
Concert Review - Distance and Myriad Drone - Napier - 22nd February 2025
Review By: Rob Harbers
Artist/Band: Distance, Myriad Drone Supported by Fvkvshima
Venue/City: Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 22nd February 2025

Interview: Seas of Conflict
Catching up with friends who are musicians at their gigs is always an odd, awkward, rushed affair between sets, pack-down, or a series of inaudible shouts as another band plays. So with the release of the new Seas of Conflict single Monachopsis, I thought it was time I simply scheduled time for a chat, not only once but twice--due to technical issues--with guitarist Declan Storrie.

Interview: Jordan Rudess
By Mark Derricutt
Breakups are never easy - whether it's a romantic tryst, a teenage crush, or with a young Mark and his favourite band Dream Theater, that dark moment when founding keyboardist Kevin Moore left the group in 1994.

Interview: Steven Wilson
By Mark Derricutt
There's no denying that at my core, I'm a lover of progressive music - whether that means I love "prog" music or not is a question for another day, and is a topic which I touched on whilst talking to Steven Wilson the other week regarding the upcoming To The Bone show at Auckland's Bruce Mason Centre.

Concert Review with PHOTOS: Intervals
By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Intervals
Date / Venue: Wednesday September 26th, 2018 - Whammy Bar, Auckland

Concert Review: Mike Portnoy with PHOTOS
By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Mike Portnoy
Date . Venue: Thursday November 16th, 2017 - The Studio, Auckland

Interview: Nigel Powell
By Jennifer Quinlin
After reviewing the latest album by The Sad Song Co. I wanted to sit down and chat more with Nigel Powell about how it came together, and how being a solo artist fits into his life touring with Frank Turner.
Interview: Devin Townsend
By Mark Derricutt
Over the last week there have been lots of discussion surrounding the unfortunate events at last weekend's Windhand/Cough show at Auckland's 'Kings Arms Tavern', and if there's one one thing to take away from it - it's that you should always be prepared for the worst, and have some form of plan for dealing with it.

Steven Wilson
By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Steven Wilson
Date / Venue: Wednesday October 26th, 2016 - The Powerstation, Auckland

Mice On Stilts
By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Mice On Stilts
Date / Venue: Friday October 7th, 2016 - Kings Arms, Auckland

Steven Wilson
By Mark Derricutt
20 years ago I started an adventure, leaving home in Napier and moving to Auckland; on that and many journey’s back and forth I would pass this giant brain on the side of the road just north of Hamilton. In time I would discover this to be “Cranium Records”, an off beat specialty store for psychedelic, stoner, and krautrock, and subsequently a regular travel stop.

New Music Review - In Amber "The Sad Song Co". - August 2016
Released Friday August 26th, 2016 - NP Productions