Dinosaur Jr. 2nd March 2024 The Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Simon Coffey. Photography by Nick Paulsen. Tonight’s show may be celebrating 30 years since the release of Dinosaur Jr’s fifth album, 1993’s ‘Where You Been’ but it’sContinue Reading
Mogwai 1st March 2024 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Photography by Nick Paulsen. The magnificent, the majestic, the masters of some of the most sublime mind-bending music ever made. Mogwai. One of the best loved and most ground-breaking rock bands ofContinue Reading
Queens of the Stone Age 29th February 2024 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Sarah Kidd with photography by Doug Peters. When it comes to a Queens of the Stone Age show it is quite apt to describe the crowdContinue Reading
The National 25th February 2024 TSB Arena, Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Photography by Nick George. Ohio’s favourite sons, The National, are one of the jewels in the crown of this year’s Aotearoa Festival of the Arts. AContinue Reading
Sampha 23rd February 2024 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Sarah Kidd with photography by Doug Peters. Once in a while there comes along an artist, a live experience, that truly leaves a lasting impression, and last night, in the heartContinue Reading
Jan Preston 23rd February 2024 King Georges Hall, Bay View, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. In a performance that drew on a deep well of memories and experience, Jan Preston brought the spirit of boogie-woogieContinue Reading
Mr Bruce 15th February 2023 Globe Theatre, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Amanda Hodge. Just over 30 years back, Mick Jones and his fellow B.A.D. actors sang of dimming the lights and having a ballContinue Reading
Mr Bruce 13th February 2024 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. It was 2019 when UK jazz-electro duo, The Correspondents, re-detonated our stages, blowing up crowds at Auckland’s Splore Festival and Morning Festival (at WhammyContinue Reading
Synthony 10th February 2024 The Domain, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by RadLab. An estimated thirty-five thousand people packed into the Auckland Domain yesterday for what was Synthony No.5, and though it didn’t seem possible, the eventContinue Reading