Music
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.
Close, but…
NO CIGAR will make waves with their third album Under The Surface at Meow Nui on the 7th of November. Don’t come close to missing the magnetic gig.
Smashing songs from Sloth
30 years since releasing their debut album Sloth, Christchurch rock quintet Pumpkinhead will reunite for a “never to be repeated” tour that hits Meow on the 10th of October.
Sonic swirlings
Fresh from attending the GRAMMYs, Moon will present Real Black for Me at the Wellington Jazz Festival, where she will sing the music of Roberta Flack at Meow on the 17th of October.
Neon Cowgirl comes home
Tami Neilson unveiled her new, rhinestone-bedazzled album Neon Cowgirl in July. The country and soul singer-songwriter and star shoots to The Opera House to play the new songs with her killer band on the 3rd of October.
Wide, wild lives
simple ∞ animal writes “songs of heartache, protest, love, and some really silly songs. Songs that reflect the wide, wild, and weird lives we live”, frontman John McDougall says. Catch the Kiwi band live at Vogelmorn Upstairs on the 13th of September.
Walking on air
Just eight months out of high school, rising pop-rockers Where’s Jai have released their debut album Fresh Out Of Air. We chat to the band ahead of their first-ever Welly show at San Fran on the 23rd of August.
Coming in hot
We catch up with roots-reggae band Corrella before they bring the sun-soaked vibes to San Fran on the 15th of August amidst their five-date Aotearoa Skeletons Winter Tour.
Daddy Was an Outlaw
Welly-based five-piece The Bitter Brothers are coming home to stomp some feet and spin some yarns at Vogelmorn Upstairs on the 8th of August. It’ll be their last gig for a while… talk about bittersweet!
The roads that pointed here
Delaney Davidson recently met Willie Nelson! We chat to the polymathic Kiwi musician about the breathtaking encounter and his upcoming Anniversary Tour, which reaches Meow on the 18th and St Peter’s Village Hall in Paekākāriki on the 19th of July.