August 2024
Nadia Reid
'Singer-songwriter Nadia Reid is one of New Zealand’s best-kept secrets' - The Guardian This November, acclaimed songwriter and New Zealand's sweetheart, Nadia Reid journeys back from her new home in the United Kingdom's North West for a series of pre-summer shows in a selection of her favourite towns. Reid will be joined as ever by her resounding band; guitarist Sam Taylor, drummer Joe McCallum and bassist Richie Pickard. Reid and Taylor will perform as a duo for two of the…
Find out more »Ideal Home Noise: Vera Ellen On Songwriting
Winner of the prestigious 2024 Taite Music Prize for her album Ideal Home Noise, Wellington-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vera Ellen has said, “My songs have been my friends, my lovers, my enemies. I have been their biggest critic and fan and they have been mine. And as for this album, you will hear my pain up close, but you can take comfort knowing I wouldn’t trade it for the world.” Vera Ellen joins Amelia Murray aka Fazerdaze for a conversation…
Find out more »Kommi me ana Tipua
Kommi is a Lyttelton-based vocalist who performs exclusively in the Kāi Tahu dialect. Swampy, witchy, dark and humorous, Kommi and their personal onstage tipua aka taipō (supernatural beings/spooks, goblins, ghosts) will transform you with a musical ritual acknowledging life, death, love, disdain, contentment, joy, grief (and angst) and the absurd, embracing unity within non-conformity and tautohe/protest. Kaupapa explored: carelessness of words, being hōhā, being haunted, alien encounters, mākutu (witchcraft) and tūrehu (faeries), visions of death and escapism, an indigenous perspective…
Find out more »Old Mervs – How The Fark Are Ya – Tour
Lifelong friends Henry Carrington-Jones and David House (Old Mervs) grew up together on farms outside of Kojonup, a tiny town approximately three hours south of Perth, Western Australia. As high schoolers they cleared out a stable to use as a rehearsal space for their new band, named after one of Henry’s family farm working dogs. With Henry on drums and David on guitar/vox, it was truly humble beginnings. Nowadays, Old Mervs are considered one of the most exciting rock acts…
Find out more »Killshot Medics, The Snake Behaviour, Mental Joy And Narcotic Tonsils
4 of Ōtautahi's most exciting acts get together for a night of epic proportions at an iconic Christchurch Venue. Up In Smoke Entertainment presents KILLSHOT MEDICS, with guests The Snake Behaviour, Mental Joy and Narcotic Tonsils. $10 Door Sales only - EFTPOS available - Doors Open 8pm till late Koha bucket to donate to Daffodil day
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