Concert Review: Troy Kingi, Hollywood Avondale, 25 October 2020
Another fine night of live music in the Elemental Series as Troy Kingi & The Clutch rocked The Hollywood Avondale.
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Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Emily Cross of Loma
The ambient trio Loma has just released their second album with a little help from Brian Eno.
Concert Review: Soaked Oats, Tuning Fork, 23 October 2020
Hypnotic Indie Pop drone melodies captivate and lift a boisterous crowd on the eve of a long weekend. Soaked Oats pull out a superlative show to usher in the long summer and try and banish any Lockdown blues. On their Say Hey and Play Some New Ones tour.
Concert Review: Avantdale Bowling Club, Hollywood Avondale, 23 October
Avantdale Bowling Club‘s Tom Scott returns to the stage for an utterly absorbing set in hometown Avondale
Concert Review: Marlin’s Dreaming -Elemental Nights – Hopetoun Alpha, October 23, 2020
It’s the new sound of Dunedin here in Auckland. Marlins Dreaming did their bit for Elemental Nights with a lovely, polished, slightly fuzzy set at Hopetoun Alpha.
Listen: 13th Floor New Music Show for October 23, 2020
Whoo-hoo!! Its Friday and that means more new music.
Watch: 13th Floor MusicTalk with Harry Lyon of Hello Sailor
Better late than never! 26 years after its initial release, Hello Sailor’s 1994 album, The Album, is finally available on vinyl.
Concert Review: Daffodils, Elemental Nights Hopetoun Alpha, 22 October 2020
The Greek-styling of the Hopetoun Alpha resonates to the perfect Power Pop sounds of Daffodils on a warm Auckland evening. Sunshine music. The hall packed and predominantly adolescent. With Chloe Swarbrick the biggest bolter on Election Night, maybe they do rule the heart of the city.
Six iconic Kiwi acts to be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame
The 2020 Hall of Fame inductees will be celebrated at the Aotearoa Music Awards in November
Album Review: Public Enemy, What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? (Enemy Records Ltd)
Hostilities are opened from the first line of Public Enemy’s Pandemic Year album Not pretty, slaps you in the head and kicks your butt. But it also completes an American Classic trilogy of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. State of the Union/ Shut the […]