Music
Shapeshifting through time
We chat with visionary Dutch New Zealand trio MY BABY about their new album Echo and upcoming Welly gig at San Fran on the 18th of March.
Shimmering, sublime
Aotearoa indie legends The Bats are finally hitting the road to celebrate their 2025 album Corner Coming Up. Catch the tour at St Peter’s Village Hall in Paekākāriki on the 13th and Meow in Wellington on the 14th of March.
Fearless and formidable
On her first solo headline tour in eight years, singer-songwriter Theia will perform songs from her 2025 album Girl, In A Savage World plus more favourites at Meow on the 5th of March.
Sepulchral sounds
On Saturday the 7th of March, Merciless Deathfest II rises from its sepulchre to deliver an unforgiving metal ritual at Valhalla.
A family affair
Settle in for an intimate evening full of fan favourites, new material, and unmistakable charm with multi-instrumentalist Avalanche City (Dave Baxter), who will play Wairarapa Events Centre on the 20th of February and Meow Nui on the 7th of March.
Love and loyalty
For the first time in 35 years, Wendy James and her British pop rock band Transvision Vamp are touring down under, playing their nostalgia-filled favourites at Meow Nui on the 27th of February.
A record of reinvention
Wednesday the 11th of February is the day you’ll need to brace for when American rock band A Place to Bury Strangers detonates their explosive new album Synthesizer at Meow.
Two tickets to Wheatus, baby
25 years on from the release of colossal hit Teenage Dirtbag, we catch up with Wheatus as they gear up to make their Aotearoa debut.
Two GOATs, one night
After Down With the System delivers an epic lineup of System of a Down’s best and most beloved tracks, Insecure Delusion will rip through Tool’s rapturous catalogue at San Fran on the 16th of January.
Thunderstorms and margaritas
Throwing Muses, one of the most acclaimed alternative rock bands of the 90s, will play San Fran on the 9th of December. We catch up with founding member and frontwoman Kristin Hersh about their new album Moonlight Concessions and more.
Heavier than ever
With their new EP I Think Therefore I Am Exploited, Wellington band Melondrone sought to create something “wild, hypnotic, and heavy”. Catch the release tour at Moon on the 22nd of November.
Seaside sound scientists
Cartoon hip-hop and dance band Seaside Sloths will drop lunar licks and interstellar basslines heavy enough to shake the craters of the Moon (Bar) on the 14th of November in One Giant Leap for Slothkind.