Cate Le Bon to perform two NZ shows
Susie Says! is beyond excited to announce two special performances by Mercury-prize nominated avant-pop artist and producer Cate Le Bon. Cate last visited New Zealand in 2019 on a rather epic sold-out tour, playing on grand piano to rapt audiencesContinue Reading
Perfume Genius announces NZ concerts
Mike Hadreas and his band bring the electrifying Perfume Genius live show to Aotearoa this winter, performing in Auckland at the Powerstation & Wellington at San Fran this June. The bold and tender artistic practice of Perfume Genius embodies fragilityContinue Reading
Album Review: 3rd Secret – 3rd Secret
3rd Secret – 3rd Secret (Independent) Reviewed by Bridget Herlihy. A well-kept secret indeed, this is an album from a band that almost no one saw coming. Only upon 3rd Secret’s debut performance at the Museum of Popular Culture inContinue Reading
Jackie Bristow, Omakere NZ, 2022
Jackie Bristow 13th April 2022 Omakere Community Hall, Omakere, New Zealand. Review by Rob Harbers, photography by Andrew Caldwell. After a brief hiatus in the face of the advance of the ominous Omicron, the Small Hall Sessions have burst backContinue Reading
No Fear of Self: A Gramsci Interview
PAUL MCLANEY of GRAMSCI: No Fear Of Self An interview by Bridget Herlihy. The great David Bowie once asserted that “Ageing is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been”. In and of itself thisContinue Reading
Ambient Light Singles Club: April 2022
Monthly Feature by Tim Gruar, Bridget Herlihy & Doug Peters. Welcome to April, whanau. Time once again for your monthly dose of singular slices of musical goodness. The good news is that the MIQ’s and P’s are gone and overseas actsContinue Reading
Kendall Elise, Auckland NZ, 2022
Kendall Elise 1st April 2022 Wine Cellar, Auckland, New Zealand Review by Charlotte Lightbody, with photography by Doug Peters. Aotearoa, award-nominated singer-songwriter Kendall Elise performed to a sold-out audience in Auckland as part of her ‘Let The Night In’ nationalContinue Reading
Indie pop trio AJR announce New Zealand tour dates
Multiplatinum indie pop trio AJR have announced New Zealand tour dates as part of The OK ORCHESTRA Tour. The tour announce follows the release of the band’s fourth full-length album ‘OK ORCHESTRA’ which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Alternative andContinue Reading
Khruangbin announce NZ show with Kamasi Washington
Performing their biggest headline shows in Australia and New Zealand to date, Houston, Texas psych-funk auteurs Khruangbin will bring their First Class Tour to Fremantle, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland in November/December 2022. Last in Australia in 2019, the acclaimedContinue Reading