Memory Foam – Steel Magnolias (1:12 Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. With songs running at speeds faster than a gulp of hot sake, the debut album from Tāmaki five piece tempur-pedic punks Memory Foam is a shot of intense electricContinue Reading
Billy Howerdel – What Normal Was (Alchemy Recordings / Rise Records / BMG) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. Billy Howerdel’s first solo album under his own name, ‘What Normal Was’, has been a long time in the making. Perhaps best knownContinue Reading
Joan As Police Woman 11th June 2022 Hollywood Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Bridget Herlihy with photography by Doug Peters. With a career spanning across three decades, New Yorker Joan As Police Woman (aka Joan Wasser) really needs no introduction. TheContinue Reading
Plum Green 11th June 2022 Moon Bar, Wellington, New Zealand. Review and photography by Tim Gruar. Nobody can deny what a great summer it’s been. Warm radiance to wash away the fears and anxieties of the last two years. ButContinue Reading
Chelsea Wolfe 10th June 2022 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Bridget Herlihy with photography by Doug Peters. It is a well-established (and legitimately researched) fact that the congregation of people to experience music can create a sense of joy, connectionContinue Reading
Wiri Donna 10th June 2022 San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Review by Tim Gruar, photography by Garry Thomas. Wiri Donna (a.k.a Bianca Bailey) has been popping up on stages around the motu for a couple of years now. She beganContinue Reading
Grant Haua 10th June 2022 Whakatu Community Hall, Whakatu, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like the ever-flowing river, the Small Hall Sessions keep rolling on, spreading vitality as they go. The latest traveller to navigateContinue Reading
Perfume Genius 6th June 2022 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sam Te Kani. Photography by Doug Peters. Being my first proper gig in many months I had some nerves about being confined to Auckland’s Power Station with several hundredContinue Reading
Cate Le Bon 4th June 2022 Meow, Wellington, New Zealand. Hollywood Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand (Photography). Review by Tim Gruar. Photography by Doug Peters. Tonight, Welsh-avant pop artist, Cate le Bon returned to Aotearoa, 3 years on from her lastContinue Reading