Complete Live Reviews Listing

Last Thursday (15 June 06) saw the return of The Frank Gibson Jazz Quartet to the Civic Tavern's London Bar for the first of a four-Thursday residency. ...more

All the cool kids are milling about outside, pulling on cigarettes and affecting cynical rock chic poses; despite themselves, they can't quite mask the sense of anticipation Connan and the Mockasins have generated. ...more

Friday night’s 'Return of Fly My Pretties' concert at the Paramount in Wellington finished to a rapturous standing ovation. ...more

Japanese and New Zealand DJs and MCs came together on Friday April 6 for a sound clash called May Day at the Rising Sun on Karangahape Rd. ...more

What a weekend! Hundreds submerged themselves in SwampFest, a three-day musical immersion with some of the best bands in town. ...more

It's been a while since 1QA (once standing for 1 Quarter Asian, and now possibly for 1 Quarter Alex in light of the departure of the Asian member of the band and the hiring of their new drummer Alex Young) graced Wellington with their presence, and even longer since I'd last seen them. ...more

It’s a foolproof recipe, really. Begin with an agonisingly sweltering Wellington summer’s day. Add one cup of gifted DJs and MCs, and slowly stir in a few dozen acclaimed b-boys and b-girls. ...more

Bearing the dangerous words "Cortina" and "Disaster", the gig poster’s gently menacing robot told us to go to Broadway for a good time at a Low Hum gig. ...more

I had every good intention of making it to the RDU Round-Up finals but inadvertently began the night playing extreme bowling, missing the first act - the one-man band with a voice like a lullaby -Jesus Crux. ...more

Whoever decided to put this concert in the open air theatre at Regents' Park was a mad genius - given the English weather, this could have gone either way. ...more

Minuit came to town, took photos and posted them on their website the next day with a one-word explanation. "Raucous", they reckoned of the Palmerstonians. ...more

Rugby night is always a tough night to pull a crowd in one-eyed Christchurch. It’s especially daunting however, when the All Blacks happen to be playing South Africa at Jade Stadium. ...more

To celebrate Radio Control's NZ Music Week craziness, the Palmerston North-based b-Net station presented Swamp Fest. ...more

Why rely on local punters to come to your gig, when you can bring along your own crowd? 25 people took up the challenge to join 4ManBob, Foamy Ed, Ill Received & Ample Cleavage on an insane 4 day Easter trip around the lower South Island. Daniel Buchanan hopped on board and kindly documented the excursion for NZM. ...more

Take one stormy night, add a sold out crowd, swallow a bunch of Heinekins and yell some abuse at the person next to you. Generally this situation would leave you with some bad memories and possibly hospitalization, but not if you’re an MC, whilst on stage you can get away with some torturous murders, as long as in a lyrical form of course. ...more