Half Japanese – Hear The Lions Roar (Fire Records)
Just when I thought I knew about every band to find the courage to lay down on the tracks during the 1970s yet another one resurfaces – complete with an overstocked pedigree of albums spanning decades of hard work and ferocious output. Half Japanese were born out of the Fair brother’s lo-fi bedroom recordings of […]
Listen To Slowdive’s First New Music in 22 Years!
British shoegaze band Slowdive reunited in 2014 and have just now released their first new music since their 1995 album, Pygmalion. According to the band’s website, this is just a taste of what is to come:
Sampha Releases New Single ‘No One Knows Me (Like The Piano)’
This just in… Sampha today releases a brand new single ‘(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano’. At once both emotionally raw and achingly beautiful, the track is a tribute to the piano that sat in Sampha’s south London family home from the age of three – a piano on which he wrote much of his highly […]
Lake Street Dive – Tuning Fork January 11, 2017
It’s a new year and its been several weeks since an overseas act has visited Auckland, so it’s no surprise that the Tuning Fork was sold out on this Wednesday night. It might also have to do with the fact that Lake Street Dive have cultivated quite a following in this country, performing here […]
Don McGlashan, SJD and Nadia Reid to play Silo Acoustic Sessions, February Films and Silo Park Slugger
This just in from the folks at Silo Park… 2017 sees Silo Park’s community of good times continuing, with a stellar Silo Sessions lineup on 28 January, and the launch of the Silo Park Produce Market on Sunday afternoons. An eclectic mix of films will feature in February, as well as the Silo Park Slugger […]
Check Out New Music From Karen Elson
This just in… English-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Karen Elson will release her second album Double Roses on 7 April 2017, via 1965 Records/[PIAS]. Elson, who released her debut The Ghost Who Walks in 2010, is newly signed by the label for the world (ex-US), where the record will be released on H.O.T Records.
Carl Cox “Pure” Coming To Auckland
One of the most charming DJs in the business. A musical ambassador and a veteran of acid house, a champion of techno, a dance music pioneer, label owner, King of Ibiza – you name it, Carl Cox has been there and done it, never losing sight of his passions – playing music, breaking tunes and […]
Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White – Gentlewoman, Ruby Man (Liberator Music/Glassnote Records)
From Frank Ocean to Leonard Cohen, from James Blake to the Velvet Underground, Flo and Matt certainly cover some musical ground in this intriguing and satisfying collection of covers.
Ben Salter Returns To Aotearoa This February
Ben Salter’s love affair with Aotearoa continues this summer with his third trip over the ditch in four years.
Watch The New Dirty Projectors Video Now!
This just in from the folks at Universal… The new Dirty Projectors song Little Bubble is quiet storm for a climatically unstable future. A gorgeous song about love and loss, it gives us one of David Longstreth’s most guileless and beautiful melodies yet.
Aldous Harding Announces National Tour With Full Band
After the international success of her self-titled debut, Aldous Harding continues to ascend beyond fleeting trends. Delving into more timelessly resonant territories of human experience, Aldous has established a firm stance worldwide as a fearsome recording artist and performer. In February, ahead of the release of her next record, Party, she’s set to play four […]
Connan Mockasin Announces Extra Show
Connan Mockasin is due to perform two shows at Rec this Friday and Saturday. Now, it looks like three… OK Folks, Here’s the deal – due to insatiable demand – it gives us great pleasure to announce ONE more show!!! -ON THURSDAY 12th of JAN. TICKETS ON SALE TODAY (TUESDAY 10th) at 12pm MID DAY […]
New Music From Greg Fleming & The Working Poor!
Hot on the heels of last year’s acclaimed album To Hell With These Streets comes a new track from Greg Fleming – another collaboration with Working Poor guitarist Andrew Thorne (aka DJ Stingy Brim who also produced the single Life is Short from THWTS).
Listen To The New Track From Elbow
This just in… All Disco is the second track revealed from Elbow’s new album Little Fictions, due for release February 3, 2017. The track is available as an instant download when you digitally pre-order the album, along with first single Magnificent (She Says).
Auckland Live Summer in the Square returns today!
Starting today, Auckland Live Summer in the Square launches back into its summer-long programme throughout January and February with live events, awesome activities and world-class entertainment for all. Aotea Square is the place to be this summer season!
Watch The New David Bowie Video!
On what would have been David Bowie’s 70th birthday, the video for Bowie’s No Plan was posted. Directed by Tom Hingston, the video is for one of the last three songs Bowie recorded. Those three songs, No Plan, Killing A Little Time and When I Met You (all from the Lazarus soundtrack) along with the […]
Final Act Added to Laneway 2017: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
We are thrilled to welcome the incomparable Melbourne act KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD to St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival in all territories and cities. Possibly the hardest working band (and 100% the most prolific), King Gizzard have released eight albums since forming in 2010 including one of 2016’s finest, the award-winning LP Nonagon Infinity (Double […]
R.I.P. Peter Sarstedt
Singer Peter Sarstedt has died, age 75. The British singer-songwriter was best known for his 1969 hit Where Do You Go You My Lovely.
Fans of Moz, Mariachi & Mash Ups: Mexrrissey Is Coming to Auckland Arts Festival in March
Calling all fans of Moz, mariachi and mash ups: Mexrrissey is coming to Auckland Arts Festival 2017.
Susto’s Hard Drugs: The First Great Song Of 2017?
Charleston, South Carolina quintet Susto is about to release their new album, & I’m Fine Today this coming Friday. And judging by the sound of lead single Hard Drugs, it’s a stunner. You can listen to the song here: