Some music really doesn’t age. The Come Together series of concerts is a wonderful showcase of some true classics, revitalised by a young, passionate and talented team of musicians and singers, and last night at Auckland’s Civic Theatre it was…
Next month Robin Smith will be performing Tubular Bells in its entirety to mark the 50th anniversary of this classic album’s release. Crave! caught up with Robin to talk about Mike Oldfield, music, and visiting New Zealand.
It’s a commonplace for artists visiting Aotearoa to tell audiences how much they love New Zealand. There’s a spectrum, from Stevie Nicks appearing not to realise that we’re not actually the same country as Australia at one end, and Ed…
Devilskin brought their We Rise tenth-anniversary tour to a close at Auckland’s Powerstation last night, and what a way to end the trip. The four-piece from Hamilton released We Rise, their debut album, in 2014, and have been celebrating the…
We don’t get many Tuareg bands here in Aotearoa, so Crave! was delighted to send photographer Rachel Matthews to the Powerstation recently to shoot Tinariwen, desert-blues pioneers from Mali, and opening act LEAO.
Review by Enzo Giordani; photos courtesy of Doug Peters I hate the term “dad rock”. As with dad jokes and dad bods, ‘dad’ tends to be a prefix for anything lovable but generally lame and uninspiring. I’m not a dad myself, however I might well be…
Jeremy Elwood Ah, the start of the summer concert season is finally here. Now if only someone would tell Auckland’s weather that. There’s an equal measure of shorts and black jeans packed into Spark Arena on an inclement Auckland evening…
Review by Enzo Giordani What does a Kraftwerk crowd look like? I was curious to know. My wife and I ran into a friend waiting for the doors to open. “So, you’re a Kraftwerk fan!” we asked. “I’ve never listened…
Review by Enzo Giordani “Honey I’m home, I am so glad just to see y’all!” To me, Nashville Tennessee’s Larkin Poe, named after a distant relative who was a distant relative of Edgar Allan, are all about connection and home.…
Review by Enzo Giordani I want to deal with the elephant in the room here, right off that bat.In 1983, seven year-old me would have lost his freakin’ mind if you’d told him he was going to see the artist…