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      IT: Chapter Two review: bigger budget, bigger run-time, bigger scares

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      Shawn Moodie
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      In Review: Leather Lungs: Yas Queen!

      Liz Lauder
      February 6, 2020
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      February 6, 2020
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    • NZICF: Fred Awards Finalists Announced

      Shawn Moodie
      May 25, 2019
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      May 21, 2021
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      May 20, 2021
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      Oliver Smith
      May 19, 2021
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      May 19, 2021
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      May 14, 2021
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August 17, 2018
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In Review: Latinaotearoa at Whammy Bar!

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August 15, 2018
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Watch the Video for The Contortionist’s ‘Reimagined’

Shawn Moodie
July 27, 2017
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New Music: Don Broco Release New Single, ‘Technology’

Bill Hames
July 26, 2017
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Sigur Ros in Review: Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before

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July 25, 2017
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In Review: You EP – Dodie

The Speakeasy
August 22, 2017
Music, Uncharted
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 ...

Watch the Video for The Contortionist’s ‘Reimagined’

Shawn Moodie
July 27, 2017
Main, Metal, Music, rock, Uncharted, Watch, Watch and Listen
Prog rock act The Contortionist have released a new track “Absolve.” The song is the second piece of music we've heard from their new LP Clairvoyant. ...

New Music: Don Broco Release New Single, ‘Technology’

Bill Hames
July 26, 2017
Music, rock, Uncharted
Bedford rock four-piece, Don Broco have just released a brand new single, the hard-hitting riff-driven ‘Technology’. Of the new tune, frontman Rob ...

Sigur Ros in Review: Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before

The Speakeasy
July 25, 2017
Main, Music, Uncharted
Sigur Rós @ Spark Arena – 21/07/17 Words by James McGeorge On a fairly miserable, rainy Auckland Friday night the thought of immersing myself in w...

In Review: Japandroids @ Kings Arms 21/7/2017

The Speakeasy
July 22, 2017
Main, Music, rock, Uncharted
Japandroids at the Kings Arms Review by Michael O'Connell Japandroids returned to the stormy shores of New Zealand to play the Kings Arms on Frid...

Interview: Luke Player – The Pinheads

The Speakeasy
July 8, 2017
Main, Music, rock, Spotlight, Uncharted
Seven-piece Aussie punk-rockers The Pinheads have been on the scene for four years and, when not putting on one of their famously wild live shows, the...

Introducing: DUNES

Yasmin Brown
June 25, 2017
Main, Music, Uncharted
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I've always loved that feeling of laughing or smiling so much that your jaw aches for hours after a conversation ends, and just a short time chatting ...

A new indoor music festival is coming to Auckland this July

The Speakeasy
May 23, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life, Uncharted
The inaugural Madcap Madness Festival is arriving in Auckland on Saturday the 1st of July, and you'll definitely want to be there! Situated on one ...

In Review: $uicideboy$ Live at The Studio 07/05/2017

The Speakeasy
May 9, 2017
Listen, Main, Music, Uncharted
$uicideboy$ Live The Studio  Reviewed by Wal Reid There was more green smoke than a Katchafire gig, plus more references to ‘bishes’ than a Tony B...

Songs You Should Know: “Smoke And Mirrors” – Strangers You Know

Shawn Moodie
April 12, 2017
Electronic, Listen, Main, Music, Uncharted, Watch and Listen
One of the best things about music is the joy of discovering a new band or song to obsess over. Songs You Should Know is a new segment where we look t...

This Brilliantly Executed, Extremely NSFW Reversed Music Video Is Amazing

The Speakeasy
March 20, 2017
Main, Music, Uncharted, Watch, Watch and Listen
Leningrad, a Russian electronic/rock band hailing from Saint Petersburg, recently released a music video for their song “Kolschik” (or “Tattoo Artist”...

In Review: Taking Back Sunday @ The King’s Arms Tavern – 15/03/2017

Yasmin Brown
March 16, 2017
Music, rock, Uncharted
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I'm usually the kind of person that will express any extreme emotion through endless weeping, particularly when it comes to live music. On occasion, t...

In Review: Alexisonfire @ The Powerstation – 23/1/2017

Yasmin Brown
January 27, 2017
Metal, Music, rock, Uncharted
There are very few situations in which I find myself in a room of grown men jumping up and down in excitement, while screaming lyrics into the abyss a...

New Music: Sorority Noise – You Are Not As _____ As You Think

Yasmin Brown
January 22, 2017
Music, rock, Uncharted
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Sorority Noise are set to release their latest full length LP - You Are Not As ____ As You Think - on March 17th through Triple Crown Records. If t...

Laneway Festival 2017: ‘Young Thug’ Out, ‘What So Not’ In

Bill Hames
January 18, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music, Uncharted
Despite having his New Zealand visa, recent complications with the visa process for Australia means that Young Thug is not able to play any Laneway Fe...

Your Favourite Albums of 2016

Shawn Moodie
January 10, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music, R&B, rock, Spotlight, Uncharted
The People Have Spoken. A week ago Music Editor Yasmin Brown offered up her Top Albums of 2016 but I wanted to see how your favourite albums compared...

The Speakeasy’s top 16 albums of 2016

Yasmin Brown
January 2, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music, R&B, rock, Uncharted
1
16. Blink 182 - California Blink-182 is one of those bands that just never goes away. After an 8 year hiatus, we were sure it was over, but lik...

Top 5 Creepiest Christmas Songs

Oliver Smith
December 22, 2016
Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Uncharted
I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas music. On one hand it carries a lot of nostalgia, it reminds me of the time as a kid when dad would dus...

Interview: The Smith Street Band – Chris Cowburn

Yasmin Brown
December 13, 2016
Main, Music, rock, Uncharted
1
When The Smith Street Band drummer, Chris Cowburn (far right in the picture above), suggested we do our interview in one of the band's vans in The Cor...

Interview: Alexisonfire – George Pettit

Bill Hames
December 13, 2016
Main, Music, rock, Uncharted
Prior to their upcoming New Zealand show in January. I spoke to front-man George Pettit of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. We talked about the up...

In Review: The Smith Street Band @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne

Yasmin Brown
December 6, 2016
Main, Music, rock, Uncharted
If I could have one wish, it would be to go back and see fantastic musicians that now play arenas and stadiums, perform at those small, damp clubs at ...
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