The DMA’s – Tuning Fork October 20, 2017
Australian trio The DMA’s made their New Zealand live performance debut at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night. The 13th Floor sent reviewer David Boyle and photographer Chris Zwaagdyk to the show…
Australian trio The DMA’s made their New Zealand live performance debut at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night. The 13th Floor sent reviewer David Boyle and photographer Chris Zwaagdyk to the show…
The Kings Arms was packed last night as the Auckland stop of singer-songwriter Anika Moa’s In Swings The Tide 10th Anniversary Tour rolled into town.
Alexis Taylor’s Piano album came out in June last year — a beautiful, intimate record, pared back to the bare bones with just his voice and the piano. I’d only caught up on this in recent weeks when I heard he was coming to do a show, and as a huge Hot Chip fan, had […]
Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward performed a solo show at Auckland’s ASB Theatre last night, just days after celebrating his 71st birthday. Hayward proved that age hasn’t taken a toll on his voice or his songs.
The Southern Fork Americana Festival came to a rousing close last night with Traveller…Robert Ellis, Cory Chisel and Jonny Fritz…all well-known to Tuning Fork regulars…having a good ‘ol time on the stage together with their buddy Josh Hedley.
“You do not know how lucky you are to be here tonight” one Me First and the Gimme Gimmes fan told me before they took to the stage, I was skeptical but at the end could not have agreed more! he was right; so very, very right.
Die! Die! Die! celebrated the release of their new long player Charm Offensive with a sold out show at Auckland’s Whammy Bar. The 13th Floor sent reviewer Matt Lord and photographer Chris Zwaagdyk along. Here’s what they came back with…
The 13th Floor’s Simon Todd headed down to Auckland’s ASB Theatre to check out Alison Moyet’s NZ tour. Here’s what he encountered… I didn’t think I’d be seeing a 5-string bass solo last night, but that’s what happened, half-way through Hollie Smith’s super support set at the pretty much full Aotea Centre.
The queue was around the corner last night as New Telepathics packed out the soon-to-close Golden Dawn to celebrate the release of their new single Goat Magic, cut from their upcoming album The End Of War.
I must admit that when I saw that Jay Farrar was reviving the Son Volt name a decade or so ago, without any other original members, it kinda seemed like beating a dead horse. But, after witnessing their live set at The Tuning Fork last night, it seems that horse is very much alive […]