Emperor – The Powerstation: May 22, 2023 (Concert Review)
Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band. Black metal can be traced culturally back to the 1980s, to a wave of UK bands led by Venom and Swedish group Bathory.
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Alison Goldfrapp – The Love Invention (Skint/BMG) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Alison Goldfrapp, as one half of electro-pop duo Goldfrapp, has released seven albums that have traversed across multiple genres including glam, folk, dance, disco and trip-hop, producing some memorable dancefloor bangers.
Bleeders and More – Galatos: May 12, 2023
Bleeders, a product of West Tamaki Makaurau, have kept (are keeping) the tradition of punk and metal-influenced bands (think The Henchmen, The Warners, Blindspott and dare I say Bird Nest Roys.) alive and trumpeting the West, as they once again reform for a third time since 2009.
Pacific Avenue – Flowers (BMG) (Album Review) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pacific Avenue, a shoal of friends originating in 2017 from a NSW idyllic coastal surf town of Gerringong, focussed around two failed buskers heavily influenced by their contemporary Australian Indie Rock sound, the likes of Jet, Powderfinger and Silverchair, rooted in the history of The Rolling Stones, The Stooges and not forgetting Aussie past heavyweights […]
The Damned – Darkadelic (Ear Music) Album Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Damned, The Stranglers, and The Buzzcocks are, or were, all punk rock survivors because of their ability to reinvent themselves, to tangent onto differing musical paths and stay relevant to not just their fans, but to also hook into greater masses.
We Will Ride Fast – Cupid Bar: April 28, 2023
We Will Ride Fast, is the psychedelic post-synth-punk project of Tauranga-based visual artist and Toi Ohomai lecturer Kyle Satter, who has released 30 pieces of waiata during a 25 years career. Tonight he breached the regional borders to share his newly released album Army Of Invisible Zombies with the heathens of Tamaki Makaurau.
Everything But The Girl – Fuse (Virgin) (Album Review) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Everything But The Girl last released an album two scores and four years ago. But triggered by covid lockdowns, EBTG duo Tracey Thorn and husband Ben Watt, synthesised the best and the average of the band’s historical output to create a new precipitately perfect album – Fuse, in which EBTG’s sophisti-pop sound with is further […]
Ratso vs Bloodbags – Cupid Bar: April 22, 2023
Tamaki Makaurau dirtbags Ratso and Bloodbags invaded the sleepy suburb of Pt Chevalier with a deluge of punk rock, garage and RnR, on a damp Rātapu/Saturday night, 13th Floor proto-hack, Simon Coffey went on a bender early on, so to better to denigrate them from behind the barricades.
The Stranglers & Jon Toogood, Auckland Town Hall, 15 April 2023
The Stranglers (or a Strangler) performed at Auckland’s Town Hall last night. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey and Leonie Moreland were on the scene!
Helmet – Tuning Fork: April 14, 2023 (Concert Review)
Helmet finally made it back to Aotearoa/New Zealand on a tour postponed from 2019 by you know what, to present an evening of thinking person’s heavy music aka hardcore, punk and metal.
