Photos by Jacko Andrews

Artist:  TruckFighters

Date / Venue:  Tuesday May 7th, 2013 - Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland

Last week when TruckFighters guitarist Niklas Källgren was asked what we could expect from their New Zealand shows he responded ‘Total Madness'... and he wasn't kidding. Last night the Swedish 3-piece played a no holds barred energetic performance that the Kings Arms T…

Tagged as : Truckfighters | Red Sky Blues | Kings Arms Tavern | Auckland | concert review |

Swedish "Fuzz Rockers" TruckFighters are heading to New Zealand next week to play shows at the Kings Arms Tavern in Auckland on May 7th and Bodega in Wellington on May 8th.  

Their sound has been described as classic desert rock, similar to bands like Queens Of The Stone Age, Dozer, Fu Manchu (with whom they have toured), and Kyuss.  Josh Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age even described them …

Tagged as : Truckfighters | Niklas Källgren | Kings Arms Tavern | Bodega | interview |

Photos by Jacko Andrews

Artist:  Black Sabbath with support from Shihad

Date / Venue:  Saturday April 20th, Vector Arena, Auckland

Last night was unquestionably a bucket list moment, and to be honest one that I never thought would eventuate.

The reformed Black Sabbath returned to New Zealand and played their first show on our shores since appearing at The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival way…

Tagged as : Black Sabbath | Shihad | Ozzy Osbourne | Tony Iommi | Geezer Butler | Tommy Clufetos | Jon Toogood | concert review |

Photos by Simon Trower

Date / Venue:  March 15th - March 17th, Bowl Of Brooklands, New Plymouth

Friday

What a great excuse to get out of Auckland for a couple of days. We packed up the car at sunrise, hit the motorway and felt prepared for the weekend ahead. After a pleasant drive down from Auckland; through the Waikato and into Taranaki, we arrived at New Plymouth's ‘Bowl Of Brooklands' e…

Tagged as : WOMAD | concert review |

Artist:  Weezer

Date / Venue:  Friday 11th January, 2013, Vector Arena, Auckland

In the mid 90's when you went to a teenage party, undoubtedly there would always be a select few albums played. Among them were Green Day's 'Dookie', Offspring's 'Smash', and Weezer's self titled debut 'The Blue Album'.

'The Blue Album' was released in 1994, but took a little longer for it to make its overa…

Tagged as : Weezer | The Blue Album | Cloud Control | Unknown Mortal Orchestra | concert review |