May 2024
Wurld Series ~ The Giant’s Lawn Tour ~ Christchurch
Wurld Series play Space Academy in celebration of their third album 'The Giant's Lawn' released late last year. The Giant’s Lawn garnered critical praise. Post-Trash called the record the band’s ‘magnum opus’ and ‘indie rock at its most interesting’, whilst Add to Wantlist declared the album to be ‘an ambitious display of skill and talent’. RNZ Music had this to say about the album: ‘It’s a seventeen track collection that’s satisfyingly sprawling, but more importantly, each song is a trove…
Find out more »May the Synth Be With You
From Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch, four bands will converge for one night of dark, mysterious, intense and powerful dark electro music. Wear your blackest outfits and join the gathering of bats from far and wide.
Find out more »Isabelle Wolff
Gypsy-jazz Songstress and Poet Isabelle Wolff takes the stage at the Wunderbar. Call it gypsy pop if you will, no matter how you hear her, Isabelle Wolff’s vocal styling will have you dancing on the tables and revelling in the joy of song. She will take you on a musical odyssey, a soulful songstress whose captivating melodies and evocative storytelling transcends genres. Hailing from Germany, her warm and authentic voice, shaped by experiences on the Camino de Santiago and studies…
Find out more »Sheeps: Working the Machine Album Release Tour with distance and No Broadcast
Pōneke | Wellington Art Rockers Sheeps are on tour this May, in support of the release of their debut album 'Working the Machine.' NZ Art Rock band Sheeps makes a bold debut with their record ‘Working the Machine,’ out this April through AllGood Absolute Alternative Records. Exploring the pitfalls of capitalism, the ever-tightening global technological stranglehold, the electoral illusion of choice, and the prospect of failure after lifelong endeavour, the album is a statement on the modern struggles of the…
Find out more »AURA album release party!
Aura are having a party to celebrate the release of their first album. Joining the revelry is Katharticus from Dunedin and another local ChCh act The Moon Spins. Aura band are Christchurch’s most eclectic (and probably only) surf, punk, blues band delivering polish and grit in equal measures. Tasha Wolfe’s vocals drip with attitude, John Strong brings a mix of growl-tastic and melodic bass lines while Glenn Scott’s lead guitar vocabulary has just the right dash of dissonance to turn…
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