Concert Review: Maggie Gould and Nanny Assis at Freida Margolis, 26 June 2021
Maggie Gould and Nanny Assis Band – Kiwi and Brazil, Be-Bop piano and Monster bass, swinging on a Latin beat. The entanglement of time and space dropped Birdland New York (or French Quarter New Orleans) right into the hole-in-the-wall Freida Margolis in Auckland. Ye Olde Butcher Shop of the distant past
Concert Review: Rachel Leo at Anthology Lounge, 25 June 2021
A leisurely walk through K-Road’s bustling Friday night happenings eventually led to the Anthology Lounge for Rachel Leo and her single release gig. Opening for her were Avya and Honeybee, both acts that have been travelling around the music-scene grapevine for a short while now.
Concert Review: Wax Chattels at Galatos, 25 June 2021
A sustained blitzkreig of sonic assault. Somehow, calling it a concert is far too inadequate. Wax Chattels in a moment instantly transformed the Galatos Stage into the centre of a firestorm. There was no end, the show could only be abandoned.
Dateline at The Wine Cellar: Concert Review, June 26, 2021
Dateline packed The Wine Cellar with a set of groovy, dreamy nostalgia and playfully heavy grunge, with phenomenal support from Benjamin Locke and Treenurse.
Concert Review: Auckland Live Cabaret Season 2021 – Let It Beatles
“Four local hard-working musos Paul McLaney (Gramsci, The Impending Adorations), Alex Freer (Tiny Ruins, Ladyhawke), Jonathan Burgess (Demons of Noon), and musical director Robin Kelly (Here Lies Love, Valerie) delve deep inside their own musical journeys to answer this question and play their dream gig, recreating the music of The Beatles.
Concert Review: Marmalade at Wine Cellar, 24 June 2021
Tangerine trees and Marmalade skies! It’s the debut of this brand-new young Auckland band, and they have a ball tonight at our favourite underground haunt, the Wine Cellar.
Concert Review: Tom Cunliffe at The Wine Cellar, 23 June 2021
Celtic and English Folk. Shadows of Americana where the Home Country’s music thrived and then was transformed. Songster Tom Cunliffe takes us on a musical journey of tales and meditations. All the news that’s fit to sing. And to be played.
Concert Review: An Evening of Americana Tony Daunt, Matt Joe Gow, Louis Jarlov at Pah Homestead, 20 June 2021
An Evening of Americana with Tony Daunt & the Dauntless, Matt Joe Gow, Louis Jarlov and the Lonesome raised the roof of the historic Pah Homestead with style and class. Rev Orange Peel files this review.
Concert Review: Rock Lottery at Whammy 19 June 2021
Rock Lottery. Gather 25 or more musicians from some of the best bands around the country. Then 5 drummers step up. Each draw four names out of the pool. That will be the Pop-Up band for the day. Come up with three new songs. One cover to round it off. Present them at one of […]
Concert Review: Drax Project at The Powerstation 19 June 2021
Drax Project kicked off their tour at Auckland’s Powerstation and proved where there’s smoke – there is fire! The 13th Floor’s Jemilah Ross-Hayes files her first review.
Concert Review: Punk at the Wine Cellar – Thunderground, Boneshakers, Snitch Jimmy, Jiahu Symbols 18 June 2021
Thunderground, Boneshakers, Snitch Jimmy and Jiahu Symbols. It’s time again for a Blitzkrieg Bop as The Wine Cellar hosts four young Punk bands out to give you a good old thrashing and spit you out better for it.
Concert Review: The Bobby Holidays at Clare Inn, 16 June 2021
A cold night on Auckland’s Dominion Road. At the Clare Inn Irish pub, the place is hot and rockin’. The Bobby Holidays are having a blast and trying to tear the walls down. The proprietor, with thick Irish brogue, concludes the Holidays are … deadly! Good for the winter blues and whatever else ails you.
Concert Review: Daniel Armstrong and The Monsoons at The Thirsty Dog 19 June 2021
The crowd flocked into The Thirsty Dog. Daniel Armstrong and The Monsoons were in town and serving up a menu of freshly cut Rock ‘n’ Roll, featuring their second album, Everything Is As It Shouldn’t Be played in its entirety.
Concert Review: Carb On Carb, Wiri Donna & ShannenGeorgiaPetersen – Tuning Fork June 17, 2021
This latest installation of Tuning Fork‘s “Thursdays I’m In Love” monthly series bring us short, sharp sets from Carb On Carb, Wiri Donna and ShannenGeorgiaPetersen.
Concert Review: Anika Moa, Songs for Bubbas at The Tuning Fork, 13 June 2021
Here we are at the Tuning Fork early on Sunday morning for Anika Moa and her Songs for Bubbas Show. And the expectant audience are laughing, running around, crying and taking over the joint. Mood swings faster than a pre-menopausal blonde with a hang-over.
Review: New Bop Quintet – Tuning Fork June 15, 2021
A tribute band to the era of Hard Bop arising from East Coast America, the New Bop Quintet have a fling and dance with some of the classic songs and artists of the time and lay out a brace of originals which shine in and amongst the stellar company.
Concert Review: Jed Parsons – Whammy Bar 11 June 2021
Despite the wintery June weather, Jed Parsons dragged us all off the couch and into the Whammy Bar for a good dose of dancing on Saturday night. Jed and his band rocked our socks off with the kind of feet tapping, hip-swaying tunes you don’t mind hopping out of bed for.
Review: White Chapel Jak – Tuning Fork June 12, 2021
White Chapel Jak are a band for music obsessives. They also take care of business and make sure the partygoers get their money’s worth. Call them a Covers Band, or a Tribute Band. At the core, they are a polished, hard-working unit and they love to stretch out and jam a little.
Concert Review: Hit Pump – Powerstation June 11, 2021
They certainly do rock in the USSR and the succinctly-named Hit Pump did just that in an epic two and a half hour set tonight. Covers of 26 songs from 20 bands. I don’t remember the last time I was at such a packed Powerstation show and the audience was seething all night.
Concert Review: Mireya Ramos – Freida Margolis June 12, 2021
It’s not often that you can stroll to a local bar in Grey Lynn and hear a performance by a Grammy nominated singer who combines deep musical skills with an ability to create friendships and community with others. But on Saturday night Freida Margolis hosted Mireya Ramos and band for a breathtaking vocal performance and […]