4+ hour, 34+ min ago  (325+ words) Minnesota born John Maus, a musician who has drawn on Goth, 80s Synth-Pop, and avante garde theatrics since 2006, and created, actually synthesised, a sound that draws before, beyond and within the aforementioned. After a seven year break, he released his sixth…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (643+ words) Deva Mahal'closed out her Future Classic Vol. II Tour'at Auckland's Double Whammy last night, bringing the sound of soul to NZ Music Month. Deva's dad, 83-yearl old Taj Mahal'has just released his own album this past Friday, and judging by…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (507+ words) Cassie Henderson was crackling lightning on the Bruce Mason Centre stage last night, delivering a high-energy pop performance that had her audience engaged from the first drum hit to the last lingering vocal. It was the Auckland leg of her…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (887+ words) The Pogues played Auckland's newly-minted International Convention Centre last night. Theatre Peter was there to review both. That's what these Pogues have done " three original members, a 14-piece band (fourteen band members!) and a guest list of star vocalists to…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (415+ words) The Worm takes over Henderson's Te Pou Theatre to tell a tall tale especially crafted for your child's school holiday. With the added bonus of a master musician in the chair. It's billed as being "for adults six and older…...

1+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (291+ words) MILLI sustains a constant, almost unbearable tension as though something is always on the verge of erupting." Don't be misled by its theatrical framing, because beneath the surface lies a story of desire, vulnerability, and'corn. Going in, I had seen…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (642+ words) If there is one band that understands the very fine line between precision and chaos, it's those crazy dudes of Electric Six. Twenty-plus years and thirteen albums on from the 2003 breakout Fire, the Detroit disco-techno-punk-rockers remain gloriously committed to the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (317+ words) Spotify is an interesting barometer of an artist's career. For Sam Beam'Iron & Wine'the song with the most streams on Spotify is Flightless Bird, American Mouth, with many hundreds of millions of streams. A suspicion that, for me, was confirmed last…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (200+ words) Formed in Cambridge in 2018, Black Country, New Road have gone through some changes over the years. the most notable being the departure of lead vocalist and songwriter Isaac Wood. Wood's departure has intiated a depature in music style as well....

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (533+ words) The warmth of a late summer evening in T'maki Makaurau set the stage for a long-awaited return: The Bats, one of Aotearoa's most enduring musical institutions, stepping back into an Auckland spotlight. Inside Hollywood Avondale, the anticipation felt almost familial…...