Biig Piig – Auckland Town Hall: July 25, 2022
Biig Piig is itinerant gypsy wanderer Jessica Smyth, delivering a maiden performance of Indie pop mixed with liberal strokes of jazz and neo-soul in wintry Auckland tonight.
Biig Piig is itinerant gypsy wanderer Jessica Smyth, delivering a maiden performance of Indie pop mixed with liberal strokes of jazz and neo-soul in wintry Auckland tonight.
Tate McRae delivered a high-powered kinetic pop performance to a packed Shed 10 audience on Auckland’s waterfront on a windy and wet Sunday evening.
Liam Gallagher appears to erupt like a volcano with his big band as they begin their Spark Arena show on a peak with Hello, the opening track to the great Oasis album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Orville Peck is welcomed to the stage by a sold-out Powerstation audience who raise a massive welcoming cheer. The black-tasseled Lone Ranger mask and black cowboy hat of Peck is matched by many tonight, males and females.
T-Bone burnt up the Tuning Fork stage this Sunday night in a celebration of Americana and folk music, to usher in America’s Independence Day. Swing and spice, crawfish pie and file gumbo. They answer Waylon Jennings’ poser, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
Jenny Mitchell was told earlier this morning she has just won the APRA award for Best Country Music Song for 2022. So, she was in Hank William’s Home on High heaven when she started her maiden show at the boutique West Auckland music venue.
Steve Hackett delivers an epic extravaganza bursting with treats at Auckland’s Town Hall. Many fans here have waited almost three years for this experience, amidst the carnage that is the pandemic. They stood to applaud throughout the show. They stood to applaud at the end. Progressive Rock at its most triumphant and indulgent.
T-Bone are five guys based in New Zealand but with global connections, and Good ‘n Greasy is their debut album showcasing their mastery of American Roots music. Which is both ancient and timeless, and doesn’t have any necessary fashions to follow.
Chelsea Wolfe makes a powerful entrance on the stage amidst swirling mist and a big drum tattoo. Dressed in black and you sense the Three Witches of MacBeth are working some spells. It’s a cold, windy and wet night outside the Powerstation. All the thunder and light show is in the house.
The New Loungehead having been dormant for a quarter century, break out of suspended animation courtesy of nefarious viral DNA/RNA hacks to emanate their mutated selves at current Jazz mecca, Ponsonby Social Club, for two sell-out shows.