Dunedin creative art/music/comic stalwart Glen Ross has been lying low over the past couple of years, but with new outfit Evil Kid starting to grow, he's hoping to be a bit more active in the coming months.
Indie party-poppers the Leers are making their first visit to the South Island next week, in support of their long-awaited debut album Are You Curious?
Tonight sees the return of one of Dunedin's best nights for fans of alternative music, Radio One's Onefest at the University of Otago's Union Hall.
Independent music legend Grant Hart, the co-leader, songwriter and drummer of the critically lauded Minneapolis punk trio Husker Du, makes his second visit to Dunedin later this month.
Swiss avant-garde musician and composer Franziska Baumann is visiting Dunedin on Wednesday as part of her Sound Out solo world tour.
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Dunedin psychedelic post-punk quartet The Violet Ohs released its fantastic debut album Battlephant last month.
Just a week after announcing it is set to close in 2016, Chick's Hotel kicks off its stellar summer season of international acts this weekend with a two-night residency by American minimalist rock outfit Shellac.
Emerging underground heavy-psych weirdos Triumphs has recently released its debut album, an instrumental concept LP through revived Dunedin vinyl-only label Monkey Killer Records, and tonight celebrates with a show at Taste Merchants.
Post-apocalyptic doom boys Space Bats, Attack! unleashed their debut album last month, a record full of chug, noise and thunderous instrumentation.
Combining groove-laden funk soul and Californian acoustic folk-rock, Dunedin-based American troubadour Julian Temple is set to release his band's new album tonight at Re:Fuel.
Dunedin artist and musician Robbie Motion has stepped out from behind a series of band monikers in recent weeks, releasing his debut outing under his own name.
With their brilliant new album Glass in tow, Auckland punk-gaze outfit Sunken Seas arrive in Port Chamlers tonight to play at Chick's Hotel.
Dunedin's favourite long-serving nuggety power trio Left or Right have just released their third full-length album, Trippy, and tonight will perform with a massive line-up of support at Sammy's.
West Harbour psych-pop trio the Shifting Sands are releasing their sophomore album next week, following on from their lilting, beach-toned debut, Feel.
Julian Temple is following in the Blues Brothers footsteps and ''getting the band back together''.
Waikuku Beach dream folk duo French For Rabbits is heading to Europe later this month for a series of shows and an appearance at music festival Iceland Airwaves.
After a sold-out event in Auckland, our own Anthonie Tonnon will bring his Successor vinyl release tour to Taste Merchants tomorrow.
