Pop Will Eat Itself 14th September 2022 The Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Kev Rowland. Photography by Doug Peters. Back into central Auckland on a Wednesday night to what is rapidly becoming my most favoured venue – beforeContinue Reading
Pop Will Eat Itself 13th September 2022 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Tim Gruar. Photography by Bruce Mackay. England’s finest genre-blenders Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI aka Poppies aka 80’s grebos) have returned. The last time I saw them IContinue Reading
Bret McKenzie 13th September 2022 Toi Toi, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Andrew Caldwell. On the penultimate date of the “Songs Without Jokes” tour, Bret McKenzie brought a killer band and a mix of ‘old songs, newContinue Reading
Jenny Mitchell 11th September 2022 Meow, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Last month I wrote an interview with Country artist Jenny Mitchell. Her new album, her third, ‘Tug Of War’, was recorded via Zoom and onlineContinue Reading
Sea Mouse 10th September 2022 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Photography by Jessie Broad. In 1974, Jon Landau famously said “I have seen rock ‘n’ roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen”, having encountered the nascentContinue Reading
Marlon Williams – My Boy (Virgin Music Australia) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. ‘My Boy’ is Marlon Williams’ third solo and an artistic re-emergence, transitioning from his trademark solemn, Americana-inflected velvet crooning into a more upbeat, and sometimes playful, cabaret/Lounge singerContinue Reading
Billie Eilish 8th September 2022 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Kate Taylor, with photography by Phil Walter/Getty Images. As Billie reminded us, Spark Arena was the first arena venue that she ever played, anywhere. A surreal, ‘I’ve madeContinue Reading
Bret McKenzie 8th September 2022 The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Kath Read, photography by Garry Thomas. There definitely felt like something in the air last night as Bret McKenzie took the stage at the Wellington Opera HouseContinue Reading
Midnight Oil 6th September 2022 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Garry Thomas. Of all the numerous reviews I’ve written, this would have to be the most bittersweet. Midnight Oil brought just as muchContinue Reading