After a year spent sharpening her craft, Ukrainian born, NZ based – VÏKAE rises with Swipe Right – the first explosive offering from her upcoming body of work, DOOMSDAY COLLECTIVE, due November 2025.
A full house turned out to help a reunited Supergroove celebrate their significant musical legacy. Their output was relatively small, but their influence on NZ music was, and still is, huge.
There’s A Tuesday brought their Blush Tour to Auckland last night and we sent Azrie Aziz over to Double Whammy to do double duty…to shoot and review the show.
It’s Anzac Day here in New Zealand…so once you’ve paid your respects, sooth your soul with some new music. We recommend new releases by Will Johnson, Robin Trower, Lisa Crawley and more.
Will Johnson has long been a quiet cornerstone of American indie rock and alt-country, crafting a rich and varied body of work that spans decades, emotional registers, and genre lines. Emerging in the mid-1990s as the frontman of the beloved Centro-matic, he quickly proved himself a prolific and fearless songwriter, equally adept at ragged rock […]
Both Salt Water Criminals and Awning have just released new nga waiata online. I Believe in Dog is by Salt Water Criminals and Rabbit is by Awning. Both bands are imports, Salt Water Criminals from Ōtepoti and Awning from Poneke, Both bands played (and wowed) at the inaugural Junk Festival last year…. And both bands have members intersecting with each other, and other […]
Tāmaki Makaurau-based musician Paul Cathro releases his third single, Throw Me Back, from his forthcoming album – Catapult today!
Today we mourn the passing of the great David Thomas, founding member of Pere Ubu. Thomas died at home in Brighton at the age of 71.
An interesting combination for a Raapa/Wednesday Po/night at Whammy Bar, C. Zukey with his dream pop comparisons to The National, and Arahi, Silver Scroll Nominee and wave-maker with his 2022 debut EP Revelator, full of melancholic melodies and harmonics.
For the first time in over 50 years, the original Alice Cooper group has reunited to release a brand-new studio album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper, set to release on July 25 via earMUSIC. The first single from the album, Black Mamba, is out now featuring the legendary Robby Krieger of The Doors. This track serves […]