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Alexisonfire January 23rd 2017. Photography by Matt Henry Photography | onetakekate.com

#flashbackfriday ALEXISONFIRE January 23rd 2017 | Auckland, New Zealand

April 5, 2018 One Take Kate 832

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 […]

Heavy Metal Ninjas – Kings Arms, September 27, 2014.

October 7, 2014 One Take Kate 15

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 […]

FKA Twigs ‘LP1’ Album Review

September 14, 2014 One Take Kate 14

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 […]

City Oh Sigh – Fragments Fine album review

March 30, 2014 One Take Kate 696

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 […]

Saving Grace – The Urgency album review

March 7, 2014 One Take Kate 16

New Zealand’s worse kept heavy secret; Saving Grace return with their fourth full length album of solid home-grown metal and hard-core. Squealing ‘Wolfenstein’ guitar licks, huge rumbling breakdowns, it’s all here; and just when it’s easy to […]

Broods – Self Titled EP Review

February 25, 2014 One Take Kate 14

Get ready to meet the new Kiwi music duo that you’ll not only fall in love with; but surely will be scrambling to tell all your friends about as well… Broods aka Georgia and Caleb Nott, are […]

Supermodel – Rimu and Roses album review

February 24, 2014 One Take Kate 700

y Kate “One Take Kate Splashing into your eardrums comes the delightful and welcomed Rimu and Roses by Supermodel; bringing a swag bag of 70s rock and starry eyed guitar and piano noodling to the party. I’m […]

Device album review

December 6, 2013 One Take Kate 14

Yip. I reviewed Device. I was actually pleasantly surprised by David Draiman’s range on this album. You can check out what else I thought about this self titled album on the Rip It Up website […]

Killswitch Engage – Disarm the Descent album review

December 6, 2013 One Take Kate 15

A little review for metal masters Killswitch Engage – Disarm the Descent, which you can also see on the Rip It Up website here.

Kvelertak – Meir album review

December 6, 2013 One Take Kate 881

This is a review, currently on the Rip It Up website here; for a band I truly, truly love! It’s a lovely thing when as a reviewer, the wonders of review copies for bands you’re only […]