ANNOUNCEMENT: Milk and Honey Festival
New Zealand is breaking the glass ceiling with the country’s brand new festival: Milk & Honey Festival. The festival will span over three cities ...
ANNOUNCEMENT: SIX60, Dunedin
You heard right, the Six60 boys are heading back to where it all began for one massive show. After tickets for their Auckland show at Western Springs...
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 ...
In Review: Panic! At The Disco @ Spark Arena, Auckland
Words by Angela Rose Asuncion / Photography by Chony Musson
Lights. Camera. Action. Panic! At The Disco brought their Pray for the Wicked tour to o...
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 l...
Album Announcement + New Music: Tints — Anderson .Paak ft. Kendrick Lamar
Following the release of lead single, Bubblin’, comes the groovy, sun-splashed second single from Anderson .Paak’s latest album, Oxnard — Tints. The t...
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...
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...
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 Alic...
IN REVIEW: Vance Joy @ Auckland Town Hall
Words by Maddy Hattan
A rush of excitement filled the room as the lights went down and what could have been an angel appeared, guitar in hand and a...
Lookin Up release second single from upcoming album ‘Gold’ and announce NZ tour
NZ locals LOOKIN UP have released their 2nd single from their upcoming album Gold, which is set to be released this year on the 5th October. Enough wa...
Otium release new EP ‘You’
After recently playing a couple of shows with Sons of Zion, Whangarei locals OTIUM have released a small 2-track EP titled You. The 2 tracks are With ...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Cohle Harris to play 5 NZ shows this November
Cohle Harris has just popped up on the NZ music scene and he is definitely someone people should know about. As much as there’s a lot of NZ artists ou...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus to head to NZ shores this November
US post-hardcore band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus hit New Zealand for the first time this November. The band have tried to visit our shores previously ...
IN REVIEW: Hoodie Allen @ Neck of the Woods, Auckland
Words and photography by Shelley Te Haara
After cancelling his last planned trip to NZ, Hoodie Allen finally got around to heading to New Zealand, ...
IN REVIEW: Amy Shark @ The Powerstation, Auckland
Words and photography by Shelley Te Haara
The crowd was packed in down in the stalls, with a line of people on the level above when the lights fina...
Interview: ASHY discusses her latest single ‘Over You’ and plans for the future
With her latest single ‘Over You’ released and more on the way, ASHY (Aswini Batchelor) is the freshest pop talent coming out of Christchurch. At only...
Introduction: Bristol to Memory
Words by Shelley Te Haara
Let me introduce you to a band:
Bristol To Memory is a 4-piece band based in Southern California, who at first you mig...
In Review: Sons of Zion @ The Powerstation
Words and photography by Shelley Te Haara
Night 4 of Sons of Zion's 7 date Vantage Point tour took place at The Powerstation, and with 20-30 people...
Interview: WOW® Music Director discusses colab with 7 kiwi composers
With the 2018 World of WearableArt® season fast approaching, the show’s Music Director Paul McLaney took the time to discuss why this year will be par...
Interview with The Jungle Giants’ lead guitarist Cesira Aitken
Australian band The Jungle Giants are hot on the airwaves with the release of their 2017 album Quiet Ferocity. They’ll be heading to New Zealand for a...