Finn Andrews 29th November 2020 St Andrew’s Hall, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Olivia Robertson. After much rescheduling (damn Covid!), Veils lead singer Finn Andrews finally made it to the stage of the appropriately-named St Andrew’sContinue Reading
King Sweeties – We Are The Bosses (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Recently, Bic Runga and Kody Neilson emerged out of their Covid-enforced hibernation to tour the country. Part of their warm-up act was King Sweeties, a bedroom/home studio projectContinue Reading
Venice 27th November 2020 The Civic, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Alexis Brook. Photography by Doug Peters. If you are going to launch yourself as a serious and committed career artist, then a fully professional stage production in one ofContinue Reading
Yasamin – Songs Over Baghdad (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Tauranga-based singer/songwriter Yasamin calls herself an ‘artivist’, with her current focus on the atrocities unfolding in her former home country, Iraq. Her new ten track full album, ‘Songs Over Baghdad’Continue Reading
Amanda Palmer 20th November 2020 St Matthew-In-The-City, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. The idea of time this year has been strange to say the least. Both fleeting and simultaneously dragging its insolent heels, memoriesContinue Reading
Amanda Palmer 14th November 2020 ToiToi, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Olivia Robertson. These are toxic times, particularly in America. A nasty, insidious disease has infected much of the world, with the USA at itsContinue Reading
Tami Neilson 14th November 2020 The Civic, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Alexis Brook. Photography by David Watson. Third time’s a charm for this breath-taking show, in what was a week of finger crossing all would go on, then everythingContinue Reading
Fly My Pretties 14th November 2020 The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Kate Taylor, with photography by Chontalle Musson. Urrrgh 2020, aye? What a stop-start, confusing period of time for us all to be navigating. Those that areContinue Reading
Bic Runga Harcourts Hawkes Bay Arts Festival Show 26th October 2020 ToiToi, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. And now, the end is here, and we have faced the final curtain…the day has drawnContinue Reading