The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band at Fleetwaters

[ December 30, 2008 7:00 pm to January 1, 2009 12:00 pm. ]
FLEETWATERS:ARAPOHUE 30 December 2008 - 1st January 2009
FLEETWATERS IS ON!

That’s right, Fleet FM’s premium flavoured New Years party is happening once again. Three days of party and two nights of camping from the 30th till the 1st. It is happening at a new venue which was leaving us a bit iffy but after a quick […]

Monkey Records Sale

We need to clear some shelf space so the following albums are all $10 (NZ) for a limited time only.
Luke Hurley - Best Of
Ishta - Ishta
Sleepytime - Vol. II: Schlafwandler
Onelung - Binary Pop Songs
Various - Monkey Magic Vol. I
Peachy Keen - Peachy Keen
Hummel - mediOCHRE
Onelung - Nu Scientist
Various - Leading a Horse to Water
These […]

Renee-Louise Carafice wins Alternatui for Album of the Year

Renee-Louise Carafice’s debut album has been awarded the Alternatui Album of the Year by the NZ Music blog Counting the Beat.
“It may make for disturbing listening but Renee-Louise Carafice’s album Tells You To Fight is a stunning and unique album. By now, surely everyone knows that the songs on the album were her reaction to a […]

Káren Hunter at Hamilton Festival of Flowers

[ February 27, 2009; 2:00 pm; ]

Káren will be appearing at the Tairua Wine and Food Festival on the 10th January.

Káren Hunter first appeared on the Auckland music scene in the early 90’s with an original  style of blues-based acoustic funk and a voice described in the NZ Herald as ‘one of the most sensuous in the country’.
With over twenty […]

Káren Hunter at Luminate Festival, Golden Bay

[ January 30, 2009 12:00 pm to February 3, 2009 12:00 pm. ]
Luminate is an earth friendly festival of music, dance, art, creativity and sustainability on Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, 30th January - 3rd February 2009.
Káren Hunter first appeared on the Auckland music scene in the early 90’s with an original  style of blues-based acoustic funk and a voice described in the NZ Herald as ‘one of […]

Káren Hunter at Tairua Wine and Food Festival

[ January 10, 2009; 1:00 pm; ]

Káren will be appearing at the Tairua Wine and Food Festival on the 10th January.

Káren Hunter first appeared on the Auckland music scene in the early 90’s with an original  style of blues-based acoustic funk and a voice described in the NZ Herald as ‘one of the most sensuous in the country’.
With over […]

The Hot Grits at the Picton Maritime Festival

[ January 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

Shiver me timbers! New Zealand’s favourite 14 piece afro soul band The Hot Grits play the Picton Maritime Festival on Saturday 24th January. It’s free and there’s fireworks!

Gypsy Fever Tour - Mighty Mighty, Wellington

[ January 24, 2009 9:00 pm to January 25, 2009 3:00 am. ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic take to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.

Saturday January 24th - Mighty Mighty, […]

Gypsy Fever Tour - Phat Club, Nelson

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band  takes to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour
bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East
European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing
your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.
Phat Club, Nelson - $10 doorsales only with special guest DJ Moksha.

Gypsy Fever Tour - Phat Club, Nelson

[ January 23, 2009 9:00 pm to January 24, 2009 2:00 am. January 23, 2009 9:00 pm to January 24, 2009 2:00 am. ] The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band  takes to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour
bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East
European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing
your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.
Phat Club, Nelson - $10 doorsales only with special guest DJ Moksha.

Gypsy Fever Tour - Mussel Inn, Takaka

[ January 22, 2009 8:00 pm to January 23, 2009 12:00 am. ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic take to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.

Thursday January 22nd - The Mussel […]

Gypsy Fever Tour - Revolver, Queenstown

[ January 17, 2009 9:00 pm to January 18, 2009 2:00 am. ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic take to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.

Revolver, Queenstown - $10 doorsales only.

Gypsy Fever Tour - Red Rock, Wanaka

[ January 16, 2009 9:00 pm to January 17, 2009 2:00 am. ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic take to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.

Red Rock, Wanaka - $10 doorsales […]

Gypsy Fever Tour - Harbourlight, Lyttleton

[ January 15, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic take to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.

