Brooke Fraser & Georgia Lines – Spark Arena: June 22, 2024 (Concert Review)
Brooke Fraser teamed up with the Auckland Philharmonia to bring 12,000 fans an evening of lush, beautiful, brilliant music.
Blonde Redhead – Hollywood Avondale: June 22, 2024 (Concert Review)
For the uninitiated, Blonde Redhead are a New York-based band featuring twin Italian-American brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace (on guitars and drums respectively), and Japanese-American vocalist and guitarist Kazu Makino.
Mel Parsons – Q Theatre: June 15, 2024 (13th Floor Concert Review)
Mel Parsons closed out her Sabotage Album Release Tour with a sold out concert at Auckland’s Q Theatre, a venue that seems to be growing in stature in a city that needs more quality places to play.
Kerryn Fields and Matt Joe Gow – Mt. Eden Village Centre: June 14, 2024
What happens when two of your favourite artists teams up and tour? In the case of Kerryn Fields and Matt Joe Gow it’s like seeing a mini-super group.
Dark Hearts 2 – Totara Street: May 31, 2024 (Mt Maunganui)
Dark Hearts 2 is the brainchild of Shane Duncan, guitarist/Vocalist for Tauranga group Stunt Clown. As the title of this ‘Good Night Out’ infers, there had been a previous incarnation in June 2023, Dark Hearts that featured Warm Leather (TM), Hoick (TGA), Stunt Clown (TGA), Static (HM) and Six Two’s (TGA). Yes! It is a […]
Junk Festival – Whammy, Whammy Backroom & Wine Cellar: June 7, 2024
Junk Festival 2024 is in its inaugural year, is an underground musical event of Aotearoa waiata featuring bands from Ōtepoti/Dunedin to Poneke/Wellington and Tamaki Makaurau.
Ben Howard – Auckland Town Hall: June 3, 2024 (Concert Review)
Ben Howard returned to Auckland just about a decade after last selling out the Auckland Town Hall. A lot has changed since then, but has Ben?
Bar Italia – Neck Of The Woods: June 2, 2024 (Concert Review)
Bar Italia are a three-piece band from London, though Nina Cristante – vocals is originally from Rome, Sam Fenton – vocals/guitar and Jezmi Fehmi – vocals/guitar who take their name from the café in Soho called Bar Italia, not the Pulp song about the café.
Voom, Reb Fountain & Vera Ellen The Powerstation June 2, 2024 (Concert Review)
Voom, Reb Fountain and Vera Ellen closed out their 4-date tour at Auckland’s Powerstation keeping the spirit of New Zealand Music Month alive for an extra day or two.
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen – Tuning Fork: May 29, 2024
It was a dark and stormy night…but that didn’t stop Jon Cleary and his band from bringing a taste of New Orleans to Auckland as they closed out their tour with style and funk…lots of funk.
Tinariwen – Powerstation: May 29, 2024: (13th Floor Concert Review)
Tinariwen is not desert rock, as in Yawning Man, Kyuss and QTSA, but desert blues, a synthesis of traditional West African music, funneled through guitar-fusion, with an influence of blues and Americana.
Sparta with Bad Jones and Miinds – Whammy Bar: May 26, 2024 (Photo Gallery)
Sparta brought their Wiretap Scars 20 Year Celebration Tour to Auckland’s Whammy Bar last night. Our reviewer pulled a sickkie, but 13th Floor photographer Azrie was all over it.
Psycho Gab and Crumbly Jack: Whammy Backroom: May 23, 2024 (Photo Gallery)
Psycho Gab celebrated the release of their latest single, Pianomen, at Whammy’s Backroom on Thursday night with help from their friends Crumbly Jack. 13th Floor Photographer Azrie was there to catch all the action.
Explosions In The Sky – The Powerstation: May 19, 2024 (Concert Review)
Explosions In The Sky returned to Auckland after a lengthy hiatus to perform their unique brand of Texas-borne post/prog rock on heels of their latest album, titled simply, End.
Peter Hook & The Light – Auckland Town Hall: May 18, 2024 (Concert Review)
On the 44th anniversary of Ian Curtis’s suicide, it feels a little strange to be once again experiencing Peter Hook and his very own embodiment of Joy Division and New Order in Tamaki Makaurau. It now takes a lot more than one hand to count how many times Hooky has visited and performed in Aotearoa.
When The Cat’s Away – The Powerstation: May 18, 2024 (Photo Gallery)
New Zealand 80s vocal supergroup When The Cat’s Away got back together to perform at Auckland’s Powerstation, closing out a run of four shows throughout the country.
Swallow The Rat, Dictaphone Blues & Vor-Stellen – Whammy Bar: May 17, 2024
Swallow The Rat, recent slayers at SXSW, where they played at the “One day we’ll play there…” venue, sold out all the merch and made a ton of industry contacts. Tonight was their first show since their return, and alongside them, they enlisted two rather interesting acts. It could be said that tonight was the […]
Sleater-Kinney – The Tuning Fork: May 15, 2024 (Concert Review)
Sleater-Kinney brought their Little Rope Tour to Auckland last night, not at The PowerStation, as originally advertised, but the much smaller Tuning Fork.
Eve Kelly, Lisa Grace & Loveta – Big Fan: May 12, 2024 (Photo Gallery)
Eve Kelly and her band along with two more up-and-coming Kiwi artists performed at Big Fan last night and 13th Floor photographer Aaron Christiansen was there to catch all the action.
Come Together: U2’s The Joshua Tree – Civic Theatre: May 11, 2024
Another season of the Come Together series gets underway in stellar fashion with New Zealand’s finest taking on U2’s 1987 classic album, The Joshua Tree.