Concert Review: Graeme Jefferies, Wine Cellar, 4 July 2020
The almost 40-year veteran of indie music in New Zealand Graham Jefferies delivers an enthralling set of Folk Noir to an appreciative and attentive audience in the Wine Cellar on a full moon lunar eclipse night.
Concert Review: Swallow The Rat + 3 Whammy Bar July 4, 2020
St Kevins Arcade was the place to be if you were a music lover anxious to celebrate your independence on this 4th Of July evening.
Concert Review: Hospital Sports – Wine Cellar July 3, 2020
Hospital Sports deliver a warming blast of emo/indie rock to an appreciative young audience on a chilly Friday night in Auckland.
Concert Review: Jazz In July – Wine Cellar July 2, 2020
Jazz…at The Wine Cellar…on a Thursday night? Yes, and as a matter of fact, the show was sold out!
Concert Review: Henrique Morales – Ponsonby Social Club June 27, 2020
Ponsonby Social Club continues to come in hot week after week with stellar performances from NZ jazz legends. On Saturday night it was the Henrique Morales Quartet featuring Michal Martyniuk on keyboard, Brazilian Bass player Gustavo Ferreira & Jono Sawyer on drums.
Concert Review: Tami Neilson & Dave Khan – Freida Margolis, 24 June 2020
On a wet, wild, Wednesday evening, where better to be than in the cosy confines of the Freida Margolis corner bar in Grey Lynn, gathered around for a double helping of two of Auckland’s finest – Dave Khan and Tami Neilson? What a treat!
Concert Review: Pumice, Wine Cellar, 24 June 2020
An evening of Skronk. Noise into beauty. Art from chaos. From Pumice and opening act Oksun Ox and my first time seeing both.
Review: Offline Post Lockdown Show, Phoenix Entertainment, 19 June 2020
Steaming with Auckland’s hottest drag and burlesque performers, and hosted by the incredible and hilarious Monty Montgomery, The Offline Post Lockdown Show Friday night was cabaret to never forget.
Concert Review: Miss June, Tuning Fork 20 June 2020
For those who needed to rock…Miss June provided the soundtrack last night at The Tuning Fork. Marty Duda files his review with photos from Todd Buchanan.
Concert Review: Tribute To The Roots, Ponsonby Social Club, 18 June 2020
The Ponsonby Social Club audience were treated to a night of super Hip-Hop Funk Jazz from Tribute to the Roots, alumni of Yoko-Zuna minus one and a plus one.
Concert Review: Carnivorous Plant Society – Wine Cellar June 20, 2020
Carnivorous Plant Society deliver an immaculately executed set of their distinctive musical pastiche songs to an appreciative seated audience in the first of two shows last night at the Wine Cellar.
Concert Review: Labretta Suede & Motel 6 – Wine Cellar June 17, 2020
Walking into the Wine Cellar concert cave half an hour prior to kick-off, and looking at the wall art which some future android will try and decipher, I see a large American flag and a beatific portrait of the New Zealand Prime Minister, in the style of the iconic Che Guevara image. America is wild […]
Concert Review: Nathan Haines Live at Ponsonby Social Club, 13 June 2020
Saturday June 13th held space for a beautiful marriage between eastern and western improvisational worlds with Nathan Haines Live at Ponsonby Social Club featuring the eclectic Jonathan Crayford on keyboards and Tabla exponent Manjit Singh.
Concert Review: Finn Andrews, Tuning Fork, 13 June 2020
Finn Andrews and Dictaphone Blues took the stage for the 3rd weekend of Together Again at the Tuning Fork last night. Rev Orange Peel reviews a night of “intense Folk.”
Concert Review: A Dog With No Hat – Audio Foundation June 13, 2020
The folks at Audio Foundation brought their intimate venue in Central Auckland back to life last night with a trio known as A Dog With No Hat.
Concert Review: Welcome Back Whammy! Cindy, Na Noise and Matthew Crawley Rock The Joint, 11 June 2020
It was just like old times…familiar faces, familiar sounds…Whammy was back. Although I do believe it smelled better than it has in the past. Cindy kicked off the night with a frantic, hi-energy set, captured in this photo essay.
Tom Cunliffe, Louisa Nicklin, Wine Cellar, 11 June 2020: Concert Review
Two singer songwriters cast a glow over the Wine Cellar last night. Tom Cunliffe and Louisa Nicklin evoked some old school feels in two brilliant sets. Rev Orange Peel files this review.
Ghosts Of West Virginia, Steve Earle and The Dukes (New West): Album Review
Steve Earle’s latest album, Ghosts of West Virginia, arrives full of Appalachian hillbilly, the Blue Ridge Mountains and unabashed, bluegrass fiddle. It is also the soundtrack to an off-Broadway play. Rev Orange Peel offers his review. ——————————————————————
Hollie Smith, The Tuning Fork, 30 May 2020: Concert Review
First off, hats off the Tuning Fork crew. One of the greatest little venues in Auckland town opened its limited capacity, Covid-combatting doors to punters for its first post-lockdown music gig last Saturday night – the inimitable Hollie Smith performing in an intimate cabaret-style seated affair.
Kendall Elise & The Belgraves Live Streaming Event May 29, 2020
Kendall Elise and her band The Belgraves treated fans to a live streaming event last night. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda was lucky enough to experience the show live in Kendall’s living room.