Featuring the music of: Adeaze, Aaradhna, Savage, Mareko, Deceptikonz The documentary of Dawn Raid Entertainment is at its heart the story of Andy Murnane and Danny “Brother D” Leaosavai’i who met at a business college and went on to found a successful Hip-Hop music production and clothing business in 1999 in Papatoetoe, South Auckland.
In an intimate below-ground venue in the heart of Bohemian Auckland, Colette Rivers unpacks a powerful voice, the second in the series of live shows promoting her just-released debut album Memory Lake. Country Americana at its core but packed full of hooks and effects.
Tony Daunt is onstage, slicked-back hair, Gretsch guitar and wearing an iconic black Country and Western patterned shirt. The five-piece band has more beards than the Twitter boardroom. They run through a nice Country Americana set with the tone on downbeat and melancholy.
Colette Rivers debut album Memory Lake is a multi-layered opus of sound and textures which on the surface have a shimmering, radiant Indie Folk quality. Like Lake Taupo which is the inspiration for the title, still waters reveal a more complexity in the depths.
The debut solo album by Aaron Frazer is actually a time vortex where you are transported back to the latter Sixties in America when Soul music was on an artistic plateau. Anyone hooked on Casey Kasem’s American Top Forty in that time will instantly recognise the Motown to Philly Soul to Stax sounds.
Wellington band Corduroy step out boldly on the Anthology Lounge stage and proceed to deliver a remarkably lively and energetic set. With feet planted in mid Seventies R’n’B to Pop, they branch out from there and show how a good Power Pop unit can unshackle the hips and the mind will follow.
Benee. Dave Dobbyn. The Beths. Melodownz. Benee headlined a magnificent afternoon of some of the cream of New Zealand’s artists. An undeniable charisma on stage that had rapturous response from a large number of the young audience who attended this festival. Not to exclude us older groups right up to the Boomers. She was an […]
Here’s Auckland gal Emily Rice’s latest single and here’s a review from The Reverend:
Muroki is another young New Zealand musician who is setting up for a meteoric rise in attention. He certainly has the goods for it as he shows tonight with his well-drilled band. A good friend of Benee who has done exactly the same thing. He is the first signing to her brand-new record label. Elton […]
A special show tonight. Six acts. Daffodils, LA Women, Rei, LAIIKA, Spaces and Sophie & Sam. From the freshly minted to the already-seasoned. Brought together courtesy of Music Helps. A charitable organisation formed in 2012 to assist musicians, and to help in times of distress.