It was a great night out at Auckland’s Powerstation last night - it was my first time shooting there since before lockdowns, so I good 3-4 years.
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Saturday night had The Tuning Fork enjoy a night of progressive tinged rock and a spot of pop punk with Animal HEAD, Finger Tight, and The Sun Gods opening up for Coridian's HAVA album release show.
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What a way to start the year off but with non-other than **Labretta Suede and The Motel 6** for some dirty sleazy rock'n'roll, initially I thought I'd missed their current crop of shows due to being out of town over the break, but then I heard of one final show at Auckland's **The Mothership**, this was one I was not wanting to miss – doctors resting orders or not!
The night opened with fellow Auckland act **Dead Model** – fun punky rock that fit the vibe of the evening before Labretta and gang picked up the pace with their distinctive, rebellious rockabilly tones – always a pleasure, always a site to see, and always great to capture.
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It’s been long overdue, but finally dragged myself and my mask! out to the Thirsty Dog NZ for an Auckland show (sadly, it seems I was the only person in the building to have a mask) to finally catch Living State in action (if you've not heard the single One Sided yet - go do it!).
Also on the bill were Only the valiant and Thunderground - I hadn't heard them before last night but dayam what a show. And what pants!
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It's been a long over-due that I got myself out to a gig to shoot – and far longer still since I'd last caught up with BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER.
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Somehow this post has been stuck in DRAFT for 1/2 a year, so it’s about time to break it out and unleash it. Whilst the full SmashFest 10 Anniversary show couldn’t go ahead for <redacted> reasons - a much more scaled down version of called SmashFest 9.5 took it place.
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Top/Favorite 100 Of The Year list. Some killer NZ releases from Glassblower, Scorn Of Creation, The Temple, Blindfolded and Led to the Woods, Plague Of The Fallen, Bridge Burner among a raft of blackened death, funeral doom, spots of industrial and other whims of fancy that piqued my interest this year.
Read MoreBeing from Hawkes Bay originally you’d think I’d have been all over the Napier Death Metal Festival before now, but timing seemingly has never worked out til this year - the 10th (I believe) occurrence of NDMF, held at my old local venue of The Cabana.
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