It was a hot and sweaty Friday night, when just before leaving work to get in the mood for tonight’s 8 Foot Sativa show when a suspected fire caused a building evacuation - 15 flights of stairs and my mood soured, I was now ready to let the mood loose on a night of death and thrash metal — and so it begins.
Read More2017's Gig of the Year for me was undoubtedly Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress.
Read MoreThere should be some form of warning or portent to be taken with the notion that the Apocalypse fell in New Zealand on the anniversary of my birth. Am I the reviewer, photographer, metal-head foretold to bring the end of all? To be heralded by the angels of cacophony?
Read More"What are you going to fail at next?" I asked... It was an odd sort of question [insert link to interview here], but it flowed with the context of the conversation - such went my interview with Devin Townsend earlier in the month, and it's a question that resonated within my own thoughts in the intervening weeks.
Read MoreLIVING COLOUR at The Powerstation, Auckland on May 12, 2017
Read MoreUnsure of what to expect - other than the high accolades from friends, Labretta Suede and The Motel 6 put on a rawkus set of high energy rockabilly. The perfect opening act for Nashville Pussy.
Read MoreNashville Pussy were always one of those bands I'd heard of in lore, and yet never managed to get around to actually listening to - so when I heard they were coming to town I knew it was time to rectify that and it didn't take long until I was suitably hooked - and when I got the chance to also shoot the show, I jumped at the chance.
Read MoreOPETH at The Power Station on February 2, 2017
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