Amanda Palmer greeted her Hollywood Avondale audience with her ukelele and a song she wrote yesterday afternoon about New Zealand. From there it was a long strange trip (with an intermission!) for the Auckland stop of her There Will Be No Intermission tour. Rev Orange Peel reports back.
There was an autumnal breeze in the air outside Auckland’s Powerstation on Tuesday night but Washington, DC r&b singer Ari Lennox was determined to raise the temperature on stage inside. And she, along with the sold out crowd did just that, sweat and steam rising from the crowd and the stage.
The air is electric with anticipation. The Great Hall is almost full but the crowd noise is not much more than a murmur, this is a listening audience tonight. When Pat Metheny strides onto the stage, trade mark shaggy mane of hair, he is carrying the Monster. This is the 42 string Manzer Pikasso, a […]
Wowsers! What a night! For all the nay-sayers who claim the current iteration of 10cc aren’t the ‘real deal’ because Graham Gouldman is the only original member… Phooey! Caitlin Smith was there – and here’s her review!
Auckland celebrated International Women’s Day with the Milk & Honey Festival at Silo Park, featuring 13 NZ artists. The Rev Orange Peel was there and files this review, plus a set of photos from Todd Buchanan.
“Tonight we are here to celebrate 1980, a special time for creativity in music.” These are Midge Ure’s words, just prior to starting into the Vienna album. Truer words were never spoken. Rev Orange Peel reports on last night’s celebration at The Powerstation.
Whammy Bar was solidly packed with black jeans and long hair on Friday 6 March, 2020 to welcome cult overlords of psychedelic doom Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats back to Auckland. Andy Baker didn’t miss a minute of the action and files this report.
Pixies brought their Come On Pilgrim… it’s Surfer Rosa show to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night, mesmerising a nostalgia-drunk crowd with a stunning performance of both their 1987 EP and 1988 debut album before tail-ending their set with a rapid-fire encore of fan favourites. Read Oxford Lamoureaux‘s review here.
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock brought their authentic brand of American Roots to the Tuning Fork on Sunday night, playing to a thoroughly appreciative crowd of music lovers. Rev Orange Peel was there to capture the event.
Alien Weaponry kicked off the Auckland Fringe Festival at The Town Hall, with a headbanging show that delivered a unifying message about the dangers of cultural misunderstanding. Read Andy Baker‘s review of the show and browse a gallery of brilliant photos from Rachel Webb.