Postmodern Jukebox are planning to come to New Zealand in March next year, and so Steve caught up with Scott Bradlee to talk about the band’s plans for their Grand Reopening Tour.
Crave! talks to Scott Bradlee
A Quiet Place Part 2 – a cracking follow up
Sometimes the best review of a film comes from the feeling in the cinema when the credits roll. Either there’s a buzz or there isn’t. At the end of A Quiet Place Part 2 the audience in the screening I…
Crave! episode 99: Wrath Of Man, Locked Down, ZeroZeroZero
Crave! is back, and this week Simon and Steve are doing their best to contain their frustration—they’re not angry, they’re just very, very disappointed—at Guy Ritchie’s latest, Wrath Of Man. Significantly less disappointing is Locked Down, surely the first of…
Wrath of Man – Guy, What were you thinking?
Oh dear. What a disappointment. If you caught the trailer of this Guy Ritchie directed crime film you may expect another one of his wisecracking, inventive and hard edged capers like last year’s “The Gentlemen”. Sadly, “Wrath of Man” is…
Shtisel is back fo another series–unorthodox television that’s utterly compelling.
Trying to convince my friends to watch שטיסל (Shtisel) in was always going to be a bit of a tough sell—”So it’s a soap opera, but not really, and it’s set in an ultra-orthodox Haredi Jewish community in Jerusalem, and…
Marlon Williams: concert review and photos.
This was an unusual concert for me in that prior to this week, I did not know who Marlon Williams was. By time I left to go home, I know who he is, and I want to now delve back…
Crowded House: Spark Arena, Sunday 21st March
Review by Simon Mercep; photos by Steve McCabe Neil Finn skipped out on stage, a grey mop of hair on top and a broad smile underneath, called out “Kia Ora”, and proceeded to take a full house at Spark Arena…
Th’Dudes at Auckland Town Hall: Kiwi rock just when we needed it most
There was a certain inevitable familiarity about last night’s show at Auckland’s Town Hall. It was less than three weeks ago that Dave Dobbyn was on stage just down the road at Spark Arena for a solo show; last night…
Th’Dudes announce their last show ever, joining Hammond Gamble, Hello Sailor, Citizen Band and Jordan Luck at Spark Arena for The Biggest Pub Gig In the World.
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…
Crave! episode 98: Black Hands, Des, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Dobbyn, The Beths.
It’s been a while, but Crave! is back, and better than ever. In a heavily Kiwi-centric comeback episode, Steve and Simon talk about Black Hands, the new dramatisation of the Bain family killings, and about local acts Dave Dobbyn at…