Concert Review: Neil MacLeod – Lot 23 July 6, 2019
Wellington’ Neil MacLeod closed out his To Unfold Release Tour with a mesmerizing performance at Auckland’s Lot 23.
Concert Review: Soaked Oats – Galatos, July 6, 2019
Dunedin-based four-piece, Soaked Oats, brought their Sludge Pop Tour to Auckland last night, displaying a level of personal growth in their sound and performance that was sadly lost on the Galatos crowd.
Concert Review: Kane Strang – Whammy Backroom July 4, 2019
Dunedin’s Kane Strang dazzled Auckland fans with a set of tunes drawn mainly from his soon-to-be recorded next album.
Concert Review: Beastwars, Galatos, 29 June 2019
Beastwars returned to Galatos in Auckland on 29 June, 2019 for their second date of a 7 stop NZ and Australia tour, celebrating the June 28 release of the band’s album IV. The tour is also celebrating vocalist Matt Hyde’s remission of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which oh so thankfully allowed this album come to be.
Concert Review: Michael James Keane – Wine Cellar June 30, 2019
What better way to spend a cold winter’s night than with the dark, brooding music of Michael James Keane and a roomful of like-minded fans.
Concert Review: Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick – Tuning Fork, June 19, 2019
Experimental musicians, Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick, balanced and combined their individual, otherworldly sounds to create a uniquely layered, emotive soundscape at Tuning Fork last night.
Concert Review: Mice on Stilts – Wine Cellar, June 14, 2019
Auckland six-piece band, Mice on Stilts, performed a deeply moving and poetic set at Wine Cellar last night, gracefully combining the rich history of Aotearoa with an unrivalled level of lyrical intimacy.
Concert Review: Lil Mosey – Powerstation, 11 June 2019
17-year-old Seattle rapper Lil Mosey, took the Powerstation stage to the enthusiastic screams from the largely under-age fans gathered to hear the melodic rap songs from his debut album, Northsbest.
Concert Review: The NZ Mixtape Ft. Nadia Reid, Liam Finn & Anna Coddington – Civic Theatre June 11, 2019
Time to gather around and celebrate the rich songwriting heritage that New Zealand enjoys.
Concert Review: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue – Rochester War Memorial November 17, 1975 (early show)
Experience the complete Rolling Thunder Revue! Bob Dylan’s travelling circus tour, which he called The Rolling Thunder Revue, is getting a huge revisit these days. Netflix is making available Martin Scorsese’s new documentary, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story today. Clocking in at 142 minutes the film mixes fact and fantasy, old footage and […]
Concert Review: The Monkees – Auckland Town Hall June 9, 2019
Three years after Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork played the hits at the neighbouring ASB Theatre, the Mike and Micky Show came to Auckland’s Town Hall where they seemed determined to show off the depth of Mike Nesmith’s songwriting canon.
Concert Review: Injury Reserve – Neck Of The Woods June 8, 2019
Showcasing their experimental hip-hop instrumentals, the rap trio Injury Reserve brought their underground rap fans to Neck of the Woods on Saturday night. Beginning in Christchurch and Dunedin, Injury Reserve finally arrived in Auckland to continue their debut Australian and New Zealand tour. Although this was their last stop in New Zealand it was clear […]
Concert Review: Sharon Van Etten – Powerstation June 5, 2019
Sharon Van Etten returned to Auckland last night, a very different performer, a very different artist than she was four years ago.
Concert Review: Maggie Rogers – Powerstation June 1, 2019
Riding the wave of her acclaimed debut album, Heard It In A Past Life, Maggie Rogers made her New Zealand performance debut at Auckland’s Powerstation.
Concert Review: Nina Nesbitt – Tuning Fork June 1, 2019
Performing an intimate show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night, Nina Nesbitt displayed her immense talent as both a singer and songwriter across a 90-minute set with support by local musician, Paige.
Concert Review: Screaming Females – Whammy Bar May 28, 2019
It was a full-on rock maelstrom as New Jersey’s Screaming Females returned to Auckland’s Whammy Bar.
Punk It Up! Bluestone Room, 25 May 2019
Mega THANKS to Mark Everton for this great review of an amazing night! Funny. For some reason, in my head, I had added words like ‘Last Stand’ and ‘Last Hurrah’ to ‘Punk It Up IV’. Maybe because Andrew Boak had told me it was going to be the last one. Maybe because time has marched […]
Concert Review: Sun Kil Moon – The Tuning Fork, May 25, 2019
Sun Kil Moon brought little more than a keyboard and microphone to The Tuning Fork last night, but delivered a spoken word performance filled with almost three hours of subversive comedy and deeply personal human observation.
Concert Review: The Schizophonics – Whammy Bar May 23, 2019
San Diego trio The Schizophonics brought their frenzied brand of garage rock to Auckland’s Whammy Bar, kicking off their first tour of New Zealand.
Check Out These Photos From Last Night’s Ghostemane Show
13th Floor photographer Chris Zwaagdyk attended last night’s Ghostemane show at The Studio, on Auckland’s K’Rd.