Bruce Mason Theatre Auckland, November 13 With many thanks to Chris Zwaagdyk of Ambient Light for the concert photography If you caught Crave’s interview with Steven Wilson in September you’d have heard an articulate, thoughtful and intelligent artist:…
Two years — almost to the day — after their last visit to Auckland’s Powerstation, James returned to New Zealand to play a fully sold-out show. And just as they did two years ago, they demonstrated why they, unlike most…
This review has Steve’s byline, but it was written by both Steve and our Intrepid Crave! Guest Reviewer Debbie, who braved the SnakePit at last night’s concert, and who reviewed the Tampa show of Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour for Crave! in episode…
Steve and Simon are both very, very impressed this week by the latest version of A Star Is Born, this latest starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. Simon is equally as taken with First Man, the Ryan Gosling film about…
Last week Simon got swept away in the fresh blues/soul sound of Victorian band The Teskey Brothers. (Check out his review from 7 October) Now,thanks to photographer Megan Moss, we’ve got some excellent images of the evening at Auckland’s Mercury…
It might seem an odd thing to say that an evening with a blues band can be a joyous occasion. But so it was at Auckland’s Mercury Theatre on Saturday October 6. The Teskey Brothers performed with touch, skill, and…
Two films of very different calibres have been occupying Simon and Steve’s attention this week. BlacKKKlansman, the Spike Lee joint about a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, made a very positive impression; The Happytime Murders simply managed…
There’s a lot of flying at a Pink concert. There is, in fact, a lot of an awful lot of things. But somehow the show manages to hang together in a way that other concerts can’t quite pull off. Following…
Steve and Simon have been to see Bob Dylan in Auckland, and while Simon came away from the show duly impressed, Steve’s really not quite sure what to make of it all. He does, however, know what to make of…
Attending a Bob Dylan concert is a particular experience. You know you are in the presence of a brilliant artist, and you didn’t need him winning a Nobel Prize for literature to know that. You know he brings with…