Concert Review: Estère at The Civic Club, 21 March 2021
Into the Dream Cabaret of The Civic Club arises Estère. And her brand-new album, Archetypes, blossoms out into a full-blown immersive sound and vision feast.
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Concert Review: Spell On You, The Civic Club, 20 March 2021
Is everybody in? Let the ceremony begin. Spell On You. Lights go down and six people make their way onto the Civic Club stage. Candles and the smell of burning incense. There’s Delaney Davidson wearing a crown, Shayne Carter the old Rock Star, Theia the new Pop siren.
Concert Review: The RVMES at Pumphouse Theatre, 19 March 2021
The RVMES showcased their killer new album, Lifetime, to spectacular effect to an appreciative crowd at the historic The PumpHouse Theatre on Saturday night.
Concert Review: French For Rabbits at The Civic Club, 18 March 2021
If you mixed a bit of the Girl Group sound with masterful literary song-writing and spare textured musical backing you would have a good idea of what French For Rabbits delivered at the Civic Club tonight.
Concert Review: Crowded House, Spark Arena, 19 March 2021
Spark Arena was the only place to be last night as Neil Finn and Crowded House got a mesmerised audience on its feet in a spirit of celebration, both of the band’s work and just how lucky we are to be New Zealanders in this bizarre moment in space & time.
Concert Review: Che Fu and the Kratez – Auckland Town Hall March 13, 2021
We sent our old friend Dedee out to see and hear Che Fu this past weekend. Here’s her report with photos by Rachel Webb.
Concert Review: Emily Edrosa, Ben Woods & Louisa Nicklin – Whammy Bar March
Music of sombre moods and melodrama. Arty and theatrical. And then there was your abrasive Power Pop from headliner Emily Edrosa. A night of expansive genre-bending music leaking out into all areas but kept together by disciplined performances.
Concert Review: Mireya Ramos -Tuning Fork February 25, 2021
Lady Latin Soul. Mireya Ramos is nothing but stunning in her debut Auckland performance. Founding member of America’s only all-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache who performed at Womad 2020 last March. That seems like another planet now as the lockdown descended down upon the country that weekend.
Concert Review: Jackie Bristow, Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, 21 February 2021
Country music artist Jackie Bristow plays like she was born and raised in a Winnebago travelling constantly between Nashville and Memphis. She is from Gore, so she is Kiwi. And raised in the home of Country music New Zealand.
Concert Review: DARTZ, Whammy Bar, Auckland 13 February 2021
Four mates from Parliamentary Services in Capital City pub-crawl their way up the country to slam out some high-energy Old-School Punk in front an enthusiastic K Road crowd. Above ground the street is shredded. In the dark pits below ground the DARTZ are shredding.