Love or loathe Bob Dylan’s trademark nasal pinched timbre, one can’t help but imagine a world without his prodigious musical touch. Just look at Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watch Tower or U2’s... Read more
Concert Reviews
The stage set, The NZSO magnificently splayed across the stage of the Auckland Town Hall, each department sectioned off dedicated to their instrumental finery, eager anticipation, awaiting the... Read more
Concert Reviews
It was total “Xanarchy”. Diego Leanos, known professionally as Lil Xan, his stage name derived from the prescription drug Xanax, was smoking hot last night at his New Zealand debut at... Read more
Concert Reviews
Wearing the sort of attire only actor Bill Nighy could get away with, singer Michael Bolton nonchalantly strolled on stage, acoustic guitar in tow. It was a night where the audience... Read more
Concert Reviews
The only thing worse than Auckland’s schizophrenic weather is trying to find a park in the driving rain. Seems everyone else was converging on Auckland’s Town Hall for Marlon Williams’ sold out... Read more
The Scene
Touted as the “next big thing”, Aussie Rock Breakout stars The Faim have released their debut single ‘Saints Of The Sinners’. The song was co-written with none other than Fall Out... Read more
Concert Reviews
Even with two of the most annoying radio songs of last year, Castle on The Hill and Galway Girl, Ed Sheeran put on a bloody decent show. Even sans band, Sheeran is a masterful solo performer... Read more
Concert Reviews
Even without the mercurial Freddie Mercury (pun intended) whose birth name defies belief (before settling on his namesake), the show was a total success. WORD BY WAL RIED | PHOTOS BY BRAD... Read more
Concert Reviews
Singer Greg Gonzalez is somewhat of an enigma. His dreamy androgynous-like vocals and slight demeanour personify the music and muse of the El Paso group, to a point it seems to fit the band... Read more
Who doesn’t remember the good ol’ halcyon days of the 80s when Maggie Thatcher ruled with iron fist and music stars Pseudo Echo and Human League ruled the airwaves with their heavy-synth pop... Read more