Molly Payton Whammy Bar April 22, 2023 (Concert Review)
Molly Payton is back from London to play to a hometown crowd with a band. It’s the first time for the young indie-rocker in quite a while.
Ratso vs Bloodbags – Cupid Bar: April 22, 2023
Tamaki Makaurau dirtbags Ratso and Bloodbags invaded the sleepy suburb of Pt Chevalier with a deluge of punk rock, garage and RnR, on a damp Rātapu/Saturday night, 13th Floor proto-hack, Simon Coffey went on a bender early on, so to better to denigrate them from behind the barricades.
Modest Mouse – Powerstation: April 20, 2023: Concert Review
Modest Mouse lay out a fierce and impassioned performance of indie rock, especially for band pushing past thirty years.
Papa Roach & The Used – Trusts Arena: April 18, 2023
Papa Roach and The Used took the stage at Trusts Arena for another exciting emo reunion in Auckland.
Alt-J Rock Out Spark Arena, Auckland 18 April 2023
alt-J brought the majestic and awesome sound of their compelling avant-garde rock to stunning effect for the first time to New Zealand.
Jackson Browne – Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre April 18, 2023
Jackson Browne took us from The Barricades Of Heaven to The Load Out as he and his band celebrated over 50 years of songwriting.
Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening Rocks Auckland Town Hall, 16 April 2023
Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience creates a worm hole of time where we can experience all the thunder and glory days of one of the greatest and most loved rock’n’roll bands in history.
The Stranglers & Jon Toogood, Auckland Town Hall, 15 April 2023
The Stranglers (or a Strangler) performed at Auckland’s Town Hall last night. The 13th Floor’s Simon Coffey and Leonie Moreland were on the scene!
Helmet – Tuning Fork: April 14, 2023 (Concert Review)
Helmet finally made it back to Aotearoa/New Zealand on a tour postponed from 2019 by you know what, to present an evening of thinking person’s heavy music aka hardcore, punk and metal.
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram – Powerstation, April 14, 2023 (Concert Review)
Christone Kingfish Ingram gives a phenomenal virtuoso blues guitar performance in his first appearance in New Zealand. An young man with a huge talent and heart.
Devilskin & East York at The Brownzy, Brown’s Bay 14 April 2023
Devilskin delivered a thrilling performance at The Brownzy last night, captivating the fan-packed crowd with their high-energy stage presence and hardcore musical endurance, and giving a final, unified Fuck Yeah to an iconic local pub closing its doors for good.
Larkin Poe – Powerstation: April 13, 2023
Larkin Poe, those blues-rockin’ sisters from Georgia, returned to Auckland to shake up The Powerstation with power, precision, passion and a special guest at the finale.
Hexis, Kimura & Pulvinar – Whammy Bar: April 11, 2023
Hexis, on a return tour (last here in 2016) once again brought their interpretation of Punk, Hardcore and Black Metal to Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland on a damp Ratu/Tuesday night.
KALEO – Powerstation, April 11, 2023 (Concert Review)
KALEO are a powerhouse blues rock band from Iceland, and with their debut concert in New Zealand, they ripped this joint. Drive myself right over the wall, gonna save your soul!
Rod Stewart & Cyndi Lauper, Spark Arena April 9, 2023 (Concert Review)
Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper (and Jon Stevens) teamed up for a hit-filled night of nostalgia and and fun at Auckland’s Spark Arena, closing out their tour in style.
Paul Ubana Jones – Kumeu Live, 8 April 2023: Concert Review
Paul Ubana Jones is a genuine World Music artist and that was showcased to stunning effect in the art gallery parlour lounge that is Kumeu Live.
Space Waltz & Jan Hellriegel: Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Island, April 8, 2023
Space Waltz & Jan Hellriegel: Artworks Theatre, Waiheke Island, April 8, 2023 There’s anticipation in the air. A sense of something special about to be served up. How often do we see a band back performing after a forty-nine-year gap? Jazz is a broad church it seems. Space Waltz has landed in re-boot as part […]
Caroline Jones & Friends: The Tuning Fork: April 2, 2023
Caroline Jones is an American country singer (and member of the Zac Brown Band) who has found love and happiness in New Zealand. Caroline and her friends gathered at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night to celebrate love, happiness and music.
Synthony At The Domain – April 2, 2023 (Concert Review)
SYNTHONY showed up at the Auckland Domain a day late, after promoters heeded weather warnings for Saturday’s original date, to avoid the dance festival turning into a Glastonbury rain-and-mud-fest.
Vanessa Worm Big Fan April 1, 2023 (Concert Review)
Vanessa Worm performed at Big Fan in Morningside playing her brand of electronica/dance/krautrock for the assembled fans.