Good Boys might not have been written by Seth Rogan, but it has his fingerprints all over it. It might lack substance, but it’s very, very funny. Simon is slightly less impressed with IT Chapter 2, but Steve has a…
Crave! episode 88
Category: Live music
Fleetwood Mac: A kind of homecoming
Kiwis do love a local boy who’s made good. And Neil Finn looked like he couldn’t quite believe his luck as he helped front Fleetwood Mac at Spark Arena in Auckland last night. And so it was only right that…
Crave! episode 87: Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood; Six Degrees Of Separation; Tom Walker; We Will Rock You; Late Night; and an interview with Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze
Crave! is back after a short winter break, and the big film that’s welcomed Steve and Simon back is Quentin Tarantino’s ninth, and possibly last, possibly penultimate, film, the awkwardly-named Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood. Steve’s been to the theatre,…
Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats: hitting new heights
A Skyscraper Stan show covers a lot of ground. Last night’s performance, to launch Stan’s new album, Golden Boy Vol. I and Vol. II, kicked off with Tango, from 2015’s Last Year’s Tune, a chipper little number that set the…
Crave! episode 84: The Monkees, Aladdin, Rocketman, and a preview of ATC’s A Fine Balance
The Monkees — well, two of them, anyway — came to Auckland this weekend. Simon and Steve were both keen to enjoy some nostalgic, feel-good pop songs; Simon and Steve were both just a little disappointed. Rocketman, on the other hand, is…
The Monkees – Auckland Town Hall, Sunday 9th June
Steve had seen them before. Simon hadn’t. So both of Crave!’s reviewers offer their thoughts on The Monkees show in Auckland. Steve first, then Simon. STEVE’S REVIEW: On the strength of last night’s show at Auckland’s Town Hall, it’s not…
Post Malone, with Jaden Smith and Tyla Yaweh — photo gallery
Post Malone came to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night, and Crave! was lucky enough to have Nikita Weir in attendance to shoot the show for us. Thanks, Nikita!
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, Auckland Town Hall, April 27
Review by Simon. Photos by Chris Zwaagdyk The size of an audience shouldn’t really have a bearing on a review, but in this case, it surely does. For on the very last night of their two year tour, Little Steven…
Crave! episode 81: Game Of Thrones, You Are Us/Aroha Nui, Nathaniel Rateliff, Black Summer, Shazam
It’s time — finally — for the final series of Game Of Thrones, and so Simon and Steve dissect, in fine detail, the first episode. Steve’s been to the Auckland leg of the Christchurch benefit concert tour You Are Us/Aroha…
You Are Us/Aroha Nui: a coming together.
It’s a remarkable show that opens and closes with Dave Dobbyn, and takes in Six60, SWIDT and the Dilworth Choir along the way, but, let’s face it, You Are Us/Aroha Nui was always going to be a remarkable show. A…