The Beths – Auckland Town Hall October 7, 2022
The Beths wrap up a globe-trotting year with a triumphant home-town show in front of a very appreciative crowd.
The Charlatans – Powerstation: October 6, 2022
The Charlatans last graced our shores in 2018, they would’ve come sooner, but for Covid, we shouldn’t grumble, previous to 2018, they last came in 2008!
Jeremy Zucker – Tuning Fork: October 5, 2022
Jeremy Zucker left the audience ecstatic and wishing they could have it again. Perfect indie pop for the Generation X kids.
Juliet McLean – Kumeu Live: October 1, 2022
Juliet McLean plays the intimate parlour lounge of Kumeu Live, which perfectly suits her novelist approach to music. Story-telling tangled up in blue melancholia.
Another Life – Tuning Fork: September 30, 2022
Another Life is some of New Zealand’s finest music’s royalty, above-ground and under-the-radar.
Die! Die! Die! – Whammy Bar: September 30, 2022
Die! Die! Die! finally played a sell-out show at Auckland’s Whammy Bar on K. Road after the gig was postponed in August due to Covid.
Sea Mouse – Whammy Bar: September 24, 2022
Sea Mouse are a blues rock power trio with a mighty engine which they revved and blasted throughout their headline set.
Champagne and Cabaret w/ Kita and Anita – Civic Theatre: Sept 18, 2022
Champagne and Cabaret with Kita Mean and Anita Wigl’it is ribald, racy and raucous fun.
Kane Brown – Spark Arena: September 25, 2022
Kane Brown is a hot item in country music in America currently, and he delivered a show of genre-bending spectacular Americana to a wildly enthusiastic audience of Kiwi heartland country music fans.
Emma-Jean Thackray – Tuning Fork: September 12, 2022
Emma-Jean Thackray stands beside an instrument stand holding a collection of boxes full of beats, loops and backing vocals.
You Am I – Galatos: September 16, 2022 (Concert Review)
You Am I will forever be associated with the halcyon days of the Big Day Out Festivals that were so much a part of NZ/AUS music culture in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Troy Kingi w/Jed Parsons – Auckland Town Hall Aug 19, 2022
Troy Kingi spreads his musical canvas wide, in time and space, in featuring his folk album Black Sea Golden Ladder released a year ago.
Mimi Webb – Powerstation: September 13, 2022
Mimi Webb delivers her New Zealand premier of ecstatic Millennial pop to her peer audience’s wild appreciation. It is also the final date on this tour so it was a party!
Dimmer – Hollywood Avondale: September 16, 2022
Dimmer celebrates their 21st at Auckland’s classic Hollywood Avondale theatre with support from Proteins Of Magic.
Balu Brigada – Hollywood Avondale September 15, 2022
Balu Brigada return to play their first headline show in New Zealand in 18 months. With the help of Park Rd and Hurricane Emily, a good crowd filled the Hollywood Avondale for an even better night.
Ball Park Music – Tuning Fork: September 10, 2022
Ball Park Music are a sharp and surprisingly good indie rock group from Brisbane who are making their first mini-tour of New Zealand, even though they’ve been around for 14 years and have garnered numerous accolades across the ditch in the big country.
Recitals – Wine Cellar: August 26, 2022 (Concert Review)
Recitals celebrated the release of their debut album with a very crowded show at Auckland’s Wine Cellar.
Matt Joe Gow – Wine Cellar: August 21, 202
Matt Joe Gow is the Man in Black, from hat to boots tonight at the Wine Cellar. With voice and guitar, he lays down an evening of soulful Americana resonant with influence from the likes of Springsteen, Petty and Van Morrison.
AJR – Spark Arena August 27, 2022 (Concert Review)
AJR are pop music obsessives who deliver a dramatic and tightly choreographed explosive show, aided by some stunning visual effects. A VMax theatrical experience.
Nadia Reid & The APO – Auckland Town Hall Sept. 9, 2022
Nadia Reid walked onto a grander stage than many of us have been accustomed to seeing her on. And in rather different company.