Chris Botti: “You look out there, and there are twenty people in tears” – The 13th Floor Interview
Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti makes his New Zealand performing debut at Auckland’s Bruce Mason Centre on February 21st.
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Eden Mulholland talks Rushes, Rooms and Writing
Eden Mulholland released a string of sweet indie pop albums a few years backand then disappeared. Now he’s resurfaced with a newly composed soundtrack for the Opera Peer Gynt, written a score for a dance company and recorded a few songs, including his latest release Forwarding Backwarding. Tim Gruar had a chat to him on […]
The Another Frickin’ Festival Showcase – Opera House 11 February 2018
Tonight we got a taste of the upcoming Comedy Festival (26 April – 20 May) in a quick fire package of 11 comedians. The gig had already done a turn in Auckland and Queenstown and now it was the Capital’s turn.
Women Changing the World Heads Up Writers and Readers Festival Programme
Women Changing the World, a fast-paced, funny and fascinating series of talks from women doing their part to effect change in the world will open this year’s Writers & Readers. The gala event will be held on International Women’s Day, 8 March, with a line-up that includes Aotearoa’s Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh, Australian novelist Charlotte […]
Paramore Light Up Spark Arena as the After Laughter Tour Rolls Into Auckland
Paramore – Spark Arena February 13, 2018 As Paramore’s 7-piece band take the stage the mosh starts to scream. Hard Times, lead single for their fifth studio album, After Laughter, is first off the rack. Lead singer and all-round energy-bunny, Hayley Williams leads the crowd in the first of many sing-alongs. Williams tiptoes, pogoes-a-go-go, skips […]
Watch: Thompson Springs Perform Deadly Stare at The 13th Floor
Chicago’s Thompson Springs have just arrived in New Zealand for the first time for an eight-date tour.
Watch Highlights From Robbie Williams’ Auckland Press Conference
Yesterday was Robbie Williams’ 44th birthday. That solemn occasion was celebrated with a press conference held in Auckland in advance of the singer’s NZ tour.
QTY – QTY (Dirty Hit)
It’s taken it’s time to drop, but QTY’s eponymous debut turns on another bulb in NYC’s shining sonic lineage.
Belle and Sebastian How To Solve Human Problems, Part 1, 2 and 3 (Matador)
Glaswegian based veterans Belle and Sebastian release a compilation album of their separately issued 3 EP’s, How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 1, 2 and 3. Having released 9 studio albums over the last two decades, the well-established band have gone back to their roots, embracing the much revered EP format for their […]
Shayne P. Carter – Kings Arms February 9, 2018
We just received this write-up from journalist Karen McCarthy who caught Shayne Carter (Dimmer/Straitjacket Fits) at The Kings Arms this past weekend… The clock is ticking on the venerable live music institution that is Auckland’s Kings Arms, but the Newton pub was packed to the gunnels Friday night for a one-off show by rock god […]