Author: jackg70

  • The eponymous title track to their up-coming EP due out in early May, Tether is the work of Kirikiriroa-based Rachel Hope Peary and Nicholas Joseph Walsh, collectively known as Big Sigh. What I like about this track is the fearlessness and creativity to produce a number and lead with it without the intent of commercial…

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  • https://bigsighnz.bandcamp.com/album/tether

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  • Cos it ain’t me who’s gonna leave! Art pop legends, Sparks, announce first ever New Zealand shows – playing Christchurch and Auckland this May! The legendary US art pop icons, Sparks, are coming to New Zealand for the very first time this May! Since storming into the UK charts, minds and airwaves in 1974 with ‘This Town…

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  • ULTRA New Zealand 2026 Friday, April 10, 2026 Wellington Waterfront – Wellington, New Zealand https://ultranewzealand.com ULTRA Worldwide has unveiled the full lineup for the inaugural edition of ULTRA New Zealand, completing a blockbuster billing as the globally renowned festival brand prepares to make its highly-anticipated New Zealand debut. Already sold out for its first-ever installment, ULTRA New Zealand will take…

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  • Due to overwhelming demand, IRON MAIDEN announce a second Auckland show has been added to the New Zealand leg of their ‘Run For Your Lives’ Tour on Sunday, 8 November at Spark Arena, with very special guests MEGADETH. Tickets for both shows go on sale tomorrow Friday 6 March at 12:00pm. THE ‘RUN FOR YOUR LIVES’ NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES ARE: Saturday 7…

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  • Hot on the heels of last week’s launch of the galvanising, sharp heel turn of new single ‘Tell Me How It Feels‘The Jungle Giants are now announcing a one-two punch – the title of their new album, to be released later this year, and New Zealand tour dates this July.  The new album, EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OF JOY, is an apt title not…

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  • Ooooo now I have just listened to a song that hits me RIGHT in the sweets! Tablefox‘s new single Into Your Eyes is the track and I shall now wax lyrical to convince you of its many merits. Tablefox is Clinton Bell on vocals and bass, Chris Dickinson on guitar and vocals, Matt Carson on…

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  • PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT: Award-winning singer and songwriter Em-Haley Kukutai Walker (Waikato, Ngaati Tiipaa) – who releases music and performs under the stage names Theia and TE KAAHU – will represent her people and Aotearoa at the 25th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (April 20 to May 1). While in New York she will also attend and speak at several other UN-affiliated…

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  • https://tablefox.co.nz/home

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  • Zoë Vera is a name I’ve recently picked up on. This Netherlands-born, Auckland based singer/songwriter is getting some pretty decent momentum going in her field, and latest single Dizzying is going to help maintain that. With an almost playful stop/start staccato guitar intro we’re immediately drawn into a melodic, swaying vocal that I have to…

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