With his new, and arguably best, album, B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down, fresh out of the oven, Kurt Vile is touring the US with his band, The Violators. The 13th Floor’sMarty Duda caught the second of their two-night sold-out stand at New York City’s Webster Hall. Webster Hall is a somewhat historic New York venue, having […]
Vocalist on hundreds of classic sessions including lead turns with The Crystals, Darlene Love proves, at age 74, that she’s still got what it takes, belting out her old hits and featuring new tunes written by the likes of Costello, Springsteen and Webb. Despite the somewhat ironic title of her new, Steven Van Zandt-produced album, […]
Luna finally made it to Auckland for their first-ever NZ show. The reunited 1990’s dream-poppers are led by New Zealand native Dean Wareham, and on this night also featured original bass player Justin Harwood who resides in Piha. Fazerdaze The crowd arrived early to The Tuning Fork on this Saturday night. Maybe it was to […]
The Powerstation was packed with fans and musicians alike, ready to pay tribute to the late Graham Brazier and the music he made with Hello Sailor. As Peter Urlich stated at the start of the evening, “We want to join everybody together and make this an unforgettable night.” Mission accomplished! The festivities began just after […]
Notoriously-loud Brooklyn-based trio A Place To Bury Strangers shook up Auckland’s Kings Arms with a mind bending set heavy on distortion and feedback…and fog. Monday night at the Kings Arms and the faithful have shown up early, eager to catch opening act, Thee Run Coves. The local rockers didn’t disappoint, getting the crowd worked up […]
Despite a cold, drizzling rain and an unexpected visit by the fire department, The Others Way Festival can definitely be chalked up as a success. Spread across seven venues along Auckland’s K-Road, it was easy to move around from show to show, the music was diverse and exciting and it sold out. I started my […]
The five-day Auckland International Cabaret Season kicked off last night with Tim Finn’s solo show, White Cloud and then a parade of seven female vocalists paying tribute to Billie Holiday inLady Sings The Blues. Tim Finn’s one man show…well, ok, two man…guitarist Brett Adams sat quietly in the corner playing along with Finn’s piano and […]
Guitarist extraordinaire Marc Ribot performed a rare solo acoustic show at Auckland’s Tuning Fork. It was a showcase of intense musicianship that left the assembled fans spellbound, despite the fact that there was very little personal interplay between Ribot and his audience. This was very much a case of an artist letting his music do […]
Along with her band Retrovirus, Lydia Lunch brought plenty of attitude to The Kings Arms and a performance to justify that attitude. It was, despite the weather, one of the hottest shows of the year…noisy, confrontational, emotional and powerful…the way rock & roll is meant to be. For a brief time it felt like the […]
It’s been a lean few weeks for live music…thankfully, the film festival is taking up the slack…so that made the anticipation of seeing Camden siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis even greater. The trio have performed there before…Kitty celebrated her 18th birthday there in 2011. This time is was Lewis’ turn to blow out the candles […]
