Music
Reach for the sun
We chat to bassist Peter Hamilton of Solar Daze about the six-piece neo-soul group’s new single Don’t Fall and upcoming release party at Meow on the 12th of December.
A release and a rallying cry
Wellington-based indie rock artist Bianca Bailey – known as Wiri Donna – has just unleashed her new EP In My Chambers and is taking to the road with her full band to celebrate it.
Dean & Britta On Fire
Dean Wareham takes us through his career highlights – from playing Glastonbury with Galaxie 500 to supporting The Velvet Underground with Luna to meeting David Bowie with Dean & Britta, who are coming to Welly this summer.
Ragers and romance
Highly Suspect will shred the stage at TSB Arena on the 29th of November. We were lucky enough to Zoom with frontman Johnny Stevens about the tour, which supports the rock band’s latest opus As Above, So Below (2024).
Cellular change
With her next album Enter Now Brightness set for release in February 2025, acclaimed Kiwi singer-songwriter Nadia Reid journeys back from her new home in the UK for a series of pre-summer shows.
Spheres of sun and soul
Grab your sunnies: New Zealand music icon Ladi6 is brilliant, blinding, and back with a brand-new single and the gig to show for it at San Fran on the 14th of November.
Beautifully, brutally honest
Jon Toogood is bringing his first-ever solo album The Last Of The Lonely Gods to life across Aotearoa on a mammoth spring tour that reaches Wellington’s Meow on the 26th of October.
Falling, floating
Boundary-pushing jazz composer and saxophonist Louisa Williamson loves how the genre morphs and grows in tune with culture and society. Catch her new work The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other at San Fran on the 17th of October as part of the Wellington Jazz Festival.
Do you remember?
The 21st night of September marks an opportunity for “anyone and everyone who likes to boogie” to head on down to The Rogue & Vagabond to celebrate Earth, Wind & Fire in spectacular style with Boogie Wonderland.
Get deep with TOI
Expect “a night of deep sonic expression and release” when Wellington collective TOI celebrates their new album Waves at Meow on the 20th of September.
Rock it, piano men!
Head uptown, girl to The Opera House on the 7th of September to see Cam & Sam perform all your favourite Billy Joel and Elton John hits – and then some.
A beautifully abrasive ratbag party
Pōneke band Libbianski will perform their luminous blend of shoegaze, noise rock, and dream pop at Valhalla on the 17th of August in celebration of their debut album Useless Splendour.