With January giving way to February, L.A.B and Stan Walker celebrated summer in style with help from Nesian Mystik, Aaradhna and Te Wehi. The 13th Floor’s Azrie Azizi and Chris Zwaagdyk were at Trusts Arena to catch all the action.
Four cities, three continents, one band, one fifth studio album. Yumi Zouma have mastered long-distance band polymerization, turning geographic separation into creative fuel.
It had been just over two years since I first stumbled across Grentperez on a late-night TikTok scroll, his voice lilting through my phone speaker like a small kindness in the middle of the week.
With Everybody Scream, Florence Welch doesn’t simply release a new album; she casts a spell.
After a seven-year hiatus, the fearless Neko Case returns with Neon Grey Midnight Green, perhaps her most fully realized and ambitious album yet.
Mallrat returned to Auckland for a stop at The Tuning Fork for her Light Hits My Face Like A Straight Right tour, bringing her signature mix of dance-pop sparkle, lo-fi charm, and carefree charisma to a packed house.
Adam Hattaway and the Haunters return with Hot Variety, a stripped-back, emotionally resonant collection that distills their genre-hopping journey from indie rock to country soul into one of their most immediate records yet.
Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty and Paris Texas…three acts, one night, and enough energy to feel like a festival in itself.
In a genre-defying spectacle, Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra brought the raw energy of rock and metal to Spark Arena—elevated by the grandeur of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. With a 29-piece symphony, a full rock band, and a lineup of New Zealand’s finest vocalists, the night delivered an unforgettable blend of power, precision, and passion. […]
The 13th Floor’s Azrie Azizi caught his favourite band, Fazerdaze, at the Takapuna Winter Lights Festival last night. Here are his words and photos.
Basque Park Summer Series: Latin Flavours
Saturday 21 February | Basque Park, Auckland
