From the desk of Brent Eccles…blow me down! It’s really happening! Believe me, this is going to be shit hot. For what will be their FINAL SHOW EVER, New Zealand’s favourite pub rockers Th’ Dudes are jumping on stage for one last…
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Double, by Darkfield Radio – Fantastic sound. The story? Not so much.
This week New Zealanders get the opportunity to try a new web based entertainment experiences called Darkfield Radio.This audio only entertainment is the first to gain entry for the Venice International Film Festival. Its creators, David Rosenberg and Glen Neath,…
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats: concert review and photo gallery
Nathaniel Rateliff was ready to abandon his musical career when he finally assembled the band that would become The Night Sweats and recorded a record that he’d release with the imaginative title Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats. On the…
City of Souls joins forces with Circles for New Zealand and Australia tour dates
Auckland’s post-alternative rock kings, City Of Souls, will headline shows in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch this July with support from Melbourne-bred progressive alternative rock juggernaut, Circles. The tour then travels to Australia for Circles’ headline shows with City Of Soulsin Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, and…
The Dance of John Prine, Auckland, February 27
Review by Simon, photographs by Megan Moss Towards the end of last night’s John Prine show at the Bruce Mason Theatre, Prine removed his acoustic guitar, lay it on the floor, and danced around it. He shimmied and swayed, his…
MARY POPPINS RETURNS – no, not quite
Steve and I don’t often write on the website about the same film, although we compare notes all the time on our podcast/vidcast. But having digested his just-posted review of Mary Poppins Returns, I thought I’d add a few extra…
THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME – a mish-mash of hits and misses
This looks like an attempt to find a fresh and edgy action comedy. It succeeds in part only. Sometimes it entertains, and sometimes it doesn’t, and the reason is that The Spy Who Dumped Me tries to blend too many…
Crave! episode 64: Jurassic World — Fallen Kingdom, Tag, Adrift, Tami Nielson
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the big film in cinemas this week, and Simon and Steve ask if it’s time for the Jurassic series to go extinct. (Hint: yes, it is.) Altogether more engaging is Tag, the true-ish story of…
Grammy-nominated Jhené Aiko returns to New Zealand for one night only with special guest Ladi6
Jhené Aiko is bringing her TRIP tour down under this September. Presented by Pato Entertainment and The Hour Group, the Grammy-nominated pop icon will perform an all-ages show at the Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland on Thursday, September 20. Aiko…
Deadpool 2: just watch the original again and give this one a miss
Superhero films have had a tendency to be a po-faced lot. Guardians Of The Galaxy did a lot to reverse that trend, but it took 2016’s Deadpool to bring some proper, ugly, nasty, sweary humour to the genre. It was…