Ryan Adams Confirms Australian & New Zealand Headline Shows This May.
Frontier Touring are thrilled to confirm Australian and New Zealand headline shows for multiple-Grammy-nominated Ryan Adams this May, touring in celebration of his forthcoming sixteenth studio LP Prisoner (out 17 Feb 2017 via PAX-AM/EMI).
Milky Chance Announce Auckland Show!
Making their way to Auckland this April, Milky Chance are set to play one show in the city’s Powerstation on Wednesday 26th April off the back of an almost sold-out world tour prior to the release of their second full-length album, Blossom (out 17th March via Muggelig Records).
Lawrence Arabia Shares New Video From ‘Absolute Truth’ & Announces NZ Shows.
Lawrence Arabia has shared his excellent new video for the track The Palest of Them All. Filmed in the Christchurch’s Commodore Hotel, it pays tribute to the great Stanley Kubrick.
The Taite Music Prize 2017 Announces A New Award, A New Venue, A New Red Carpet!
Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) is pleased to reveal several exciting changes to this years’ Taite Music Prize 2017 – a new partner, a new venue and a brand new award!
The Bollands – All Of My Ghosts (Monkey)
Kiwi folk duo The Bollards continue to flex their musical muscle with this, their third album. All Of My Ghosts finds them trying out new sounds and production techniques while still keeping their songwriting personal and affecting.
Check Out This New Track From Mark Lanegan!
Former Screaming Trees front man Mark Lanegan has announced the release of his new album, titled Gargoyle, due out on April 28th. Released under the name, Mark Lanegan Band, the album features contributions from Josh Homme, Greg Dulli, Alain Johannes and Duke Garwood.
Listen To New Music From French For Rabbits!
New Zealand dream pop band French for Rabbits are pleased to announce their second album The Weight of Melted Snow will be released in New Zealand on 10 March, 2017.
Dictaphone Blues Announce March Tour
It’s been just over two years since the release of Mufti Day, an album that featured the four alt radio hit singles Lance’s Tape, Her Heart Breaks Like A Wave, Cryptic Lipstick and 365 (feat. Emily Edrosa). For Auckland indie guitar pop merchants Dictaphone Blues, it’s been nearly as long since the band hit the road too, […]
Watch Tweed Perform Good Vibrations at The 13th Floor
Auckland-based trio Tweed are about to release their debut album, High-Brow Blues later this week. The band recently visited The 13th Floor to play a few tunes and chat with Marty Duda. That video session will be posted soon. In the mean time, here is a “bonus clip”…Tweed performing The Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations.
Neil Watson – Studies In Tubular (NW)
Neil Watson works as an Artist Teacher at Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music’s Albany Campus in 2013. But after hours he likes to let off steam making serious New Orleans Boogaloo, 70’s Funk, Surf Rock and guitar based jazz. Which is pretty much his template for this new 9 track album.
Guns N’ Roses – Western Springs Stadium February 4, 2017
Unlike in Wellington, the gates opened and the sun shone as over 50,000 Guns n’ Roses fans streamed into Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium. And also unlike Wellington, the band actually showed up on time, much to the shock and amazement of all who were present.
IKON – Disjecta Membra – Sounds Like Winter – Vallhala, Wellington February 3, 2017
Last night three Australasian dark, post-punk/gothic rock bands brought the darkness to Wellington – just as the clouds outside were abating. After yet another shocking week of weather bombs the city was ready for some warmth and stability. But down in a small dark club, fashioned around the legendary Norse ‘Hall of the Slain”, fans […]
Listen To New Music From Depeche Mode!
Depeche Mode are due to release Spirit, their first album since 2013’s Delta Machine, on March 17th. Now, though, you can hear Where’s The Revolution, the lead single from Spirit.
Watch: Teenage Kiwi Metallers, Alien Weaponry, Release New Single
Here’s some metal for your holiday weekend… New Zealand’s youngest thrash metallers, Alien Weaponry, are kicking off 2017 with a thunderous new single, ‘Raupatu’.
Check Out This New Track From The Courtneys!
Flying Nun will release Vancouver’s The Courtney’s new album on February 17th. But right now they’ve just made available the third single from the album titled Minnesota…
WOMAD 2017 – Hidden Treasures
One of the great pleasures of going to a world music festival such as WOMAD 2017 at New Plymouth is the opportunity to discover music and musicians that you never knew existed. As part of our ongoing series, here are five acts that we’ve unearthed from around the globe, who are coming to this year’s […]
Elemeno P Announce Two Headline Shows
It’s fifteen years since pop-rock legends Elemeno P appeared on the New Zealand music scene with debut single Fast Times in Tahoe and now the band is reconvening for headline shows in Auckland and Christchurch in March, following their appearance at Wellington’s Homegrown festival.
Opeth – Powerstation February 2, 2017
More than a decade after their last visit to Auckland, Sweden’s Opeth played to a sold-out crowd at The Powerstation, making the hundreds of black-T-shirted fans very happy indeed.
Panic! At The Disco – Vector Arena February 2, 2017
Tragic at the Disco… For better or for worse, music has the ability to capture a moment, a feeling or a mood. It is something that is almost primeval, that defies any carefully curated notions of taste. For this writer, the woefully bad pop-punk phase circa 2005-2006 is one that continues to tug on my […]
Guns ‘N’ Roses – Westpac Stadium February 2, 2017
When I was 13 I attended my first live rock show at Wellington’s Athletic Park. It was KISS. And it was 1980. The night was appalling. The show started late and there was trouble from the crowds, who were predominantly young drunk males. The local constabulary were also over-exerting their authority, as was their custom […]