Ringlets – Ringlets (Mutual Skies/Leather Jacket Records)
Auckland’s Ringlets have just released their debut album and The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey is all over it. Here are his thoughts…
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Slowdive – Powerstation: July 26, 2023 (Concert Review)
SLOWDIVE are originally from Reading (the home of that famous festival) formed in 1989 by Neil Halstead (vocals/Guitars/Keyboards) and Rachel Goswell (vocals/Guitars/Keyboards) with Christian Savill (Guitar) Nick Chaplin (Bass) and Adrian Sell (Drums), a lineup that has stayed pretty steady through the years unless you were the drummer, currently, Simon Scott handles the skins and […]
Idles – Spark Arena (Elemental Akl): July 21, 2023
Idles got Elemental Nights started in a big way at Auckland’s Spark Arena. We sent Simon Coffey and Ivan Karczewski to see what all the noise was about.
Jenny Mitchell and The Mitchell Twins – Q Theatre Loft: July 13, 2023
Jenny Mitchell, Maegan Mitchell, Nicola Mitchell, tonight’s show is a family affair, a consequence of the melding of cultures: Gaelic, Maori Whapapa, an adoption of Americana, and is a product of the Aotearoa/New Zealand’s deep south, Gore, Aotearoa’s home of the annual Country Music Festival, and the Annual Awards Events (Country Music Honours).
Swans – Beggar (Mute/Young God) Album Review
SWANS, the formidable American group formed in the early 1980s, that survived the No Wave label, have reinvented themselves multiple times.
The Hard-Ons – Ripper ’23 (Cheersquad) (Album Review)
The Hard-Ons circa the first phase (mid80 to early ’90s) were an underground punk favourite in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with their take on Ramones punk and quirky cover artwork by Ray Ahn (bassist in the band).
Iceage & Memory Foam – The Tuning Fork: June 6, 2023
Iceage was last here as part of Laneway 2015. Eight years and two (proper) albums on, they finally returned, adding Wellington to their trophy list.
The Damned – Powerstation: June 2, 2023 (Concert Review)
The Damned, the first UK punk band to release a single (New Rose) and an album (Damned Damned Damned) continue to carve out a career over the last 46 years (to date) as they have crafted and re-envisioned through multiple line-up changes, their sound and vision.
Sin City – Something’s Cookin’ (EP Review)
Sin City are no strangers to Aotearoa/New Zealand, having been Covid refugees, a time which they put to good use to establish themselves with a strew of magnificent live performances and the release of their well-received debut album Welcome to Sin City last year.
The Larry Normans at The Anthology Lounge 25 May 2023
The Larry Normans, to clear up a possible misnomer, are not a tribute act for Californian Larry Norman, widely recognised as the first musician to successfully bring an explicit Christian message into mainstream rock music, in the Land of the Free, ie. the founding father of Jesus Rock, though I’m sure such an act exists […]
