1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (671+ words) The Sour bring a fresh taste to New Zealand Music Month, celebrating their debut EP at Auckland's Whammy Bar. Although this is their debut release, the members of The Sour have been involved in a number of indie bands you've…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago  (363+ words) 34x Platinum Pop juggernaut Drax Project have released their brand new single 24/7 " a groove laden, dance pop banger that celebrates the constant excitement of a new romance." Here is the blurb with more: 24/7 was written in Vinkeveen " the Netherlands lowest and…...

4+ hour, 35+ min ago  (849+ words) 13thfloor. co. nz By the time Ministry of Folk was under way at Auckland Guide Hall, late arrivals had to do that awkward but oddly communal folk-gig shuffle: scanning for a spare chair, negotiating a path between tables, squeezing through gaps,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (274+ words) Releasing next week, local film Caterpillar unfolds quietly, accumulating weight and building deep emotional engagement and an afterimage that lingers with the viewer long after the closing scene. Starring: "Marta Dusseldorp (Bay of Fires,"A Place to Call Home), RADA-trained…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (531+ words) Christchurch-based artist Mim Jensen'celebrated her new EP, The Muse, and her first headlining show in Auckland last night at Whammy Bar. Mim (aka Miriam) brought her very solid band along with her, the same folks who 13th'Floor reviewer Daniel Edmonds…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (229+ words) Pop music duo Foley have made a triumphant return to the New Zealand stage for their LIKE AN ACTRESS New Zealand Tour, and last night they delighted their fans at Whammy Bar with a high-energy set full of both old…...

2+ day, 1+ min ago  (522+ words) You'll find yourself disappearing into waves of frequency bliss, coming out of your trance only to find your coffees gone cold and you're about to miss the bus. Matthew Stevens has spent many years perfecting his craft, so much so…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (124+ words) Aldous Harding's Train On The Island turns movement into enclosure, building a song cycle where travel rarely means escape. Train On The Island is a tightening of Harding's unsettling world. Its songs are funny without offering relief, intimate without becoming…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (325+ words) Minnesota born John Maus, a musician who has drawn on Goth, 80s Synth-Pop, and avante garde theatrics since 2006, and created, actually synthesised, a sound that draws before, beyond and within the aforementioned. After a seven year break, he released his sixth…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (178+ words) Social Distortion's long anticipated Born to Kill is a celebration of staying power, providing ample evidence that time has not diminished the band's penchant for muscular melodies and cracking hooks." I'm the underdog who ends up on top The rebel…...