June 2025
Jessica Pratt – NZ Tour | Christchurch
For local fans of beguiling Californian folk song writer Jessica Pratt, the long wait is over, with Banished Music and Strange News Touring announcing three very special shows with Jessica and her band this June. Monday 9 June at The Piano in Christchurch, Tuesday 10 June at Wellington’s newest venue Meow Nui, and Wednesday 11 June at Auckland’s Bruce Mason Centre, be prepared to witness the artist whose reviews consistently use words like sublime, exemplary, classic, and transfixing. Returning at…
Find out more »Ascension V2.0
Psymatic Sound is back with the good stuff. Psymatic have one big fat juicy rig that just makes you go hhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm o join us for a night of sound summoned from the realms of time and space. Expect anything from Prog, Psy Tech, Techno, Tech House, Bass and anything in between. Feeling like you want to leave Earth for a night but caKia Ora Whānau, and welcome to the second installment of Ascension. We invite you tn't afford the…
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A night built on drums, breaks and bass — Curated by the one and only Max aka AUTOMATIC — our behind-the-bar badman and low-end enthusiast — Fundamental is about stripping things back to what really matters: deep, soulful, break-driven music with no ego and no gimmicks. Just deepcut, soulful pressure and proper 160+ excursions built for the heads. To complete the experience, he’s bringing in some heavy company: ROSA and SINGR — two local legends ready to hold it…
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Soon to play Tasmania’s Dark Mofo and off the back of a series of high-profile European tours, this hefty psych-fuzz duo brings their mind-altering, cult-like live performance to Christchurch’s Loons, Wellington’s Meow, and Auckland’s Double Whammy this June. The Berlin-based group is flying high—recently completing their fourth album with producer Ty Segall—and has been nominated for this year’s prestigious Aotearoa Music Awards and Taite Music Prize.
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