Alex G Announces Debut New Zealand Headline Shows

One of the most beguiling songwriting figures of our contemporary era, Alex G aka Alex Giannascoli is finally returning to Aotearoa this December for his first ever local headline dates at Tāmaki Makaurau's The Powerstation and Pōneke's San Fran. Last here five years back for a standout performance at Laneway 2018, the Pennsylvanian artist's intended 2020 NZ tour was frustratingly nixed due to the global pandemic, and to say Alex G has gone from strength to strength in the meantime is putting it mildly. He unfurled last year's critically lauded studio album God Save The Animals (his ninth since 2010), 2019's breakout long player House Of Sugar, the original motion picture soundtrack for We're All Going To The World's Fair, and will soon launch new vinyl-only live album Live From Union Transfer, plus he's recently graced such high profile media platforms as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. There'll undoubtedly be lots of fresh material to savour, both for those who caught him last time and for the many new fans who've become spellbound by Alex G's homespun world of sound. We advise actively swooping on tickets when they go live this coming Wednesday — brought to you by the champs at 100% Good...

UnderTheRadar proudly presents...

Tuesday 12th December - The Powerstation, Auckland (all ages)
Wednesday 13th December - San Fran, Wellington (R18) [sold out]
Thursday 14th December - San Fran, Wellington (R18) [NEW SHOW]

Tickets on sale via AAATicketing (Auckland) and Moshtix (Wellington)

Experience Alex G's 'Runner' from new album God Save The Animals...

Watch the official clip for 'Gretel' from 2019's House Of Sugar...

Here's Alex G's 2022 Tiny Desk Concert for NPR Music...

Press release:

Alex G today announces his debut headline shows in New Zealand. After an excellent showing at 2018’s Laneway Festival, Alex G returns for two headline shows in December following the release of universally acclaimed God Save The Animals.

Alex G is the stage alias of Alex Giannascoli, a singer, songwriter, and multi- instrumentalist who built his reputation with intimate lo-fi pop that combines strong melodic sensibilities with a ragged, impulsive-sounding performance style. As a teenager, Giannascoli, a Pennsylvania native, wrote and recorded music in his bedroom. He released his home-recorded label debut, DSU, in 2014 via OrchidTapes. The U.K. label Lucky Number mastered and released a couple of Alex G's earlier DIY albums, Trick and Rules, in the spring of 2015, and he signed with Domino Records for his DSU follow-up, Beach Music , issued in October that year. That album expanded his audience and furthered his reputation, and in 2016 his guitar work appeared on the Frank Ocean albums Endless and Blond . Later that year, he appeared on-stage with Ocean amid headlining tour dates. He retained his idiosyncratic, turbulent style even as he began working with collaborators, expanding his sound, and working in studios. Beach Music and its 2017 follow-up Rocket landed on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart, and 2019’s House of Sugar saw him debut on Billboard’s Emerging Artists, Top Alternative Albums, and Independent Albums charts.

Alex G released his ninth studio album God Save the Animals in 2022 to praise from critics across the board, who hailed it as “a tour de force” (Rolling Stone) and “his most thrilling and playful record yet” (Vanity Fair). Alex followed the album’s release with an entirely sold out headlining tour across North America; gave high profile national TV performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and CBS Saturday Morning; and made his debut on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts. God Save the Animals was named one of the best records of 2022 by Pitchfork, NPR, The Fader, Stereogum, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Consequence, Uproxx, The Ringer, and the New York Times, who called him “one of indie rock’s most mysterious, and best, songwriters.”