They certainly do rock in the USSR and the succinctly-named Hit Pump did just that in an epic two and a half hour set tonight. Covers of 26 songs from 20 bands. I don’t remember the last time I was at such a packed Powerstation show and the audience was seething all night.
Nikita Tu-Bryant, with her back-combed bouffant, looks poised and triumphant as the trio called Kita take the stage. With the opening salvo from the drummer, a Ginger Baker-style rapid-fire assault, they run through most of the tracks from newly-minted debut album Kita.
Monumental music of towering soundscapes and primal energy. Jakob could be three monks who suddenly materialise on stage and proceed to play music which is eternal like the weather.
There just seems to be an abundance of talented young musicians continually appearing across the country. This may be New Zealand Music Month but it could easily be every month. Julia Walker is the headline act at the Wine Cellar tonight with a brand-new single just released. But she has invited two other new acts […]
New Zealand’s own Super Group Six60 make a grand theatrical and triumphant procession to the centre of the pitch at Eden Park, to launch what is about to be a genuinely historic event for this country. It is being shared as a live-stream around the Pacific Basin and beyond.
N.T. Honey is the musical vehicle for Anya Hanis, and the brand-new album Accidental Punk has just dropped today and given a fast and furious workout for an enthusiastic core of fans down in one of our favourite underground venues.
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.
It was a Wild Night as the spirit of the King of Celtic Soul, Van Morrison, was made flesh and, most importantly, sound.
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.
Power Pop Yorkshire band The Gold Needles time-travel back to England of the mid-Sixties when The Beatles were re-inventing popular music from the inside.
