This year NZ Music Month is leaking into June. At least on Waiheke where Hollie Smith has brought The Bones Tour to the island’s theatre. Sold out and not surprising. Despite only 40 minutes away by ferry, we rarely get the bigger names in Kiwi music here.
Last night…described as ‘Selected Songs’ amounted to a dream set list, reaching back into a catalogue of Aotearoa’s finest compositions that zero in on Dave Dobbyn’s central themes: love, hope and rootedness in this land.
With May coming to a close, we turn our attention to The Powerstation, where Chelsea Wolfe held court last night. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey and Brenna Jo Gotje file these words and images.
The devil came to the Tuning Fork tonight. He said his name was Ash Grunwald and he spoke with an Aussie accent, but when he sang it was with such power and soul that no earthly being could muster such a voice.
Andrew Roachford brought his 80s-style r&b to the Tuning Fork while channeling the soul greats of the 60s and 70s.
The Lemonheads returned to Auckland, selling out Double Whammy. Simon Coffey was on the scene and files this report.
Auckland was in full chaos mode. Rain poured down on a Wednesday at the final days of NZ music month, and just up the road from Auckland Town Hall, a surprise Lorde pop-up gig had fans scrambling to find the right queue. But inside the Town Hall, something entirely different was unfolding — a night […]
Snarky Puppy returned after a 6-year hiatus to bring their brand of fusion jazz to Auckland and the sold-out Powerstation crowd was very happy to have them back.
Swallow the Rat kicked off their Aotearoa tour tonight, releasing a new EP – Face Unpopular, and also announcing an 18-date tour of Europe in September. With fellow Tamaki Makaurau post-punker Memory Foam on the bill, an evening of riffs, rhythms and raciousness lay ahead for 13th Floor Reviewer Simon Coffey.
Double Whammy was the place to be on this Friday night in May as New Zealand Music Month marches on to the sounds of Voom.