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Thundercat will play the Powerstation on Monday 4th May.

Black Comet have been announced as the opening act.

Banished Music are thrilled to announce alt-pop duo Balu Brigada will return to Aotearoa this June in support of their acclaimed debut album Portal, performing a one-off headline show at Auckland’s Powerstation.

A sweeping, emotional, and sonically adventurous collection of songs, Portal finds brothers Henry and Pierre Beasley pushing their boundaries and cementing their place as one of the most…

Handsome Tours presents the return of London-based sonic outfit Public Service Broadcasting who return to  New Zealand in May, bringing their powerful, cinematic live show to audiences across the southern hemisphere.

Since emerging into existence in 2009, Public Service Broadcasting – led by instrumentalist-auteur J. Willgoose, Esq. – have forged a singular musical identity, transforming archival…

Run Down Under
Celebrating 30 Years of Everything Sucks – June 2026

 So Cal punk royalty Descendents return to New Zealand this June for the Run Down Under tour, celebrating 30 years of Everything Sucks.

Originally released in 1996, Everything Sucks remains a pivotal release not only in the band’s catalogue, but in the genre they helped define. The album captured the urgency and directness that has…

Pioneers of the iconic Madchester sound, the Happy Mondays are heading back to New Zealand to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their seminal album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches.

Fusing funk, rock, psychedelia, and house with the pulsating energy of the UK’s burgeoning rave scene, the Happy Mondays became the face of a cultural revolution. Their 1990 release, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches…

It’s true - youth doesn’t last forever… but Joey Valence & Brae have unofficially bottled it. From State College, Pennsylvania, this hyper-creative duo holds the keys to a perpetual fountain of energy, enthusiasm and relentless sonic invention that feels like an open invitation to dance. 

In 2025, JVB made their long-awaited Aotearoa debut, commanding the crowd at Laneway Festival with an…

Everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And in February 1986, so it was for Australian Crawl.
 

It was a wrap. Time to sign off. A swan song, a kiss-off. 

Sometimes a relief, sometimes a little sad - but always resolute. Put to bed, polished off, and left behind as one of Australia’s most iconic chapters in rock history.
Now, in 2026, we mark The Fall of Crawl - a commemorative run…