Neil Finn & The APO – Silo Park March 9, 2018
Does it get any better than this? Neil Finn…the APO…a dozen or so of New Zealand’s top singers…and a beautiful late summer night.
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Watch: Broods’ Georgia Nott Talks Venus Project at The 13th Floor
Georgia Nott, one-half of Kiwi duo Broods, has just released her first solo album. The Venus Project, Pt.1 was made completely by women and released on International Women’s Day. Here’s part one of Georgia’s interview with Marty Duda and a performance of Numb.
Watch: The Frank Burkitt Band’s 13th Floor Video Session
Wellington’s Frank Burkitt Band release their new album, Raconteur, today.
Lucy Dacus: It Makes Me Want To Throw Up, & It Makes Me Want To Dance At The Same Time (Interview)
Lucy Dacus is on a roll. The Richmond, Virginia native’s 2016 debut album, No Burden, earned the singer-songwriter rave reviews and a contract with Matador Record. Now, Dacus has just released the hotly-anticipated follow-up titled Historian. It’s a highly-personalized concept album…the concept being contemporary life in America. A few days before the album’s March 2nd […]
Grace Stalls Then Stuns While Beck Stumbles At ACL
Auckland City Limits Western Springs March 3, 2018 Despite a brief rain shower in the morning, the city played its part perfectly for this year’s Auckland City Limits Festival. The sun shone, the bands played and the fans grooved.
The Teskey Brothers – Tuning Fork March 1, 2018
There’s nothing like a healthy shot of rhythm and blues on a hot summer’s night, and that’s just what The Teskey Brothers served up at Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night, with an emphasis on the blues.
Director Sophie Fiennes on Making Her Grace Jones Documentary: Bloodlight And Bami
English film director Sophie Fiennes comes from a family of artists. Her brothers, Joseph and Ralph, are both acclaimed actors, while her mother, Martha, is a director and her father, Magnus, is a composer. Sophie began making her own films in 1998 and her most recent is a rather surprising look at musical icon Grace […]
Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Tuning Fork February 23, 2018
Two years, almost to the day, after their first visit to Auckland’s Tuning Fork, Rev Peyton and his Big Damn Band made their way from Brown County, Indiana to play a little country blues.
The D4 – Kings Arms February 22, 2017
I believe it was that esteemed philosopher Joni Mitchell who wrote, “you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone”. That sentiment felt especially relevant as we were witness to a reunion show by The D4 at the soon-to-be-defunct Kings Arms.
Chris Botti – Bruce Mason Centre February 21, 2018
Globetrotting jazz trumpeter Chris Botti finally made it to New Zealand, treating Auckland fans to an unparalleled display of musical virtuosity and showmanship.