On a whim, thanks to the wonder of the web, Pan Amsterdam turned out to be a musical odyssey. Pan Amsterdam is a construct, an alter ego for Houston born, NYC trained, Jazz trumpeter Leron Thomas, whose resume includes collaborations with Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Robert Glasper, and yes, Iggy Pop.
2026 sees The Damned celebrating their 50th anniversary year of creation, and being the first UK punk band to release a record, New Rose (beating The Sex Pistols Anarchy in the U.K by a month).
In 2015 a band was born. Five Swedes walked into a karaoke bar and a yank was singing a Mariah Carey song. True story! Finally Aotearoa, well Tamaki Makaurau got a Viagra Boys show (two in the end)…a chance to see in the flesh this irreverent post-punk phenomena.
Egregore and I/Elliot Tremlett — is Ōtautahi/Christchurch–based musician and writer who exists in two worlds: music and poetry.
Three bands, playing on the third day of the week, celebrating their release of three albums (one each) in 2025. A ruse, a play on words, a Xmas gift to their fans perhaps, at $20 a head, a cost of living crisis bargain, on hump day, in a stalwart venue.
Tāmaki Makaurau five-piece post-punk band SCRAN follow up their stunning 2024 debut EP To Your Heart’s Content with their debut album Living Room.
Mono Watt is a trio comprising James Littlewood, Ross Cunningham and John Pain, collectively encompassing the arts in their visual, aural and written forms.
Displeasure is a toru piece Whanganui/Te-Whanganui-a-Tara based side-project of stalwart Pōneke punk band Unsanitary Napkin.
Bar Italia, founded in 2020, this UK three-piece (five-piece when touring) were here just 18 months ago, hyped to the max on the back of two not-so-secretly-attractive twin albums: The Twits & Tracey Denim.
Tamaki Makauru Punk Rockers, Dick Move were coming to the end part of an Aotearoa tour promoting their third album, Dream, Believe, Achieve.
