Concert Review - Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Auckland - 3rd September 2016
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By Megan Moss
Artist: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds
Date / Venue: Saturday September 3rd, 2016 - The Tuning Fork, Auckland
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Steven Wilson
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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.
Read MoreConcert Review - Arrested Development - Auckland - 28th August 2016
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By Leah Victoria
Artist: Arrested Development
Date / Venue: Sunday August 28th, 2016 - The Powerstation, Auckland
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Nicola Kawana
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Currently running at the Q Theatre in Auckland, Sister Anzac is set in Gallipoli in 1915, and focuses on the nurses who went there on the hospital ship the Maheno. Like the men they boldly put their hands up. 14 were accepted for this first trip, travelling as if they were heading for a big adventure. The horror they met is history.
Read MoreConcert Review - Trace Bundy - Wellington - 21st August 2016
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By Stella Gardiner
Artist: Trace Bundy
Date / Venue: Sunday August 21st, 2016 - Memorial Auditorium, Wellington
Read MoreMAALA
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By Wal Reid
Musician Maala is upbeat about his new album Composure as I meet him remarking “This is the second time we’ve met.” The first time was at Hum Salon in Grafton where I first met him playing as Evan Sinton, sitting at the piano in the worn-out Victorian homestead that’s converted into a community drop in.
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Kid Congo Powers
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By Poppy Tohill
A bona fide legend of the American rock scene, Kid Congo Powers is a man who needs little introduction to most. A co-founding member of the legendary blues-punk inferno, The Gun Club, Powers has also lent his unique and idiosyncratic guitar style to two of the best groups in rock history - The Cramps & Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
Read MoreConcert Review - Selena Gomez - Auckland - 13th August 2016
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John Waters
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By Ben Doy
Award-winning Australian actor and singer John Waters (Offspring, All The Rivers Run, Godspell, Hair) is heading to Auckland with his show Lennon: Through The Glass Onion. Taking place at the Civic Theatre from August 10 - 13, the show is part spoken word, part concert – a celebration of one of the most distinctive voices of his generation: John Lennon.
Read MoreConcert Review - Katchafire & Kora - Auckland - 5th August 2016
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Artist: Katchafire & Kora
Date / Venue: Friday August 5th, 2016 - The Powerstation, Auckland
Read MoreOrchestra Of Spheres
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By Will Brown
Pick & Mix 2016 continues this weekend, which is a collection of free performances and workshops around Auckland, one of which includes Wellington psychedelic future funk quartet Orchestra of Spheres.
Read MoreLizzie Marvelly
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By Poppy Tohill
The last time we talked to Lizzie Marvelly her classical crossover debut EP Collisions had just been released. Now two years later she runs her own media website, writes a regular column for the New Zealand Herald and is about to hit the road in celebration of her tenth year in the music industry and she’s only 27 years old.
Read MoreConcert Review - Black Tusk - Auckland - 3rd August 2016
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By Mark Derricutt
Artist: Black Tusk
Date / Venue: Wednesday August 3rd, 2016 - Kings Arms, Auckland
Read MoreGracie-Rose Kay
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By Ben Doy
Q Theatre’s 2016 Matchbox Season is presenting the innovative, masked comedy Leilani, which begins tonight (August 4) in Auckland.
Read MoreConcert Review - The Internet - Auckland - 2nd August 2016
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By Wal Reid
Artist: The Internet
Date / Venue: Tuesday August 2nd, 2016 - The Powerstation, Auckland
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