The colour, the spectacle, the show! Something a little different.
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With 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.
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To 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.
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This 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.
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Lately 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.
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There 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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Following on from last years Top Albums of 2018 list comes a much larger Top 200 list for 2019 (in purely alphabetical order). With so much killer music coming out this year it's been hard limiting what really struck something within me in some shape of form.
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