Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, September 6th 2025 Reviewed by Jeremy Elwood For more than 40 years, Paul Kelly has arguably been Australia’s greatest songwriter, penning chronicles of life in that Great Southern Land, from the personal to the profound. Now…
Jurassic World: Rebirth Reviewed by Jeremy Elwood In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park redefined what CGI could do, and made it perfectly acceptable for adults to have a favourite dinosaur again. It’s almost impossible to explain to a post-Avatar generation…
Following their wildly successful 2023 tour of New Zealand, Cowboy Junkies will be returning to Aotearoa in November 2025, so Steve caught up with guitarist and songwriter Michael Timmins to chat about music, recording, the history of the band, and…
Irish post-rock band God Is An Astronaut played Auckland’s Tuning Fork last night, and Rachel Matthews was there to shoot the show.
Review and photos by Jeremy Elwood I had a birthday recently, but if I needed to know that I’m racking up the years I could have just as easily looked around at the crowds at gigs I’ve been to over…
Putting on a Beatles show must surely be a challenge. It’s not simply that you’re trying to reproduce the most famous and influential act in musical history; there’s also the huge question of where to start when you assemble your…
UK Ska Legends BAD MANNERS Greatest Hits Tour: Fronted by the larger than life Buster Bloodvessel, Bad Manners have a huge set of non-stop pop ska classics – Lip Up Fatty, Special Brew, Walking In The Sunshine, Lorraine, Just A Feeling, My Girl Lollipop, Inner…
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…
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…
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,…