JPEGMAFIA – Powerstation: July 26, 2022 (Concert Review)
JPEGMAFIA is prowling the Powerstation stage, slapping outstretched hands, huge grin on his face. Wearing shorts and a headband, looking like an MMA fighter. We will soon see why.
Biig Piig – Auckland Town Hall: July 25, 2022
Biig Piig is itinerant gypsy wanderer Jessica Smyth, delivering a maiden performance of Indie pop mixed with liberal strokes of jazz and neo-soul in wintry Auckland tonight.
Tate McCrae – Shed 10: July 24, 2022 (Concert Review)
Tate McRae delivered a high-powered kinetic pop performance to a packed Shed 10 audience on Auckland’s waterfront on a windy and wet Sunday evening.
Joy Crookes – Powerstation July 24, 2022 (Concert Review)
Joy Crookes was loving the alien at Auckland’s Powerstation last night and the crowd was giving plenty of love right back at her.
Dope Lemon – Auckland Town Hall: July 22, 2022
Dope Lemon graced the Auckland Town Hall as part of this year’s musically ambitious Elemental Nights Concert Series.
Strange Universe: Parquet Courts et al – Powerstation July 22, 2022
Strange Universe returns to Auckland with a satisfyingly diverse line-up of international and local acts rocking The Powerstation.
Liam Gallagher – Spark Arena July 21, 2022
Liam Gallagher appears to erupt like a volcano with his big band as they begin their Spark Arena show on a peak with Hello, the opening track to the great Oasis album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
Orville Peck – Powerstation: July 17, 2022 (Concert Review)
Orville Peck is welcomed to the stage by a sold-out Powerstation audience who raise a massive welcoming cheer. The black-tasseled Lone Ranger mask and black cowboy hat of Peck is matched by many tonight, males and females.
Wet Leg – Tuning Fork July 17, 2022 (Concert Review)
Wet Leg, “Britain’s buzziest band” performed at Auckland’s Tuning Fork on this wintry Sunday night and gave the people what they want!
Vera Ellen – Whammy Bar: July 15, 2022 (Concert Review)
Vera Ellen finally got her It’s Your Birthday Tour to Auckland, after having the original date (Mar. 5) cancelled for the usual reasons.
Come Together: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours Aotea Centre July 9, 2022
New Zealand’s finest come together to pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac and specifically their 1977 multi-platinum album, Rumours.
Emma Dilemma Whammy Bar July 8, 2022 (Concert Review)
Emma Dilemma brought her Spit tour to Auckland’s Whammy Bar, but only just barely.
Hiatus Kaiyote – Powerstation July 7, 2022
Hiatus Kaiyote sold out their Tāmaki Makaurau tour stop last night. One of the most excited crowds I have seen in a while filled the very hazy Powerstation for the Mood Valiant album tour.
T-Bone – Tuning Fork: July 3, 2022 (Concert Review)
T-Bone burnt up the Tuning Fork stage this Sunday night in a celebration of Americana and folk music, to usher in America’s Independence Day. Swing and spice, crawfish pie and file gumbo. They answer Waylon Jennings’ poser, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
Punk It Up V – Powerstation, July 1, 2022: Concert Review
Punk It Up V at the Powerstation is a tribal, drums-beating cold English blood runs hot call-to-arms for Skinheads, Boot Boys, Boot Girls, Rude Boys, Oi’s, New Wavers and even yer Art-Wank Poseurs. You know who you are. So, the Chosen found themselves hosed down with classic Original Punk, which was never contained in specific […]
Te Kaahu – Tuning Fork: June 24, 2022 (Concert Review)
Te Kaahu begin their show with a ceremonial homage to the inaugural Matariki public holiday in New Zealand. The winter solstice, where the Pleiades constellation reappears in the sky after a month of hibernation, and which is celebrated by Māori as the beginning of the solar cycle. Life, the present moment. Death, the ancestors stretching […]
Jenny Mitchell – Kumeu Live June 18, 2022
Jenny Mitchell was told earlier this morning she has just won the APRA award for Best Country Music Song for 2022. So, she was in Hank William’s Home on High heaven when she started her maiden show at the boutique West Auckland music venue.
Steve Hackett – Auckland Town Hall, June 17, 2022
Steve Hackett delivers an epic extravaganza bursting with treats at Auckland’s Town Hall. Many fans here have waited almost three years for this experience, amidst the carnage that is the pandemic. They stood to applaud throughout the show. They stood to applaud at the end. Progressive Rock at its most triumphant and indulgent.
Simon & Garfunkel Central Park: Tribute Civic June 18, 2022
Simon & Garfunkel reunited just over 40 years ago and entertained an estimated 500,000 fans at NYC’s Central Park. Last night some of New Zealand’s finest recreated that historic event in front of a much smaller crowd but a much bigger sense of camaraderie and friendship.
Great Gable – Tuning Fork June 16, 2022 (Concert Review)
Great Gable headlined a bill the featured and band that gave them a run for the money as Auckland’s Tuning Fork got this Thursday night rocking for a young and enthusiastic crowd.