Watch New Opeth Video Here!
Swedish rockers Opeth, who are due to play a sold-out show at Auckland’s Powerstation next week, have just released a new video for their song Era.
Mick Harvey – Intoxicated Women (Mute)
It has taken 20 years for Mick Harvey, long-time collaborator with Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and others, to ‘complete’ his four album Serge Gainsbourg translation project.
US Pop Punk Band All Time Low Announce One NZ Show
Pop punk perfection… that’s ALL TIME LOW in a nutshell! They’ve repeatedly topped the charts, sold over 1.5 million albums worldwide, chalked up 100+ million views on YouTube, have 5+ million social media followers, and have sold out London’s Wembley Arena. They are a bona fide worldwide sensation and they’re kicking off a whole new […]
Live by Night
Director: Ben Affleck 2 Stars Ben Affleck wrote, directed and stars in this unrestrained, out of control mess of a movie set in prohibition era Boston and Florida. An ambitious effort – it takes on both Irish and Italian gangster cultures, racism and the Ku Klux Klan, white supremacy, southern ignorance, immigration, drugs and alcohol, […]
Snarky Puppy Announce Auckland Show
Snarky Puppy bring a night of horn-hollering soul hooks, floor-shaking beats and punchy jazz improv to Auckland’s Powerstation on Thursday 6th April with a MyTicketmaster members presale commencing Tuesday 31 January and tickets on sale to the general public on Thursday 2 February.
R.I.P. Butch Trucks
It’s been a bad week for drummers. First Jaki Liebezeit of Can and now Butch Trucks of The Allman Brothers Band has passed away. Trucks, who helped form the band in 1969, was 69 years old. No cause of death has been given. The Allman Brothers Band finally called it quits in 2014. Butch’s nephew, […]
Second Show For Tony Joe White at The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork
Following on from recent news that the Louisiana-born, ‘King of Swamp Rock’, Tony Joe White’s show at The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork on Sunday 9 April sold out, Vector Arena is happy announce that a new show date has been added on Monday 10 April giving fans of this legend the chance to catch his […]
John Doe: The 13th Floor Interview
Imagine our surprise when we discovered John Doe, founding member of legendary LA punk band X, had been nominated for a Grammy for his book Under The Big Black Sky: A Personal History Of LA Punk. The book is something of an oral history with chapters written by LA punksters such as Henry Rollins, Dave […]
Watch the Lime Cordiale 13th Floor Video Session
Hailing from the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Lime Cordiale are a 5-piece band who just made their maiden voyage to New Zealand, performing at this year’s Soundsplash Festival.
The Restarts: The 13th Floor Interview
The 13th Floor’s Tim Gruar swaps texts with East London-based punk band The Restarts who are due to tour New Zealand in February… Hackney punks The Restarts are coming to our shores. Formed in 1995, they are a tight three piece, multi-genre punk outfit based in East London! They play thrashy, anarcho-power chord punk laced […]
Check Out New Video From Real Estate
A horse is a horse… In Mind, the fourth full-length record from Real Estate, is a portrait of a mature band at the height of its power. Long respected for their deft lyrical hand and gorgeous melodies, In Mind builds upon the band’s reputation for crafting perfect songs and carries Real Estate even deeper into […]
PJ Harvey – Logan Campbell Centre January 24, 2017
Like Nick Cave before her, PJ Harvey eschewed an opening act, with her and her very impressive 9-piece band carrying the full load. And the end of the night it was clear…PJ Harvey is one a very few artists will to challenge herself and her audience, in the process making the best music of […]
New Music From Father John Misty!
This just in from one of our faves… Father John Misty’s Pure Comedy is the highly anticipated follow-up to his internationally acclaimed album, I Love You, Honeybear. The album will be released April 7th on Deluxe 2xLP / 2xLP / CD / DL / CS in Europe through Bella Union and the rest of the world from Sub […]
Manchester By the Sea
Most mistakes can be fixed, apologised for or forgotten. Some change our lives completely and forever. Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a thirty-something janitor living in a tiny basement flat in Boston. He works hard and seems capable, but can’t get along with anyone. He drinks alone and is prone to throwing a fist if […]
Hidden Figures
Based on the true story of a team of African American women working for NASA in the early 1960s, Hidden Figures focuses on three women who individually and collectively broke down the racial divide and were some of the key players in getting the US manned space programme literally off the ground. Back before there […]
Foxygen – Hang (Jagjaguwar)
All summer I’ve been tuned into Simon Morris and Phil O’Brien’s Matinee Idle, RNZ’s wonderfully eclectic music show featuring the quirky, personal over indulgences of two middle aged radio DJs who never had the courage to throw away their random collection of CDs and vinyl from the 1950’s – 1980’s. It’s a challenging, cringe-worthy but […]
Listen To New Music From Goldfrapp!
This from Mute Records… Goldfrapp will release their seventh studio album Silver Eye on 31 March 2017 through Mute.
Alexisonfire – Powerstation January 23, 2017
After splitting up five years ago, Canadian rockers Alexisonfire are back together and touring down under. Their show at Auckland’s Powerstation found them picking up right where they left off.
Crystal Castles Returns to New Zealand For a One-Off Show in Auckland
Electronic extraordinaires Crystal Castles have just announced a New Zealand show as part of their upcoming MJR Presents tour Downunder.
Jackie Bristow Announces March NZ Tour
Jackie Bristow is pleased to announce she will be returning to her native shores in March with Australian musician and long-time collaborator Mark Punch.