The Flatliners to play Three NZ shows this summer
After a heavy outcry of “WHY NO NZ!!” over (and over) the socials and a healthy amount of emails requesting that a New Zealand show may happen, we are absolutely ecstatic to be able to say, your voices have beenContinue Reading
Iron Maiden, Auckland NZ, 2024
Iron Maiden 16th September 2024 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Sarah Kidd with photography by Doug Peters. It has been a long wait for fans of Iron Maiden; last here in 2016 on the Book of Souls tour almostContinue Reading
A Greater Degree Of Realism – The Menzingers Interview
GREG BARNETT of THE MENZINGERS: A Greater Degree of Realism An interview by Bridget Herlihy. Just two years shy of celebrating two decades together as a band, The Menzingers are considered an American institution in punk rock history. Hailing fromContinue Reading
Clipping The Ticket: A TRiPS Interview
ANDREW CHRISTIANSEN of TRiPS: Clipping The Ticket An interview by Tim Gruar. TRiPS is a new collaboration project from Andrew Christiansen and Barnaby Weir, featuring contributions from a host of co-conspirators including from Black Seeds’ Daniel Weetman, Paslode’s Elan Van-Mills,Continue Reading
Hollie Smith, OngaOnga NZ, 2024
Hollie Smith 3rd July 2024 OngaOnga Hall, OngaOnga, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. The Small Hall Sessions are still alive! It’s been far too long between drinks, such being the price of the collectively self-induced period of doom andContinue Reading
The Ghost Inside’s new album Searching For Solace
Four years since their self-titled album was named one of Loudwire’s Best Rock and Metal Albums of 2020, Searching For Solace arrives at an optimal time in the lives of The Ghost Inside. Nine years removed from the horrific busContinue Reading
Album Review: Bad Schematics – C O L L I D E
Bad Schematics – C O L L I D E (Independent) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Affectionately known to many as the Swamp, Palmerston North has a colourful music history, some of which has brought the windy city in the middleContinue Reading
Slightly Macabre – An Earth Tongue Interview
GUSSIE LARKIN and EZRA SIMMONS of EARTH TONGUE: Slightly Macabre An interview by Bridget Herlihy. Earth Tongue are living the dream. The New Zealand heavy fuzz/psych-rock duo featuring Gussie Larkin (guitar, vocals) and Ezra Simmons (drums, vocals) have become renownedContinue Reading
Tinariwen, Wellington NZ, 2024
Tinariwen 30th May 2024 The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Reef Reid. In a spectacular display of passionate and driven musicality, the powers of Tinariwen and support act LEAO asserted the status of indigenousContinue Reading