Tour Announcement: Niall Horan to play Spark Arena
Words by Eloise Sims
Former One Direction star Niall Horan has announced he’ll be bringing his Flicker World Tour stadium show to New Zealand’s shore...
Tour Announcement: Foo Fighters
Words by Shelley Te Haara
Foo Fighters return to rock stadiums across Australia and New Zealand in support of their ninth studio album, Concrete an...
Tour Announcement: Devilskin
Words by Shelley Te Haara
After playing at the legendary Download Festival and touring the UK, Devilskin have brought their tour back home. Touring...
Tour Announcement: Drake – Boy Meets World
Words by Shelley Te Haara
He clearly enjoyed his last visit to NZ because Drake is back! Returning to our shores this November with his very succes...
New Music: Bermuda Triangle
We know her as Thunderbitch and we know her as the fearless frontwoman for Alabama Shakes – and now, Brittany Howard is known as one-third of the all-...
New Music: Twin Peaks
If you hadn’t already heard, my favourite indie Chicago rockers, Twin Peaks, have been releasing a brand new single every single month this year (and ...
In Review: The National – Sleep Well Beast
When The National first appeared on my radar, it was because my new found best friend proudly claimed them as her favourite band. As we listened to tr...
Gig Review: Northlane @ The Kings Arms 26/08/17
Words and photography by Shelley Te Haara
After only visiting our shores in November last year, in support of their previous release Node, Northlan...
Interview: Joe Principe of Rise Against
With their NZ headline tour fast approaching, I took a break from my European travels and had a 2am phone chat with Rise Against's bassist Joe Princip...
Katy Perry adds second Auckland show!
Following the success of the Prismatic Tour that hit NZ shores at the end of 2014, it is no surprise that tickets to the August 20th date of Katy Perr...
New Video: Drop The Guillotine – Peach Pit
Since their video releases of Sweet FA and Seventeen, we’ve come to look forward to Peach Pit’s endearing brand of quirkiness and adore their self-des...
Tour Announcement: The National to play Villa Maria Winery in 2018
Since their first visit in 2008, indie rockers The National have returned to our humble abode roughly three more times (one of those times gracing Auc...
Slaves @ The Kings Arms 17/08/17
Words and photography by Shelley Te Haara
Last week, Auckland was treated to Californian natives, Slaves, who played to an intimate Kings Arms crow...
In Review: Beast Epic – Iron & Wine
Upon my discovery of Iron & Wine in 2007, they quickly became my favourite band – but I didn’t realise that ten years on, I would still consider t...
New Video: First Letter From St. Sean – Sorority Noise
Sorority Noise are my favourite band when it comes to vulnerability and openly discussing mental health. In the latest single from their most recent a...
New Music: Openside – I Feel Nothing
A few days ago, Speakeasy faves Openside dropped their latest single, less than a year after the release of their debut EP Push Back. On face value, I...
In Review: You EP – Dodie
Words by Maddy Hattan
With almost 2 million subscribers on YouTube and a heavy following across social media, its safe to say that Dodie is a well ...
The imminent return of Taylor Swift
They say you learn something new every day, and today I have learnt that we should never, ever underestimate Taylor Swift.
I mean, I already knew t...
New Music: Estère
In anticipation for her forthcoming release of her album, My Design, Part 1, Estère has dropped a music video for her energetic new single, Pro Bono T...
Tour Announcement: Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders
Since she last graced New Zealand in 2015 after touring with Fleetwood Mac, the ethereal singer-songwriter (and queen of my heart) Stevie Ni...
In review: Strangely Arousing @ Galatos 28/07/17
After arriving just as Brendon Thomas and the Vibes took the stage and narrowly avoiding several awkward encounters with people that I know, I was fin...