Concert Review: Swallow The Rat + 3 Whammy Bar July 4, 2020
St Kevins Arcade was the place to be if you were a music lover anxious to celebrate your independence on this 4th Of July evening.
St Kevins Arcade was the place to be if you were a music lover anxious to celebrate your independence on this 4th Of July evening.
Artillery put on a killer show for a rather low turnout at Whammy Bar last night. 13th Floor photographer Chris Zwaagdyk was on hand to capture all the action, including openers Forsaken Age and Extinction Campaign.
Ross The Boss Band performed their first-ever NZ set at Auckland’s Whammy Bar last night, delivering an onslaught of ferocious black-magic energy and crushing melodic metal, with phenomenal support by local heavy-metal dark-fantasy monsters, Forsaken Age.
Shonen Knife brought their sweet, bubblegum-punk-rock sound to Whammy Bar last night, effortlessly showing that after almost 38 years and 22 albums, they’re still as gorgeously irresistible and enjoyable as ever.
Thrashing Across Aotearoa 2020 11 Feb – Valhalla, Wellington 12 Feb – Whammy, Auckland Denmark’s Artillery is easily one of Europe’s earliest exponents of thrash metal, and the band’s contribution to the burgeoning genre is difficult to ignore.
Boasting 27 spine-tingling performances across two nights, the first night of Whammyfest 2019 crammed 13 magical misfits into back-to-back performances over six spooktacular hours, packing in more musical styles and genres than a trick-or-treater’s loot bag.
Echo Ohs and friends invaded Whammy Bar last night to celebrate the release of their Wild Weeds EP, with four bands delivering ear-melting electro, dreamy stoner blues, blistering punk, and psychedelic cowboy surf rock to a beautifully celebratory crowd.
August 8, 2019: Others Way month is here! To kick off a jam-packed musical weekend, The Others Way is proud to see the return of The Night Before The Others Way.
As a precursor to their upcoming album release show at Galatos, Miss June gave the sold out crowd at Whammy a good look at what to expect on Bad Luck Party.
Peter Ruddell is 1/3 of New Zealand’s most well known “guitarless guitar band,” noise-rock trio Wax Chattels.