Live
I had the pleasure and privilege of joining “The Pink Floyd Experience” (referred to going forward as PFE) over both nights on the Wellington leg of their New Zealand and Australia tour to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Animals album (23rd Jan 1977). In addition, this year also marks the bands 20th Anniversary ..
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Iconic Flying Nun band The Bats are in good spirits as they approach the stage. Their tour for their new album Deep Set is the band’s ninth and more notably, thirty years since recording their debut album Daddy’s Highway, part of it was recorded in Glasgow in the mid-eighties. WORDS AND PHOTOS BY WAL REID ..
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Having never had the opportunity to see Mel play live, my only foray into her music catalogue was scampering through Spotify and maybe watching a handful of her well-crafted music videos on YouTube. WORDS BY WAL REID Mel epitomises the hard-working musician, working her arse off with constant tours of Europe, Australia & North America, ..
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After two months of solid touring, Kiwi electropop artist Ladyhawke, aka Pip Brown, graced The Powerstation in Auckland for the final show of her tour in support of her third album, Wild Things. Her new album, which took a few years to gestate, is full of synth-heavy and hook-laden pop songs, and the new tracks ..
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Interviews
I had never met musician Shayna King before, then before I knew it we had crossed paths three times in four days. Not being a superstitious person be any stretch of the imagination, some would say that it was an omen, the crossing of paths or maybe just plain coincidence. The funny thing is I ..
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Attired in tasselled jacket, singer Georgia Nott and sartorially futuristic brother Caleb on keys took the stage with band in tow, as the group tore into their set starting off with the ambient Conscious, the title track to their newly released album. Words by Wal Reid | Photos by Brad Holland Broods have come a ..
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Shenanigans Vol 10 Boxing Day – David Dallas & special guests Featuring the city’s best DJs the old number 7 Sale St now called Sweat Shop was heaving tonight as punters faced the clement Auckland night to revel in Boxing Day festivities. The venue was a different scene by night with Auckland’s ‘hypodermic’ Sky Tower ..
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The thing with Sol3mio is that you’re guaranteed an entertaining night of mirth & merriment. Even if you are adverse to Opera music, like myself, the welcome omission of expletive-deletives replaced by the good-natured Polynesian joking that would make even Miley Cyrus blush – although I’m sure Anika Moa was chomping at the bit to ..
Read moreWe caught up with Devilskin at Real Groovy Records for a chat, We find out more about the Surrender Summer Tour, plans for next year and what Nick’s favourite Lorde song is. Devilskin was last modified: April 26th, 2024 by Wal Reid
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The Scene
‘Have Mercy’ embarks on an aural road trip through the shallows of blues ,via 70s inspired satanic blues, to the chest thumping sound straight from the catalogues of vintage rock music. Unusually for the times, the album was recorded live to tape at York Street studios and this allowed the band to capture the raw ..
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