Their show at the Harbourlight was […]

Gypsy Fever tour - Le Cafe, Picton

[ January 14, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band and DJ Balkanetic take to the road again on another Gypsy Fever tour bringing you an intoxicating, exhilarating, uplifting blend of East European/Gypsy/Klezmer and Balkan tunes that will have you throwing your arms in the air and dancing as if your feet were on fire.

The Hot Grits and Olmecha Supreme at the Bathhouse, Wellington

[ January 23, 2009 9:00 pm to January 24, 2009 2:00 am. ]

The Hot Grits team up with their musical heroes, Olmecha Supreme for a riotous night of afro beat, soul and cosmic space-funk at the San Francisco Bathhouse on Friday January 23rd.  Tickets $15 presales Real Groovy or www.undertheradar.co.nz or $20 door.

The Hot Grits at the Star and Garter, Coromandel

[ January 3, 2009 9:00 pm to January 4, 2009 1:00 am. ]

Fourteen piece afro soul band, The Hot Grits are playing at the Star and Garter in Coromandel on Saturday 3rd January 09.

The Hot Grits - The Ballad of Joe Stalin (explicit)

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The Hot Grits is putting the party back into political party with their new video for the bFM chart topping single ‘The Ballad of Joe Stalin’ from their debut album ‘It’s too Drunk to be this Early’. The video takes the form of a party political broadcast and the Grits look certain to breathe a […]

Renee-Louise Carafice - House on Fire

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“House on Fire” is the second single from Carafice’s debut album “Renee-Louise Carafice Tells You to Fight”. It was written for Texan alt-country singer Micah P Hinson who Carafice met while supporting him on his New Zealand tour in 2005.
“We were instant buddies and got on extremely well,” Carafice explains. “For me that was quite […]

An Emerald City & Die! Die! Die! Myspace Secret Show

[ December 16, 2008 7:00 pm to December 17, 2008 5:00 pm. ]

MySpace and Visa Entertainment are pleased to present…Die! Die! Die! with support from An Emerald City

TONIGHT! Tuesday 16th December!
Doors 7.30pm
VENUE: St Barnabas Scout Hall
ADDRESS - Clive Road, Mt Eden on the corner of Normanby Road - its very close to Mt Eden road and is right next to the playground at the bottom of Mt […]

An Emerald City at Happy, Wellington

[ February 14, 2009; 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ] An Emerald City play Happy in Wellington

An Emerald City at Flow Bar, Hamilton

[ February 13, 2009; 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ] An Emerald City play Flow Bar, Hamilton.

An Emerald City at Cabana Bar, Napier

[ February 5, 2009; 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] An Emerald City play Cabana Bar, Napier.

An Emerald City at the Mussel Inn

[ January 3, 2009; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] An Emerald City play the legendary Mussel Inn, Takaka.

An Emerald City at the Big Day Out

[ January 16, 2009; 11:00 am; ]

An Emerald City are playing the Big Day Out in Auckland.

Hot Grits at Parihaka

[ January 11, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] The Hot Grits are very happy to be playing at the Parihaka Peace Festival.

Hot Grits win Handle the Jandal Video awards

The music video for the Hot Grits song ‘Headlights’ won the Radio Active ‘Handle the Jandal’  award for best non-funded video recently in Wellington, despite holding the distinction of being the first video to be banned by TVNZ since 1987.
Radio Active 89FM’s Handle the Jandal is an annual competition for local Do-It-Yourself  music video. All […]

An Emerald City play Rhythm & Vines

[ December 30, 2008; 7:00 pm; ]

An Emerald City play Rhythm & Vines on the 30th December.
Expectation is building for Rhythm and Vines as event organisers announce all earlybird tickets are sold out and remaining tickets are selling at a record rate.
 
Now festival fans have even more reason to head to Gisborne this December; the festival has released another taster of […]

The Hot Grits at Highlife New Years Eve

[ December 31, 2008; 6:15 pm; ]
Highlife New Years Eve 08/09 Matakana

with The Hot Grits, Open Souls, Moto Blanco, Recloose, Kolab plus many more

The Matakana Country Park, 1 Omaha Flats Rd, Matakana Coast, New Zealand, Auckland North
Ticket Information
Ticket: $125.00
iTicket - 09 361 1000

THE HIGHLIFE NYE EXPERIENCE

For the past two years Highlife Entertainment has delivered one of the top New Years Eve […]