rock

January 21, 2018

Metal, Music, Punk, rock

Words and photography by Shelley Te Haara UNIFY: A Heavy Music Gathering is a rather new addition to the Australian festival scene and it was very wet to say the least. Just as I arrived, a...

In Review: Alice Cooper – Live at Trust Arena

October 30, 2017

Main, Metal, Music, rock

Halloween is just around the corner and it felt fitting that last night I was sitting in a packed Trust Arena, surrounded by a sea of face paint and black-clad rock fans, eagerly awaiting the arrival of King of...

New Music: Tonight Alive – Temple

October 17, 2017

Music, rock

Tonight Alive are back, baby! The Aussie band may have evaded our shores in terms of touring for the past few years, but they certainly haven't evaded our hearts, and now they have returned with their latest...

In Review: Brand New – Science Fiction

October 11, 2017

Music, rock

Words by Mary Varvaris It’s strange to express just how it feels to be listening to Brand New’s fifth album. It’s an album many fans, including myself, lost faith in ever happening. It has been eight years s...

In Review: Mayday Parade – Cambridge Junction, UK

September 30, 2017

Music, rock

If you went through an emo phase in the early 2000s, then it stands that A Lesson In Romantics is (or at least has been) one of your favourite albums. You will have scream-cried along with your equally emo frie...

Linkin Park pay tribute to Chester Bennington with video for One More Light

September 19, 2017

Main, Music, rock

When the news of Chester Bennington's death broke, I spent the whole morning thinking about the impact that Linkin Park had had on my life. They're probably the band that got me into rock music, and Minutes to ...

In Review: Twin Atlantic @ Wheels and Fins Festival, UK

September 14, 2017

Main, Music, rock

There's nothing quite like seeing your absolute favourite band headline what appears to be England's best kept secret. Wheels and Fins combined skating, surfing, and live music over the course of a very wet and...

Interview: Joe Principe of Rise Against

August 30, 2017

Music, rock

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 Principe from my stuffy loft-bed-situation in the heart of Prague. ...

Watch the Video for The Contortionist’s ‘Reimagined’

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. "'Absolve' was one of the first songs written for Clairvo...

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 Damiani says: “Technology is about a casual swipe through In...

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

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 Friday night in the midst of turbulent winter weather perfectly ...

Interview: Decades

July 15, 2017

Music, rock

Ten years ago, Decades were an emo cover band called Taking Back Thursday*. Today, they've not only had the opportunity to support Taking Back Sunday, the band that pretty much started it all for them, but they...

Interview: Luke Player – The Pinheads

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, they can be found ten-pin bowling and eating slimy pizza in the...

New Music: The National – Guilty Party

June 29, 2017

Music, rock

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It's not every day The National releases new music. In fact, before this year we haven't had new music from the indie rockers since 2013's full-length Trouble Will Find Me. But 2017, it seems, is the year for r...

Cameron Boucher of Sorority Noise releases 14 minute track – hell is warm

June 20, 2017

Music, Punk, rock

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...

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In Review: Wolfmother at the Powerstation 9/6/2017

June 11, 2017

Metal, Music, rock, Watch, Watch and Listen

HOT DAMN! Wolfmother returned to headline a show in Auckland and what a return it was! The Aussie three-piece hard-rock band annihilated the Powerstation with an energy that is rivalled by no other. Wolfmoth...

IN REVIEW: Last Young Renegade – All Time Low

June 2, 2017

Main, Music, rock

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...

The Smith Street Band recreate AC/DC Video for their song Shine

May 26, 2017

Music, Punk, rock

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...

In Review: Girlpool – Powerplant

May 20, 2017

Music, Punk, rock

From the high pitched screams in Jane, a song about punching boys in the mouth, to singing about the fears of stepping out of your teenage comfort zone in Plants and Worms, folk punk band, Girlpool, consisting ...

In Review: Green Day @ Spark Arena 13/5/17