Introducing: DUNES
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 with sisters Jamie and Tessa McDell - otherwise known as Dun...
Interview: Theia
There may be times that we scan the endless lists of tour dates posted by international artists and feel our hearts sink when New Zealand, once again, does not make an appearance. Sometimes, though, it's import...
Cameron Boucher of Sorority Noise releases 14 minute track – hell is warm
Cam Boucher is the lead singer of one of my favourite small-time American bands Sorority Noise, and I'm lucky enough that he is continually creating and releasing music without the constraints that come with be...
All-girl support crew announced for Theia’s NZ tour!
As if Theia wasn't enough of a bad-ass babe all on her own, joining her on her mini EP release tour are DJ Alisha, Arcee Rapper, DJ Mali and Missy G - making it a magnificent and powerful all-girl line-up acros...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Lorde to play SIX New Zealand shows this November
Our favourite pop princess is coming home this November in support of her upcoming Sophomore album Melodrama to play six intimate shows across New Zealand on her Melodrama World Tour.
The NZ leg of the tour ...
IN REVIEW: Last Young Renegade – All Time Low
We may have already been given 5 out of the 10 songs before the release date, and it would be easy to assume that the surprise had all but been spoilt, but there truly is nothing like listening to a concept alb...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Decades to tour NZ this July
New Zealand's rock scene is on the rise, and four of our biggest and best rock bands are joining forces this July as they embark on The All Our Truths Tour, visiting all of our country's biggest cities.
Deca...
The Smith Street Band recreate AC/DC Video for their song Shine
Sometimes I get complacent and stupidly think that I couldn't love The Smith Street Band more than I already did, and then they go and pull something like this and I am proven completely and utterly wrong.
T...
New Music: Halsey feat. Lauren Jauregui – Strangers
We may only have to go one more week without Halsey's new album Hopeless Kingdom Fountain in our lives, but it feels like forever. With Badlands so ingrained in our minds, the slow release of songs from her Sop...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Theia EP release tour
Prior to the release of her debut self titled EP on June 30th, Theia will be doing three 18+ shows in New Zealand's biggest cities this July.
Theia is set to play her EP in full at some super intimate shows at...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: The Amity Affliction
Australia's answer to post-hardcore is set to return to New Zealand this July in support of their upcoming album This Could Be Heartbreak.
The Amity Affliction were last in our country as part of the Big Ass...
INTERVIEW: All Time Low
All Time Low popped by last week for a fleeting visit to play an unforgettable headline show at Auckland's Powerstation. I got to have a chat with them and found out that on top of being one of the best bands i...
IN REVIEW: Paramore – After Laughter
Paramore is (still) a band.
That much is clear after listening to their latest album After Laughter. Despite the uncertainty of losing a founding member and bassist Jeremy Davis in December 2015, and bringin...
IN REVIEW: All Time Low @ The Powerstation – 10/05/2017
For All Time Low fans, the live experience is everything. With that in mind, it's easy to see why fans in New Zealand might feel a bit short changed. After all, it took them 7 years to finally make it over here...
Paramore drop another new track – Told You So
Just a week after Paramore came out of their musical hiatus, providing us with a whole bunch of new things to be excited about, they're back at it again with a new song with accompanying video, Told You So. The...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Harry Styles to play Auckland this December
Based on the amount of virtual screaming I have seen over the past 3 days, this is a big one. For the first time as a solo artist, Harry Styles is treating the world to an intimate tour, which will no doubt hav...
REMINDER: All Time Low to play Auckland this month!
It is officially May, which means it is officially only 10 days until the wonderful All Time Low grace us with their presence for the first time since their Westfest appearance and their small Christchurch head...
NEW MUSIC: Paramore – After Laughter
It may have been 12:30am on a Wednesday night, but with Paramore dropping hints that a new song was coming for the first time since November 2014, there was no time to sleep.
With members of the band cryptic...
IN REVIEW: More Scared of You Than You Are of Me – The Smith Street Band
At some point over the past few months, The Smith Street Band's upcoming fourth full length release became my most anticipated album of the year. I don't remember the exact moment I fell in love with these Aust...
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Against the Current
Fueled by Ramen are fast becoming one of the world's favourite record labels, and New Zealand has been hit full force with many of their acts visiting our fair shores over the recent years. The most recent anno...
IN REVIEW: twenty one pilots – EMØTIØNAL RØADSHØW 2017
It is impossible to accurately describe what it means to attend a twenty one pilots show. You could try stringing together an infinite amount of words in any combination, and nothing will ever come remotely clo...