Alexisonfire are an incredibly special band for me. When I was working at Shock Records in Melbourne, Australia (1998 – 2004) I vividly remember the day that A&R manager Ian asked a few of the punk and metal loving crew on staff to stay back in the boardroom after the sales meeting to check out […]
Interview: Devin Townsend
Feature Image by Doug Peters via Ambient Light. For an Ambient Light piece, I interviewed Devin Townsend in April 2017 and was delighted to talk to another person who I genuinely felt like I would have a great time with at a BBQ. Admittedly, going into this Skype phone call, I was a little bit apprehensive. […]
WESTFEST `15 Live Review
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor. Image via Mr Leon Taylor. It’s taken me until now to fully download all the rad moments of WESTFEST `15 to coalesce into a somewhat succinct little write up about Auckland’s recent day of blistering metal and punk. Taking place on March 3rd 2015, a Tuesday…gasp! All assembled truly […]
Heavy Metal Ninjas – Kings Arms, September 27, 2014.
Above: Original image featured on The Metalist.net via by Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor On a fresh spring night, on the eve of daylight savings, some very lucky people witnessed the sheer power of NZ’s own melodic metal masters – Heavy Metal Ninjas. First up for the evening was iSatellite coming up from Wellington to […]
WIN: 1 double pass to HEAVY METAL NINJAS at The Kings Arms Tavern – Saturday 27th September 2014
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor *Unfortunately this competition is now closed – check out WIN with OTK for more competitions to enter…* Wanna win a double pass to the HEAVY METAL NINJAS at The Kings Arms Tavern – TONIGHT, Saturday 27th September 2014? Enter here! The interstellar dudes of Heavy Metal Ninjas […]
Heavy Metal Ninjas: Richie Allan Interview.
Image via: Heavy Metal Ninjas & Mr Leon Taylor By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor The interstellar dudes of Heavy Metal Ninjas are set to head off to Germany very shortly to play the Euroblast Festival on October 2nd – 4th; but not before they plan to melt the faces of the gathered devoted at a very […]
WIN: FKA Twigs ‘LP1’ album giveaway
By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor *Unfortunately this competition is now closed – check out WIN with OTK for more competitions to enter…* Wanna win a copy of FKA twigs ‘LP1’ for yourself? Enter here! She’s the incredibly talented London based singer-songwriter and producer that’s going to be the name on everyone’s lips very soon; FKA twigs […]
FKA Twigs ‘LP1’ Album Review
Roll up, roll up fans of Broods, Grimes, Massive Attack or Portishead; if you’re not having a listen to London based FKA twigs, then you’re not getting the sexiest and most delicious new electronic tunes for your ear-holes. Born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, FKA twigs is a singer-songwriter and producer phenom that delivers track after track of […]
Travelling in Style…On-Tour Fashion with Ladi6
She’s is a Mother, a Tui & Taite Music Prize award winner and one of Aotearoa’s most beloved Hip Hop-inistas; Ladi6 took a moment out to have a chat with me about her on-tour fashion & beauty go-to items, her lust list of tour destinations she would love to visit, as well as giving […]
City Oh Sigh – Fragments Fine album review
Wellington’s extremely accomplished chamber folk quartet; City Oh Sigh release their first full length album, Fragments Fine – and it’s a breath-taking beauty. Lead songwriter, singer and cellist Kate has a magical way with her beautiful notes; expertly catching and playing with the pitches and tones creating something special and reminding you of what a joy it is to listen […]