Crowded House - Gig Review: Crowded House @ TSB Arena, Wellilngton - 09/11/2024
10 Nov 2024 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
A few years ago, when I heard that Crowded House had reformed and was embarking on a nationwide tour of the motherland, I jumped for joy. The band that crafted some of the catchiest songs to grace the airwaves and further spark a rivalry of ownership between Aotearoa and Australia like a political pavlova was back.
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Written By Wolves - Album Review: The Lighthouse
25 Jul 2024 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
After the success of their 2019 debut, Secrets, Written By Wolves deliver a sophomore project with teeth. Described as one of the most exciting up-and-coming rock acts in the country, The Lighthouse is a cinematic specimen of the world-class electro-rock band they are quickly becoming.
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Georgia Lines - Album Review: The Rose of Jericho
06 Jun 2024 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
It would appear that Georgia Lines has waited too long to not take the release of her hotly anticipated debut, a once in a lifetime event, by the horns. The self-titled route will not suffice, especially when the artist is turning her imperishable dedication and vulnerability into an audible mark on both Aotearoa and international music.
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DARTZ - Album Review: Dangerous Day To Be A Cold One
14 Mar 2024 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
From recent years and escapades, it’s fair to say that DARTZ have come a long way from writing about their disdain for scorched almonds and the habitability of a dingey Riddiford Street flat. The Band from Wellington, New Zealand have secured themselves as a shared-household name and champions for the plight of the everyday kiwi with songs like Steal from the Supermarket hammering home nationwide frustration over a duopoly ripping New Zealanders off for basic essentials in exchange for record profits, and perhaps, most memorably, the hilariously justified mockery of a certain South Auckland-based church head drilling his flock for tithings to fund his Tesla S Series in Pray for Prey.
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Troy Kingi - Album Review: Time Wasters: Soundtrack to Current Day Meanderings
16 Nov 2023 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
Another year, another Troy Kingi album. With no strings attached, we can anticipate the next annual instalment into his episodic run of the 10/10/10 Series – 10 albums in 10 years, in 10 different genres.
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Tami Neilson - Gig Review: Tami Neilson @ St. James Theatre, Wellington - 06/10/2023
09 Oct 2023 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
It’s one thing to experience an increasingly rare high-attendance Rock n Roll Revue, but it’s another thing entirely to have been successfully transported into a time period decades before your existence. In a freshly renovated St James Theatre, Tami Neilson’s Rock n Roll Revue marks my first time back in the lush venue since my childhood – an experience that somewhat lines me with the rest of the crowd in association to these songs and performance style.
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Saint Peter's Thursday - Album Review: Death Salt
14 Jun 2023 // review by Tom Langdale-Hunt
We’re immediately thrusted into Cosmic Kaleidescope; an extremely punchy tune armed with belting, gravelly vocals and searing distortion. I’m immediately drawn into the Radio Moscow-like ferocity in the way this alternative rock sound is laid down.
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