Concert Review: Ratso Lopdell House January 29, 2021
It may be hard to believe, but right here, right now, West Auckland may be the rock & roll capitol of the world. The boys in Ratso sealed that deal last night in (of all places) Titirangi.
It may be hard to believe, but right here, right now, West Auckland may be the rock & roll capitol of the world. The boys in Ratso sealed that deal last night in (of all places) Titirangi.
The Tribute Quartet perform a rousing and compelling musical eulogy to the celebrated visionary and enigmatic underground Rapper MF DOOM. His death was announced just before the New Year by his family.
Impressive new talent just keeps on coming here in NZ. Lockdown be damned, there is plenty of cool music being made by locals to last us. Last night it was Mema Wilda who was celebrating the release of a new single with a full band set at Anthology Lounge.
From the ridiculous to the sublime, I dash from New Lynn to Ponsonby to catch Polish/Kiwi keyboard master Michal Martyniuk in concert.
No, this ain’t the Lay Down/Brand New Key Melanie who performed at Woodstock. This Melanie is a four-piece band of ratbag punk rockers from Glendene who play loud, fast and hard.
In an intimate below-ground venue in the heart of Bohemian Auckland, Colette Rivers unpacks a powerful voice, the second in the series of live shows promoting her just-released debut album Memory Lake. Country Americana at its core but packed full of hooks and effects.
They say Rust Never Sleeps…it was awake and loud last night in Auckland as an all-star Kiwi band set Neil Young’s music on fire and let it burn.
Tony Daunt is onstage, slicked-back hair, Gretsch guitar and wearing an iconic black Country and Western patterned shirt. The five-piece band has more beards than the Twitter boardroom. They run through a nice Country Americana set with the tone on downbeat and melancholy.
Wellington band Corduroy step out boldly on the Anthology Lounge stage and proceed to deliver a remarkably lively and energetic set. With feet planted in mid Seventies R’n’B to Pop, they branch out from there and show how a good Power Pop unit can unshackle the hips and the mind will follow.
Benee. Dave Dobbyn. The Beths. Melodownz. Benee headlined a magnificent afternoon of some of the cream of New Zealand’s artists. An undeniable charisma on stage that had rapturous response from a large number of the young audience who attended this festival. Not to exclude us older groups right up to the Boomers. She was an […]