They Might Be Giants at The Studio, Auckland on Saturday 18 May 2013 [LIVE REVIEW]
Live Review by Lawrence Mikkelsen
PAUL SIMON w/ RUFUS WAINWRIGHT at Vector Arena, Monday 8 April 2013, live review by Lucy Stewart of Drab Doo Riffs / Las Tetas [REVIEW]
Cheese on Toast sent LUCY STEWART of DRAB DOO RIFFS and LAS TETAS along to the Paul Simon concert last night – here’s her review…
MICHAEL KIWANUKA at Holy Trinity Cathedral, 4 April 2013 – Live Review by Max Oldfield
Cheese on Toast sent bFM’s Max Oldfield (Wednesday Drive) along to MICHAEL KIWANUKA last night to review the show. Here’s what he had to say…
FALL OUT BOY live at The Powerstation, Friday 29 March – reviewed by Emily Littler (Street Chant)
Cheese on Toast sent Emily from Street Chant along to see Fall Out Boy live at The Powerstation on Friday night. Read her review here…
NEIL YOUNG CRAZY HORSE at Vector Arena on Thursday 21 March 2013 – live review by Rod Fisher
Cheese on Toast sent Rod Fisher from Goodshirt along to review Neil Young Crazy Horse last night… The first thing I’ll say about the Neil Young show last night is how nice it…
DINOSAUR JR live at Powerstation, Auckland, Tuesday 5 March 2013 – review by Emily Illiterateler
CHEESE ON TOAST sent Emily from Street Chant (aka Emily Illiterateler) along to DINOSAUR JR on Tuesday – here is her review:
GARBAGE at Civic Theatre, Wednesday 20 February 2013 [LIVE REVIEW]
GARBAGE totally make trash of any claims of cynics that they might be tired old has-beens when they played at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on Wednesday night. They teased us older fans, perhaps a…
CRYSTAL CASTLES at The Studio, Tuesday 15 January 2013 [LIVE REVIEW]
Before I start this review I have to make a social observation. If you bring an iPad to concert like this you either have far too much expendable income and should really re-evaluate…
WEEZER live at Vector Arena, Friday 11 January 2013 [REVIEW]
The Vector Arena was nicely full as was the anticipation and spirits of those within it…
THE PRETTY THINGS at Powerstation 11 Dec 2012 – review by Jake Harding of Thee Rum Coves
CHEESE ON TOAST asked Jake Harding of THEE RUM COVES to review his idols THE PRETTY THINGS play at The Powerstation on Tuesday night just past… When I interviewed Dick Taylor for Cheese…
REGINA SPEKTOR at Auckland Town Hall, Monday 3 Dec 2012 – review by NADIA REID
Cheese on Toast sent Auckland-based singer-songwriter NADIA REID along to see Regina Spektor earlier this week – here’s her review….
RADIOHEAD at Vector Arena, Tuesday 6 Nov [REVIEW]
live review from last night’s show at Vector by Andrew Tidball
MUMFORD AND SONS – live at Vector Arena, Friday 2 Nov review by Anthony from GLASS OWLS
Cheese on Toast sent Anthony Metcalf from auckland band Glass Owls along to Mumford and Sons on Friday last week.
Here is his review
The Black Keys live at Vector Arena Saturday 3 November [REVIEW]
It’s not many things that can truly lay claim to being simultaneously awesome and horrific. Maybe a roller coaster or parachuting. Or, as Saturday night at Vector Arena proved, a Black Keys stadium…
ELLIE GOULDING at The Studio, Friday 26 October – REVIEW by Boycrush
ELLIE GOULDING played two shows at Auckland’s Studio last week, on Thursday and Friday – among the first in the world to be surrounding the release of her sophomore album Halcyon (which entered…
EVERCLEAR at Studio, Thursday 18 Oct 2012 – live review by Shane Warbrooke from The Bemsha Swing
Cheese on Toast sends Shane from The Bemsha Swing to review Everclear at The Studio…
XIU XIU at Kings Arms, Thursday 11 Oct [LIVE REVIEW]
I had read that Jamie Stewart, the creative force behind Xiu Xiu had recently posted on his website a request to fans to give him a reason to keep on living. Intense. And…
BILLY BRAGG at Auckland Town Hall, 12 Oct 2012 [LIVE REVIEW]
It was really nice to not be subject to the full-body cavity search (ok, I am exaggerating a little bit) that has, in the past, been a requisite to entry to shows at…
R & V Soundcheck – reviewed by TOTEMS
Last Friday night Cheese on Toast sent TOTEMS aka Reuben Winter along to R&V Soundcheck at Vector Arena to review the show for us. Here’s his report…
Mark Gardener – at Kings Arms 10 August [LIVE REVIEW]
Ride. A band who promised so much. Four beautiful boys playing guitars like a thousand angels jamming in heaven. In those post-Smiths/post-Roses and pre-Blur/pre-Oasis days, they were kings. A handful of killer EPs,…
James from Collapsing Cities reviews a Brain Hacker – Keith Barry
“Brain-hacker” Keith Barry is in New Zealand performing some shows so CHEESE ON TOAST sent James Brennan, member of Collapsing Cities and clinical psychology student along to check it out. Read what he has to say…
THE KAISER CHIEFS at Powerstation, Thursday 10 May 2012 – photos by Georgia Schofield, words by Andrew Tidball
The Kaiser Chiefs were in town last night – and seemingly, their fans couldn’t quite believe it. I arrived just after local blendie-indie-popsters Young Lyre’s support set to a packed venue; a noticeably…
TuNe-YaRdS – live at Kings Arms 12 January 2012 w/ Sam Hamilton
We arrived to be greeted by the wonderful shimmery tribal glistening on support act Sam Hamilton, recently returned home from an overseas sojourn. Sam triggered mystical synthetic sounds that throbbed and pulsed, while…
DEERHOOF – live at Whammy, Saturday 7 Jan 2012 w/ Poor You, Poor Me and Sharpie Crows
What better way to open my personal favorite dungeon-come-venue for 2012 than a capacity crowd to see the wonderful and amazing Deerhoof – and it was a veritable whose-who of Auckland’s music scene…
DUM DUM GIRLS – live at Kings Arms, 7 January 2012
I arrived during the first song of The Transistors support slot; slightly annoyed at myself for missing Roy Irwin who we said hi to outside. The Transistors cemented themselves as easily one of…
Liam Finn invites Eddie Vedder on stage in Seattle – review and photos
The cool folk over at The Corner have got photos and a review of Liam Finn at Tractor Tavern in Seattle where he was joined by “Seattle’s own reigning rock royalty”, Eddie Vedder…
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