The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spark Arena Auckland, March 8 They were kick-ass, sharp, and bursting with energy. They were also rather brief. At one hour and fifteen minutes for the main set, and perhaps another fifteen or so for…
The Eagles have managed to divide opinion just a little bit. Simon is just a bit more full of praise for what Steve found to be a very slightly dull, in places at least, show. The Happy Mondays at the…
Don’t be fooled by the Happy Mondays. Behind a very carefully contrived image of slack and dissolute, behind album titles like Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out), behind the edifice of a…
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…
Simon and Steve saw the Eagles last night. Simon’s review can be found here; Crave! usually just runs one review per show, and saves the controversy for the podcast, but Steve felt he had to offer an alternative point of…
Photos by Steve. Review by Simon. First things first: the core of The Eagles have seen a few summers, but they can still sing, and still play. Don Henley told the audience they were about to hear two and a…
Oscar season is approaching, and so it’s time for Steve and Simon’s Academy Award predictions. Roma features highly, although Simon rates it just a little more than Steve does. Both of our reviewers have plenty of good things to say…
New Zealand music act Avalanche City is about to release its third studio album, My Babylon, on February 22. Simon spoke to its creator and sometimes sole performer, Dave Baxter, about songwriting, some surprising musical influences, and about the album’s…
Steve and Simon have been making sure they’re across this year’s Oscar contenders. Roma has been out for a while on Netflix, and Simon took his time to see it. It was, he says, well worth the wait. This is…
A good film with Melissa McCarthy in it is a rare thing. Even rarer is a good film with a good Melissa McCarthy performance. Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a very, very good film, and McCarthy’s performance as writer…