Category: Music
What I'm listening to, what gigs I've been to, records on the turntable.
2026
9 posts-
★ 02 Aug 2026
Taylor Swift Moshpit
Never thought I'd see this ever
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★ 01 Aug 2026
Miley Cyrus, what's going on?
Six new Miley Cyrus videos. New album? Nope.
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★ 16 Jul 2026
BLAOW! BLAOW! LET'S GET ROWDY!
When a BANGER gets stuck in your head!
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★ 16 Jul 2026
RE: We Need A Physical-Digital Music Experience
Olly wants to buy digital music through his local record store. The book world already has this figured out.
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★ 01 Jun 2026
Home Brew Presents: Last Week
A solo night out at the Auckland Town Hall to finally see Home Brew perform their EP Last Week.
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★ 10 May 2026
Split Enz At Spark Arena
The Forever Enz Tour for my first time seeing Split Enz live!
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★ 19 Apr 2026
MGK At The Spark Arena
The Lost Americana Tour came through Auckland, but all I really wanted to hear was Tickets To My Downfall
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★ 31 Mar 2026
Bic Runga At Te Paepae Theatre
Dinner and a concert. Going into new music blind.
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★ 15 Feb 2026
Carl Cox On Waiheke
A Saturday afternoon on Waiheke for Carl Cox. Ferry rides, steak and beer, new friends on the dance floor.
2025
15 posts-
★ 31 Dec 2025
Music I Listened to in 2025
A recap of the music I listened to in 2025
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★ 17 Dec 2025
What Music Ownership Means to Me
A personal look at music ownership, streaming, and how I buy, collect, and stream music I actually own.
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★ 03 Dec 2025
Lewis Capaldi Live At The Spark Arena
Another Tuesday night gig, what am I doing to myself?
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★ 17 Nov 2025
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Live at the Tuning Fork
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★ 06 Nov 2025
Anitya Live At The Civic
Tom Scott's latest project Anitya, the album and the once in a life time live show at the Auckland Civic Theatre
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★ 07 Oct 2025
New Music Friday #7
New music I grabbed this Bandcamp Friday.
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★ 22 Sep 2025
London Hardhouse Reunion 2025
What a huge night of doof doof
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★ 19 Sep 2025
Fall Between The Cracks
When the music industry forgets about an album, local libraries are here to save the day
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★ 08 Sep 2025
New Music Friday #6
Supporting NZ music with Minuit’s full back catalogue (fresh off last night’s gig) and Fur Patrol’s classics
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★ 06 Sep 2025
Minuit At Double Whammy
Minuit’s reunion tour wrapped up at Double Whammy in Auckland, a fantastic night out with friends, food, and music
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★ 26 Aug 2025
New Old Eminem
Lights, action, cameras flashin - a lost Eminem track from run up to The Eminem Show finally surfaces
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★ 12 Aug 2025
New Music Friday #5
August's Bandcamp Friday was a big one! Here's what I picked up.
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★ 26 Jul 2025
Missing You Like Candy
Certified Millennial Banger
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★ 18 Mar 2025
New Music Friday #4
Bandcramp Friday March was two weeks ago! This is what I picked up.
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★ 02 Feb 2025
Music Questions Challenge
A new blog challenge appears. Check out some of my musical favourites.
2024
21 posts-
★ 31 Dec 2024
Reflections 2024: Music Rewind
My 2024 in music rewound
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★ 07 Dec 2024
New Music Friday #3
Bandcramp Friday December, what did you get?
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★ 13 Nov 2024
What If Encore Never Leaked?
What if the original tracks for meant for Eminem's fifth studio album Encore never leaked?
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★ 10 Oct 2024
The Death Of Slim Shady
Where I remember when music was a shared experience, not just a personal one.
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★ 05 Oct 2024
New Music Friday #2
Bandcramp Friday for October has been and gone, what did you pick up?
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★ 02 Oct 2024
The Genuine Articulate
I listen to The Alchemist's latest project, The Genuine Articulate
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★ 07 Sep 2024
New Music Friday #1
Cleared a few items out of my music to buy wish list. Come check out some fantastic local artists.
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★ 09 Jul 2024
Tobey
Dope video. Two for two so far. Friday can't come soon enough.
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★ 03 Jun 2024
Houdini
Guess who's back? Back again!
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★ 31 May 2024
Sliding Away
I've been sitting on this for two years... I dive into the evolution of Miley Cyrus between "We Can't Stop," "Slide Away," and more recently, "Jaded."
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★ 24 May 2024
This Was: Griselda Records
Aye yo, doot doot doot doot. They don't make them like this anymore.
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★ 20 May 2024
The Tortured Poets Department
I listened to two hours of The Tortured Poets Department, ask me anything
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★ 18 May 2024
Nirvana
Why do you like Nirvana?
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★ 13 May 2024
Nostalgia Music
Nostalgia music... Albums or songs that hold a special place in your heart. What's yours?
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★ 12 May 2024
Scribe - Not Many (REMIX)
The most legendary hip-hop track to come out of Aotearoa.
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★ 11 May 2024
Sure Boy - Better
Check out Better by Sure Boy, Wellington's baddest girl band!
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★ 10 May 2024
Slant Face Killah
Conway The Machine is back with his best project in a while.
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★ 09 May 2024
Top 50 Artists 2021 - 2024
Let's take a look at my top 50 artists from last.fm since 2021.
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★ 04 May 2024
Mac Miller: Swimming
Sit back with a couple beers or a smoke and enjoy Mac Miller's sup chill record Swimming with me.
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★ 03 May 2024
Everything Is Recorded: Friday Forever
Friday Forever is an album that I will happilly listen to front to back in a single sitting multiple times a year.
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★ 07 Jan 2024
What A Weekend
Damn, what a weekend. Friends, beers, live music, good times.
2023
1 post-
★ 26 Apr 2023
Record Store Day 2023
Record Store Day 2023 has been and gone. What new records did I manage to add to my collection?
2021
1 post-
★ 12 Jan 2021
Music
Music has always been a massive part of my life, let's dive into how that came to be.
2020
2 posts-
★ 16 May 2020
No One Mourns the Wicked
Where I listen to new music from Big Ghost and Conway The Machine.
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★ 17 Apr 2020
Pray For Paris
Where I listen to new Westside Gunn.
2008
5 posts-
★ 21 Apr 2008
Ticket Scalpers
Name anything worse than ticket scalpers. Go on, I'm waiting.
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★ 26 Mar 2008
Weekend Roundup
The four day long Easter weekend was amazing. We’re already halfway through the working week, I believe it’s safe to say that I have recovered. Now lets see if I can remember how the weekend went? Where to begin…
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★ 20 Mar 2008
Smashing Pumpkins With Queens of the Stone Age
When? Tonight!
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★ 27 Feb 2008
In Tune With Nature
Unfortunately the photos have been lost to time...
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★ 26 Feb 2008
The Day I Fell In Love With The Violin
On Saturday the 23rd of February, we travelled over the Rimutukas to Alana Estate in Martinborough to catch the last concert of the in tune with Nature tour featuring Haley Westenra and Dave Dobbyn.
2004
1 post-
★ 28 Jul 2004
Eminem - Love Me
An absolute banger of a track
2003
1 post-
★ 09 Nov 2003
Dayum
Hard Trance is sweeet