Suitable Alternative

After two months and 22 shows of a summer tour, Dunedin modern rock quartet The River Jesters are finishing up their album release with a "giant mega hooley homecoming extravaganza". The...

Dunedin musician Abigail Knudson has just released her debut album, the classical hip-pop of Nicotine.

So here we are; the last edition of Suitable Alternative for 2016. These are my favourite New Zealand releases of 2016. Mere Kirihimete.

Well, here it is. Another year has gone by and who can say how much we’ve learned. This week, it’s Suitable Alternative’s international roundup, picking my 26 (a number I arrived at randomly)...

Dunedin musician Tristan Dingemans is probably best known for his eardrum-blowing fiery, dense electric guitar playing sonic rock in High Dependency Unit, Mountaineater and solo project Kahu. But...

Australia-based alternative country musician Matt Joe Gow is returning to Dunedin, touring brand-new album Seven Years.

Dunedin musician Chris Butchard’s eclectic homespun indie pop project, Avec Spirale, will release its debut album this week.

New Zealand-born songwriter Tom Lee-Richards returned from Australia this month, bringing his pop/folk songbook across the Tasman for his first New Zealand tour.

Dunedin alternative pop foursome Chandeliers has just released the video single for Leather, the lead track from the group’s forthcoming sophomore EP, II.

There’s a new kick-ass surf band in town, and just in time for summer.

Ex-Dunedinites Summer Thieves are back in town tonight, playing a homecoming gig at Re:Fuel.

Six local acts will come together at Plato on Saturday for a benefit concert for Isi McCurdy, a local toddler recently diagnosed with AML leukaemia while on holiday in the United Kingdom.

West Harbour psych-pop outfit Shifting Sands is heading to the northern hemisphere for a series of performances in the United States, but is first stopping by Dunedin’s Inch Bar for an intimate...

Direct from Auckland, two of the country’s brashest pop bands, Clap Clap Riot and Racing, are hitting the road this month for a co-headlining tour.

Wellington textural pop-psych sextet Moses is gearing up to release its debut full-length album this month, supported by a nationwide tour stopping in Dunedin.

Copenhagen noise artist Frederike Hoffmeier, aka Puce Mary, a leading name in grainy unrelenting avant-garde power electronics, is in Dunedin next week as part of a national tour.

Onslaught, Dunedin’s biggest punk and hardcore music event, returns next week for its 12th incarnation, and it’s the most audacious event yet, according to organiser Mark Tyler.

A slew of Dunedin acts will pay tribute to our city’s musical culture next Saturday, covering songs from local artists past and present in the sixth annual Dunedin Music Circle Jerk at Re:Fuel.

I’ve probably thrown around the words "prolific output" in this column a lot over the past four years, but musician Fraser Hunter has redefined what those words mean to me in recent months.