Dead Contract and Running Stitch performed last night at Auckland’s Cupid Bar. Sadly, a third act, The Bridesmaids had to pull out of this show due to bad teeth issues, but DJ Sicoff came to the rescue with extra 7” vinyl and the po was saved, well, not really…
Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders are out on the road celebrating their new album, Happiness Is Near. We sent Simon Coffey up to Leigh Sawmill to scope out the show ahead of their two nights at Auckland’s Freida Margolis.
Even though Louisa Nicklin has been playing (and releasing) since at least 2019, she had not touched on my temporal world until I was fortuitous to see her opening for Princess Chelsea late last year. I was taken by what I heard and saw.
For almost four score years Brant Bjork has been part of such acts as Kyuss, Fu Manchu, The Desert Sessions and most recently Stöner, emanating from a scene sometimes referred to as the Palm Desert scene.
Dungeon #19!…the folk behind the Dungeon series of gigs are an unflagging group of people. Their passion for the local scene, the upcoming and the just starting out bands is to be looked on with favour. Long may they survive the Luxton fermented recession that is emblazoned like a malaise upon our fair land.
Twenty years plus since The Jesus Lizard last released an album, 1998’s Blue, and then split in 1999. Yes, there was a reformation, but that was on the back of past glories. 2024 sees The Jesus Lizard punctiliously returning to aurally assault all ears again.
A little piece of America rolled into Tamaki Makaurau last night, Maryland’s grindcore gods Full of Hell buddied up with Louisiana’s doom greats Thou to deliver a barrage of maelstrom beats on a darkening Sunday evening.
13th Floor resident craft beer socialist, Simon Coffey could not let the opportunity to see one of his favourite Tamaki Makaurau bands – Scran play at a Craft Beer Brewery! So with a hip-hip hooray, it was off to the home of the hipsters – Ngā Anawai aka Kingsland on a blustery spring evening.
Demons of Noon and Infinity Ritual tear it up at Whammy on a Thursday night. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey was there.
The news that the sedulous folk behind Whammy, and Wine Cellar were extensively re-envisioning the two venues, to transform them into a world-class venue was greeted with much joy. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey reports back along with photos by Chris Zwaagdyk.
Basque Park Summer Series: Latin Flavours
Saturday 21 February | Basque Park, Auckland
