Weekly Round Up: Friday 30th September

Tour news wasn't very fruitful this week, but plenty of Boy George fans were hyped to hear that the iconic figure is bringing his band Culture Club to New Zealand for the first time ever. We've also caught wind of some cool tour announces happening early next week so stay tuned!

In release news, there was some top notch local stuff coming out of the woodwork. Auckland stoner-rock trio Blazing Shade emerged with the ripping new cut 'Grimoire'. We were treated to some spellbinding retro-psych visuals from Seeds Of Orbit with their new video for 'iStoner'. Delaney Davidson's Manos Del Chango lifted the lid on single 'Lowdown and Blue' ahead of their nationwide tour kicking off next week. Princess Chelsea announced a forthcoming covers album and shared her version of Marianne Faithfull's 1965 song 'Morning Sun'. On the streaming front Yukon Era let loose their sophomore EP Consume & Scratch. And we were delighted to preview the new EP from Christchurch-based solo act French_concession.

This week's Caught Live is some fan footage of Metallica performing 'Moth Into Flame' at a 2000-person show at Webster Hall in NYC. Apparently it's the first time the group have performed the new single live...

WEEKEND GIG PICKS:

Friday

Auckland: Black Mountain - The Tuning Fork
Auckland: The Coathangers - Whammy Bar
Wellington: Tom Rodwell and Storehouse - Meow
Christchurch: The Church Tour - St Michael and All Angels Church
Christchurch: Nomad - Dim 7th
Dunedin: Amiria Grenell and Holly Arrowsmith - Bellamys Gallery

Saturday

Auckland: Yukon Era EP Release Show - Whammy
Auckland: Cate Le Bon - The Tuning Fork
Wellington: Black Mountain - Bodega
Christchurch: Connie Benson - Darkroom
Christchurch: The Coathangers - Churchills
Dunedin: Summer Thieves, Ragged + More - Re Fuel

Head over to our Gig Guide for more listings!!!

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