This year my main “favourites of 2020” list is sitting at around 160-170 albums, rather than anguish over what to _drop_ - I just simply created an empty Top 50 list and pulled my…. favourites - oddly and psychologically simpler - leaving around 110 albums I’m simply all putting in position 51.
Read MoreIt's been fairly quiet around here lately after just enjoying attending shows instead of shooting, but we still need to let loose occasionally.
Read MoreThe colour, the spectacle, the show! Something a little different.
Read MoreWith the return of Auckland to Level One status - Dead Witch and Ding Dong Lounge has fully reopened to the public along with a massive overhaul to both the sound and lighting setup.
Read MoreTo quote Kings X - “Music Music I Hear Music!” and boy did I hear some music last Friday night - with Empress, Wolf Wizard, Bloodnut, and After Forever (Black Sabbath Tribute) all bringing the groove and gloom to Auckland’s Ding Dong Lounge last Friday Night.
Read MoreThis weekend I had pleasure of meeting up with the guys behind the From The Hip Youtube channel to catch Auckland indie-folk act ALBI AND THE WOLVES lay down a short 3 song set for the channel.
Read MoreLately I've found it rare to just down and listen to an album, and immediately get the sense that something… magical is about to unfold around your ears - but that's pretty much how KARMATRAIN, the long-awaited album from Auckland progressive rock act Outside In hit me.
Read MoreThere is death metal and then there is NILE.
Devastatingly uncontestable, NILE’s technical ferocity shows utterly zero signs of diminishing with the new album Vile Nilotic Rites. Containing 11 songs that are as sharp as obsidian blades and as heavy as nine Nubian pyramids, the rulers have instilled a hammer blow of god-like heaviness. The time has surfaced to reacquaint diehard New Zealand fans with NILE’s saurian whirlwind and provocative funerary spells.
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