50 years! Well the genesis was there in 1976, however their first live show wasn’t until 1978. But really, that’s just splitting hairs (pun intended) Bad Manners were a 100+ weeks feature in the British Singles Charts in the early 1980’s, with their take on two-tone and ska. While the onward decades have seen breakup, […]
Some 20 years since she first made her Aotearoa concert debut, European maven Mary Ocher returned with last night to once again, push the envelope in Tamaki Makaurau.
Some 35 years after forming in Winnipeg, Canada, Crash Test Dummies made their New Zealand concert debut last night at Auckland’s Powerstation and the fans showed up in droves.
Tamaki Makaurau’s affair with Hoodoo Gurus harks back to the mid 1980’s when Ponsonby’s mighty Gluepot still hosted concerts. Way back then, on the 5th (and 6th) October 1984, just over 40 years ago, in the Gluepot, Tamaki Makaurau first experienced these Stoneage Romeos, Hoodoo Gurus, (They also played a private show an extinct hipster […]
Three out of four Sex Pistols can’t be wrong…and when the fourth one is not Johnny Rotten, they prove to still be a very good band.
Dua Lipa brought her Radical Optimism Tour to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night, delivering a tightly choreographed 2-hour set filled with glitter, glamour, and glorious music, proving she is not only well on her way to becoming an immortal entertainer – but that her meteoric rise is only just beginning.
April blows in with MJ Lenderman & The Wind at The Powerstation and that’s no foolin’.
While Tamaki Makaurau may have lost a mighty Totara of live music venues several years ago, The Kings Arms Tavern. We are living in a post-covid time of an abundance of cozy, small and intimate venues: 605 Morningside, Cupid, Goblin, Big Fan, Small Gods, The Button Factory, Audio Foundation, are a few, and the latest […]
Search For Yeti conquered at their debut Auckland show at Whammy Bar with support from the brass heavy rock stylings of Moongoat and the increasingly ruckus, jangle-punk of Cowboy Dan.
This may not be the most popular opinion, but its one I felt I need to share, that of the good work done recently by old dudes like Shihad, The D4 and Guitar Wolf.