Highly Suspect 14th November 2023 Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Feature photograph by Shelley Te Haara. Round two. For many in the audience last night, this was the second time they were seeing Highly Suspect in theContinue Reading
Highly Suspect 12th November 2023 Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. There was almost widespread panic when tickets were first announced for the Highly Suspect tour of Aotearoa, and then promptly sold out.Continue Reading
Sam Smith 11th November 2023 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. It’s Saturday night, the weather is stunning, and Tāmaki Makaurau almost seems to shimmer as thousands of attendees make their way towardsContinue Reading
The Corrs 9th November 2023 Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Review by Sarah Kidd. Photography by Doug Peters. It would be fair to say that it has been a wee while since The Corrs last graced the shores of Aotearoa,Continue Reading
Hot Potato Band 9th November 2023 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Like a shot of molten metal, the hyperactive Hot Potato Band last night dropped in to Napier’s coolest little venue™ andContinue Reading
Nadia Reid 8th November 2023 Poukawa Hall, Poukawa, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Following up the frenetic Jenny Don’t and the Spurs run of Small Hall Sessions, the pace and volume has eased considerably thisContinue Reading
Ebony Lamb 5th November 2023 Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. Promoting her long-awaited, eponymously-titled, first solo album, Ebony Lamb has made a first-ever appearance on the boards of Ahuriri’s most sublime bijouContinue Reading
Dick Move – Wet (1:12 Records) Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Auckland’s Dick Move release their second album, three years after their debut ‘Chop’, an album of full-on party/rage against the system, landlords and corporate filth. Songs on ‘Wet’ explode outContinue Reading
Wellington Jazz Festival 25th – 29th October 2023 Wellington, New Zealand. Reviewed by Tim Gruar. Photography by Nick George. Come post-election and the Capital was ready to have a proper party. With government-elect in radio silence while they ‘negotiate’ theContinue Reading