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Taylor Dayne: The 13th Floor Interview

Taylor Dayne is in Auckland this weekend to take part in 80s Mania at the ASB Theatre. She’ll be sharing the stage with Paul Young, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew and Go West on Sunday night.

Greg Fleming & The Working Poor – Wine Cellar November 2, 2017

Greg Fleming and The Working Poor held the release of their ninth album, Working Poor Country at the Wine Cellar in Auckland last night, to a crowd that was thinner than me. It was a crying shame there were not more people in attendance, as Fleming showcased ten songs, (from albums past and present), that […]

Bic Runga – Civic Theatre November 2, 2017

Bic Runga is a national treasure. Her songs are part of the great New Zealand songbook and are so ingrained in people’s memories that from hearing the first note of tracks like Sway you know instantly what it is, even if you hadn’t heard the song in years. Those who were lucky enough to be […]

Weezer- Pacific Daydream (Warners)

Chief songwriter Rivers Cuomo has always had an amazing ear for good melodic hooks. Sometimes these hooks are covered in the bands trademark mix of fuzzed guitar and high harmony vocals and sometimes they are dipped in nothing but pure pop. Pacific Daydream is definitely double dipped in pop and may in fact be their […]

Great North – The Golden Age (Great North)

  Kiwi couple Hayden and Rachel Donnell have upped stakes and moved to London in an attempt to build their career. Before they left New Zealand, they recorded The Golden Age, a beautifully realized collection of songs that address regret, loss, redemption, and what Hayden calls, “the tyranny of nostalgia”.

Curtis Harding – Face Your Fear (Anti-)

The modern retro-soul scene is a crowded place. Artists such as Leon Bridges, Benjamin Booker, Alabama Shakes, and Michael Kiwanuka have all put out albums in recent times making it hard for similar artists to get their album to stand out. Atlanta’s Curtis Harding is one of those artists and he has just released his […]

Roni Size – The Studio October 27, 2017

Twenty years since squaring up to the big guns of music at the time and triumphantly claiming the highly-respected Mercury Prize for best British album of 1997. Roni Size takes the anniversary of New Forms on the road with a series of Australasian dates, embracing the legacy of the album with stunning visuals to match.

Jamie Lawson – Happy Accidents (Gingerbreadman)

Jamie Lawson’s Happy Accidents is a mature emotional retrospective from a writer finally content in his own skin.  Sometimes sombre in places, sometimes romantic or heartfelt, it’s a record of warmth, comfort but most of all connections – all wrapped up in an accessible and easily digestible pop package. 

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