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Shapeshifter Student tickets available for two shows only!

  • 11 Jul | Christchurch
  • 12 Jul | Christchurch
  • 13 Jul | Dunedin
  • 14 Jul | Invercargill
  • 18 Jul | Auckland
  • 19 Jul | Auckland
  • 20 Jul | Auckland
  • 25 Jul | Hamilton
  • 26 Jul | New Plymouth
  • 27 Jul | Wellington
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SAT 27 JULY @ TOWN HALL, WELLINGTON & THURS 11 JULY @ BEDFORD BIG TOP, CHRISTCHURCH

Tickets available from the below outlets;
Rough Peel Music, Wellington
VUWSA, Wellington
MAWSA Office, Wellington
Penny Lane Records, Christchurch
University Bookshop, Canterbury University
Trades Innovation Institute, CPIT, Christchurch
Madras Street Campus, … more

The Adults with She's So Rad

  • 27 Jun | Masterton
  • 28 Jun | New Plymouth
  • 29 Jun | Auckland
  • 5 Jul | Christchurch
  • 6 Jul | Wellington
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SHE'S SO RAD will be joining THE ADULTS on all of their upcoming tour dates starting at the end of the month...

Jon Toogood’s acclaimed act The Adults are hitting the road again this winter, with a brand new lineup featuring axe-legend Aaron Tokona of Cairo Knife Fight. Tokona steps into Shayne Carter’s guitarist role, and will bring a new … more

Ladi6 & @peace

  • 28 Jun | Invercargill
  • 29 Jun | Christchurch
  • 4 Jul | Masterton
  • 5 Jul | Wellington
  • 6 Jul | New Plymouth
  • 12 Jul | Whangarei
  • 13 Jul | Auckland
  • 18 Jul | Napier
  • 19 Jul | Rotorua
  • 20 Jul | Mt. Maunganui
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Following on from 2010's The Liberation of..., an album that garnered critical plaudits and multiple awards, including the prestigious Taite Music Prize, Ladi6 will release her highly anticipated third studio album later this year . The as yet to be titled album was recorded between Studio A in Detroit, Michigan and Revolver Studios in Waiuku with the … more

Ladi6

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Ladi6 has released "Ikarus" - the first single and music video from her third studio album (first video on right).

Written by Ladi6 and Parks, "Ikarus" was recorded at Studio A in Detroit, Michigan which was the recording home of legendary hip hop producer JDilla. The new music video for ‘Ikarus’ is directed by celebrated New Zealand artist and director … more

Shihad

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With a catalogue of singles and hits that easily fill a double CD it's no surprise then that as Shihad announce a tour to celebrate the meanest, they include the notation that there'll be no support; instead laying out a 100+ minute set to give enough time to cover the bulk of hits and favourites from their entire catalogue.

The tour set is drafted … more

King Cannons

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Melbourne-based kiwi rock band King Cannons are on the verge of Very Big Things. Their ferocious energy and lyrical integrity has led to comparisons with The Clash, The Specials, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Weller.  But the band are much more than just the sum of their (admittedly very fine) influences.

Formed in Auckland in 2007 the six-piece band … more

KidsOf88

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Introducing KidsOf88 — Jordan Arts & Sam McCarthy.

McCarthy rules vocals, programming and “complaining too much”. While partner-in-heartbreaking Arts, plays synths, programming and “not complaining enough”.

The twosome describe their music as a “whimful combination of dirt spitting kicks and feathering grit. An … more

The Heavy Metal Ninjas

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With their debut EP due out on March 5th via Warner music, 2012 looks set to be the year of The Heavy Metal Ninjas.

Led by guitar virtuoso (and Ibanez endorsed) Richie Allan, the band are, as you would expect, all about the metal.

Delivering a jaw-dropping performance of the winning classical composition at last year's APRA awards, the sheer power and … more

Cairo Knife Fight

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Shihad declared them 'the future of music'.  They describe their own sound as akin to 'guerilla warfare'.  Audiences and critics find themselves 'sonically bludgeoned into smiling and dancing at the same time'.  Welcome to the world of Cairo Knife Fight. 

The Christchurch-based musical odd couple of Nick Gaffaney … more

The Adults

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The Adults is the name Toogood has given the project he initiated last year, during downtime from the band he has fronted for the past 22 years. Starting with a wishlist of some of his favourite New Zealand artists, he set out to write and record an album’s worth of collaborations.

The resulting body of work was released on June 22, 2011 through … more

Kora

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It’s been four years since Kora launched its self-titled, worlds-colliding debut album, that connected the dots between funk, rock, reggae, metal, hip hop and electronic rhythms. Now this five-strong collective of fearless sonic explorers have discovered a whole new constellation of future-shocked funk, soul and r’n’b – dubbing it … more