening; the temperature had dropped and everyone was wrapped up and huddling together, keeping warm. Until youContinue Reading
Danica Bryant 24th June 2021 The Common Room, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, Photography by Andrew Caldwell. In celebration of the release of her new single “Heart Eyes”, local songstress Danica Bryant took to the Common Room stageContinue Reading
KITA – KITA (Independent) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. It isn’t often that this reviewer clearly recalls when and where they first heard a particular artist. KITA, however, is one of those all too rare instances; a moment during lockdown inContinue Reading
The Chills & The Bats 14th May 2021 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Alexis Brook. Photography by Doug Peters. The signature sound of the independently labelled New Zealand rock/pop-punk 80’s scene resonated throughout the walls of Auckland’s Powerstation lastContinue Reading
Nadia Reid 14th May 2021 ToiToi, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Touring to close the loop on previous recordings before committing to her next one, tonight Nadia Reid and her band kicked thingsContinue Reading