Tagged Auckland

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: David Dallas – keeping his hood pass intact

Natalie Crane

May 29, 2017

Main, Music, Spotlight

David Dallas 'Hood Country Club Tour', Friday 26 May, Powerstation. In the words of musician Dam Funk, “you need to keep your hood pass intact y'all, cuz you never know when you gon’ need to go back.” Well,...

In Review: Like Sex

Jennifer Kirby

May 27, 2017

Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle

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Like Sex | The Basement Theatre | 24 May-3 June, 6:30pm Review by Jennifer Kirby If you attended high school in New Zealand, chances are you remember the horror that was the dreaded “beep test.” Designed to...

Suffering from comedy withdrawal? Uxbridge Comedy Night is here to help

May 25, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment

Suffering from comedy withdrawal? Well, just because the NZ International Comedy Festival is over, that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of opportunities to find your daily dose of laughs. One way to do...

In Review: Devin Townshend Project + sleepmakeswaves @ Powerstation 18/05/2017

May 19, 2017

Metal, Music, Watch, Watch and Listen

Going to a concert is always exciting, isn't it? You're in the same physical space as the architect of your most favourable spatial vibrations. You're on the same emotional plane as the soul that first conceive...

NZ International Comedy Festival in review: Li’i Alaimoana – “Minority Rapport”

May 19, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Li'i Alaimoana - Minority Rapport "I think it's pretty rich, you of all people judging comedy", a friend recently said to me. Well, yeah, fair point, but someone needs to do it. And I'll boldly go where few ...

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

May 15, 2017

Main, Music, rock

Even without the mysterious pink bunny serving as a hype man — who was running around, urging the capacity crowd at Auckland’s Spark Arena to raise their arms while singing along to The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop...

Doc Edge in Review: Sacred

May 10, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Watch

SACRED Documentary 2017 | 86 min | Director Thomas Lennon. Review Glenn Blomfield Sacred is the result of a worldwide collaboration, its scenes were shot by more than forty filmmaking teams around the wor...

Doc Edge In Review: Bride Of The Nile

May 10, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Watch

BRIDE OF THE NILE Documentary 2015 | 63 min | Director Edouard Mills-Affif. Review Glenn Blomfield Bride of The Nile is a clever little film. The lines feel blurred between real life narrative and dramati...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Becky Lucas in ‘Little Bitch’

May 10, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Becky Lucas in 'Little Bitch' Reviewed by Wal Reid Aussie Becky Lucas has her hair up like Ariana Grande, but unlike the singer, prefers to dish up comedy with her own ‘bang bang’.Her innocuous preppy looks...

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

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 Bish wine label, as New Orleans’s $uicideBoy$, traversed the ...

In Review: Mel Parsons down at the bar, swilling drinks, and playing guitar – Galatos 5/5/17

Natalie Crane

May 8, 2017

Main, Music

Mel Parsons - down at the bar, swilling drinks and playing guitar Galatos, Friday 5 May 2017. Review by Natalie Crane I jumped at the opportunity to see Mel Parsons’ live show as she was a past resident of ...

NZ Comedy Festival In Review: Ren Lunicke in ‘I’m An Apache Attack Helicopter’

May 6, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Ren Lunicke – Cellar 03/05/2017 Review by Glenn Blomfield Ren Lunicke’s show is a wild ride into transgender comedy. I went into not knowing anything about this comedian or what the show was going to be...

Game Of Rhones Returns To Auckland

May 5, 2017

Culture, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, Night Life, TV

Send forth your ravens because wine is coming! With over 100 wines on hand for tasting and a wide range of styles on offer, GAME OF RHONES, the light-hearted day of dress-ups and drinking is returning, is ba...

In Review: Hans Zimmer Revealed 2017 @ Spark Arena, Auckland

May 3, 2017

Entertainment, Film, Film Score, Music

The average person is more familiar with Hans Zimmer's work than they might realise. But not me. Having a tendency to research discographies, I knew exactly how familiar I was with Zimmer's work. So when my Fac...

NZ International Comedy Festival in review: Raybon Kan – Positive Pessimist

May 1, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Raybon Kan – Positive Pessimist – The Vault, Q Theatre How the fuck do I write a comedy review? I'm not even consistently funny, let alone a comedian ... let alone able to criticize the life efforts of a hum...

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, though, there are shows during which I am so inexplicably hap...

GIG GUIDE: Red Bull Sound Select – Soulection, Peach Milk, And Montell2099 (Auckland)

February 20, 2017

Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life

After the massive success of the last collaboration at K Road's Neck of the Woods last year, Red Bull Sound Select, Madcap, and Soulection are teaming up once again to bring Jarreau Vanadal, LAKIM, and SOSUPERS...

Ben Anderson talks ‘The Last Man on Earth is Trapped in a Supermarket’

February 17, 2017

Culture, Lifestyle, Watch, Watch and Listen

An eerie experience of hours spent working alone in a Countdown supermarket drove Ben Anderson to write a play - and not just any play. Anderson's "supermarket apocalypse puppet-thriller" follows Tom, a man ...

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. – This Play Should Not Be Well Behaved