NZICF In Review: Quiche -Tony Lyall
Words Sarah Kidd
An eggy delicious treat? A party food alternative to the irresistible chain of cheerios featured at kids’ parties. Or a chance to truly learn how to spell a word that doesn’t tend to featur...
Odd Kid on the Block – Morningside Precinct
Written by Kim Newton
Humbly tucked away in the backstreets of Morningside is a
new precinct, adjunctive to the well-established local hub Crave. This slick development, which
contains several well-establis...
IN REVIEW: Julia Jacklin @ Hollywood, Auckland
Words by Lydia Burgham
Taped to Julia Jacklin’s guitar are two messages written in black sharpie. One is the practical “Julia’s guitar” label. The other was a little more surprising: a sc...
IN REVIEW: Billie Eilish – Bury a Friend
Words by Maddy Hattan
Billie Eilish is a name that's very quickly making its way around the globe, and with the release of her latest single Bury A Friend, she is not showing signs of slowing down anytime s...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Middle Kids Australia & New Zealand Tour
After performing last month in Australia and New Zealand very own Indie summer camp, Laneway, Middle Kids are hitting the road once again in April. This time the band is headlining inside venues, so everyones ...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour
Press Release:Live Nation is thrilled to announce that Red Hot Chili Peppers will make a long-over due and highly-anticipated return Down Under in 2019.Playing their first Australian headline tour in twelve lo...
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Beer InCider Experience, Melbourne
Photos: The Beer InCider Experience Facebook pageThe Beer InCider Experience is just three weeks away and the countdown is on for punters who have already nabbed tickets for Saturday 2 March at the Melbourne S...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Boyzone, farewell tour
It is always sad when artists release their final tours. 90s Irish heartthrobs Boyzone are no exception, as they head around the world for one last time Saying thank you and farewell to fans everywhere.The far...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Tash Sultana, Australian Tour
Australian born, multi-instrumentalist and sing-songwriter Tash Sultana is heading out on a huge tour across Australia. The busker turned international sensation has had the worlds attention since she uploaded...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Pussy Riot, Auckland
Russian group Pussy Riot are headed to Auckland to headline the Auckland Fringe when they take over Auckland Town Hall on the 22nd of February. Before they head down to Wellingtons San Fran. This is the f...
IN REVIEW: Laneway Festival Auckland
Words by: Grace Hood-Edwards Photography provided by David Watson
Thousands of festival goers flocked to Albert Park this week for Laneway. The small park heaved with everyone in their summer best, swarming...
Tour Announcement – The 1975
After the anticipated release of the bands third studio album, The 1975 are heading back down to New Zealand in September. Its been two years since the bands first tour here in 2016, and they are always welco...
NZ Excellence Awards: New Zealand’s best restaurants for 2019 announced
173 restaurants have received the longest running culinary award in New Zealand, the Beef and Lamb Excellence Award for 2019 after a tough and rigorous assessment process. Now in their 23rd year, the Exce...
Step up your Christmas styling this weekend
Whether you’re hosting, toasting or roasting this holiday season, head along to the new-look freedom Newmarket ‘home’ for a crash course in styling spaces for a Kiwi Christmas.
Learn how to spice up your set...
In Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Review by Chelsea Pickens
Disclaimer: This review is coming unashamedly from the Harry Potter fandom. I’m one of those people. I have horcruxes hanging from my window and an elderwand on proud display on my...
In Review: They Shall Not Grow Old
Written by Chelsea Pickens
Being real for a second, the draw of this documentary film for me was undeniably that 'it was something by Peter Jackson', our very own Kiwi king of film. It’s not that I’m not int...
In Review: Medusa at Loft at Q
Words Alysha Jensen photos Julie Zhu
Medusa will attack your senses, your emotions and all views you have on the power structures around us. Be prepared to be challenged on how you think theatre should be st...
Interview: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ Ronnie Winter
Words by Shelley Te Haara
Ahead of their show in New Zealand this November, The Speakeasy was lucky enough to have a chat over the phone with the lead vocalist of Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Ronnie Winters.
...
INTERVIEW: Frank Turner
Interview by Shelley Te Haara
After announcing a couple of New Zealand shows as part of his Be More Kind World Tour, The Speakeasy was lucky enough to be able to
chat to Frank Turner ahead of his visit next...
IN REVIEW: Listen In Festival – Spark Arena, Auckland
Words and photography by Chony Musson
I would say, I’m no stranger to hip hop and drum and bass, but my mother told me not to lie. Regardless, when I saw the Listen In, Auckland line-up it had me so very intri...
IN REVIEW: Wolf Alice @ The Powerstation, Auckland
Words by Grace Hood-Edwards
Photography by Shelley Te Haara
“How the fuck is everyone doing on a Sunday night?!” Theo Ellis, bassist for Wolf Alice, cried out at the heaving Powerstation crowd.
Pretty da...