Indie-pop superstar BENEE has today added a further three shows to her already sprawling list of shows across Aotearoa! Dunedin, Auckland, and Wellington have been added to the tour, along with a huge slate of shows across Europe and NorthContinue Reading
Benee 16th October 2020 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Georgette Singer. Photography by Doug Peters. Red flickering lights on a white drop sheet amp up the crowd. Benee appears wearing a casual, yet deliciously cool, ensemble and theContinue Reading
Orange Goblin 15th April 2024 Mothership, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Sarah Kidd with photography by Benn West. It may have taken them almost thirty years to do it, but Orange Goblin finally made their way down to New Zealand lastContinue Reading
WOMAD 15th – 17th March 2024 Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Review by Tim Gruar and Rob Harbers with photography by Chris Zwaagdyk. Friday, 15th March. Before beginning we want to acknowledge all of those who lost their livesContinue Reading
Every year WOMAD Taranaki serves up a veritable feast of incredible talent from across the world. It always blows us away when artists who come from such far-flung places as South Sudan, Tibet or even Iceland stump up and travelContinue Reading
Post Malone 21st November 2023 The Outer Fields, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Charlotte Lightbody, photography by David Watson. The Western Springs’ Outerfields bore witness to a pulsating party of beats and melodies as Post Malone, with his signature easy, self-unseriousContinue Reading
Great Sounds Great 18th November 2023 Cuba Street Precinct, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. For the second year running Eyegum Collective brings us the coolest lil’ festival in the Coolest Little Capital. The lineup was aContinue Reading
Mermaidens – Mermaidens (Independent) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Long-term friends and creative audio-visual boundary pushers, Pōneke/Tāmaki Manukau based three-piece Mermaidens – Gussie Larkin (vocals, guitar), Lily West (vocals, bass) and Abe Hollingsworth (drums) – are back with their fourth album.Continue Reading
Stryper 11th March 2023 Galatos, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Kev Rowland. Photography by Mark Derricutt. I was chatting to photographer Mark Derricutt before the gig, and neither of us can remember a night in Auckland when international bands wereContinue Reading