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Americana in Aotearoa - 198 | Regional News

Americana in Aotearoa

Just featured on Netflix’s Sweet Tooth, bluegrass supergroup You, Me, Everybody will jam old faves and new material at San Fran this July.

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Hopeful angst - 198 | Regional News

Hopeful angst

Sean James Donnelly, better known to indie and electronica fans by his now-iconic initials SJD, released his ninth album Sweetheart in 2022 and is set to take it on its “first proper little tour”.

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Riding on Park Rd - 197 | Regional News

Riding on Park Rd

Tāmaki Makaurau indie-rockers Park Rd will play their first Wellington headline gig for 2023 to celebrate their new single Ride.

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The fruits of a purple patch - 196 | Regional News

The fruits of a purple patch

Songwriter and raconteur Andrew London will debut his new show Songs I Wrote When I Was Cross at Kapiti Playhouse in Paraparaumu on the 27th of May.

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A new beat for Boy & Bear - 195 | Regional News

A new beat for Boy & Bear

Award-winning, genre-tripping Australian band Boy & Bear are on their way to New Zealand with their fifth studio album. We caught up with David Hosking and David Symes ahead of the Wellington gigs at San Fran.

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Starfish, meet rock - 194 | Regional News

Starfish, meet rock

Rockers Velvet Star, named after the starfish Petricia vernicina, will perform alongside Mokomoko and the Shwayliens and Search for Yeti at Moon on Sunday the 30th of April.

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Bangers and mosh - 193 | Regional News

Bangers and mosh

Kiwi rock band Dead Favours just released the long-awaited Riffing & Yelling Part 2. Celebrate with a custom beer in time for their Meow gig at the end of April.

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The bleak and the beautiful  - 192 | Regional News

The bleak and the beautiful

Wellington songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vera Ellen will unveil her latest album Ideal Home Noise at San Fran on the 15th of April.

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And Out of the Void Came Love - 191 | Regional News

And Out of the Void Came Love

A broken wrist, a pandemic, a baby… It’s been a strange seven years for pianist and singer-songwriter Finn Andrews, and he’s got a new double LP to show for it. The Veils have just released and will soon tour …And Out of the Void Came Love.

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Love, light, vibes - 190 | Regional News

Love, light, vibes

London-based soul collective 10:32 will bring their new single Coffee Shop Girl to Wellington in the shape of a big groove party filled with big love, big light, and big vibes.

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Vibe out with BEACHWARE - 189 | Regional News

Vibe out with BEACHWARE

Auckland indie-rock band BEACHWARE tours the motu with their debut album It’s Only Time.

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Recreating magic - 188 | Regional News

Recreating magic

After four long years since their last NZ tour, The Frank Burkitt Band brings their latest album Silvereye, filled with pensive folk ballads, back to where it all began: Wellington.

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