French For Rabbits 6th August 2021 The Globe Theatre, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers. Historic feature photograph kindly supplied by Andrew Mackay / Muzic.net.nz. There was a dimming of the lights, but nobody switched on the strobe. However, in aContinue Reading
Benee + The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 30th July 2021 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Feature photograph kindly supplied by Garry Thomas/Muzic.net.nz. Is the occasion of playing your material accompanied by the National Orchestra aContinue Reading
Fat Freddy’s Drop: Wairunga Directed by Fat Freddy’s Drop + TRANSMIT Review by Kate Taylor. Fred heads, better get Freddy – the boys are back! The iconic and quintessential cornerstone of modern New Zealand music, Fat Freddy’s Drop, as joined byContinue Reading
The Chats 27th July 2021 The Hollywood Cinema, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. It’s a Tuesday night, in winter. The pavement is still soaked from the past few days of torrential rain and theContinue Reading
Flying Nun 40th Anniversary 24th July 2021 Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sam Duquemin. Photography by Doug Peters. Crowds descend on the Auckland Town Hall, escaping the cool night air, to celebrate forty years of Flying NunContinue Reading
Pickle Darling 24th July 2021 Spaceship, Hastings, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Richmond Palleson. Touring their most recent album “Cosmonaut”, Otautahi’s Pickle Darling brought the magic to the appropriately named Spaceship in Hastings, charming a select audienceContinue Reading
Shepherds Reign 22nd July 2021 Whammy! Bar, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Mark Derricutt. Photography by Doug Peters. The night air was freezing and whilst the world at large remains in lockdown, but a faithful few of kiwi metalheads andContinue Reading
Mara TK 16th July 2021 Titirangi War Memorial Hall, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sam Smith. Feature Photograph kindly provided by Leonie Moreland / The 13th Floor. Fresh off the release of his excellent debut solo album Bad Meditation, former ElectricContinue Reading
Garbage – No Gods, No Masters (Liberator Music) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. On this new release, Garbage have returned to the gloom, amping up the dramatics and tapping into post-Trumpian, Covid calamity. Where ‘Strange Little Birds’ was a more personalContinue Reading