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…
Author: Steve McCabe
The Beths, Auckland Town Hall: concert review and photo gallery
“We’re The Beths, from Auckland, New Zealand,” announced Liz Stokes at least twice at last night’s Town Hall concert. It wasn’t entirely clear why she had to specify where her band are from; we’re not letting any foreigners into Aotearoa…
Dave Dobbyn at The Cauldron, Spark Arena—it’s good to be back.
When the audience at a concert are having fun, it’s a good sign. When the musicians on stage are having fun, that’s an even better one. Last night’s show at Spark Arena, then, was a very good night out. Opening…
Crowded House announce national “The The Island” tour for March 2021, and first new music for a decade.
In great news for their longtime loyal fans, classic New Zealand band CROWDED HOUSE announced today that they will tour New Zealand in March 2021 on their “To the Island” tour. The band also released their first new music in more than…
Crave! talks to Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen’s latest novel, Squeeze Me, is on sale now, so Crave! caught up with him to talk about the book, its main character who is definitely not the actual President of the US, and what it means to be…
Crave! talks to Bob Walkenhorst about music, lockdown and Ringo Starr.
As lockdown continues around the world, Crave! continues to talk to musicians who are making the most of their time. This time, Steve’s caught up with Bob Walkenhorst, the singer, songwriter and frontman with The Rainmakers, to talk about musicians…
The Other Side announces final line-up for New Year’s Eve 2020
NYE20 – The Other Side are thrilled to announce the full line-up of top-tier New Zealand artists set to ring in 2021, in the beautiful Coromandel this summer. Joining headliners L.A.B and Shapeshifter over two celebratory nights, are some of the most sizzling NZ talents…
The Beths play The Powerstation: photo gallery
Live music has finally returned to Aotearoa, and The Beths are one of the first bands to play in Auckland. Crave! sent Leah Victoria to The Powerstation to shoot the band’s launch show for their new album Jump Rope Gazers.…
The High Note: a rather low note.
The High Note, released as it was during the coronavirus pandemic, saw its initial release on streaming services; it might be kinder not to suggest that it would have been better off being released straight to video regardless of global…
Greed: a great way to get back into the cinema
Steve Coogan has been playing Alan Partridge for so long that it was, I suppose, somewhat inevitable that a little bit of Partridge would spill into any other role Coogan takes. No great surprise, then, that Sir Richard McCreadie, the…