VICKI ANDERSON offers a few highlights of events in Ōtautahi Christchurch this weekend and beyond. Have you made time to see the Ralph Hotere exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery yet? When I visited recently, after checking out CoCA next door, I saw a couple crying quietly with their arms around one another in front of a painting. It is that moving. Christchurch tip of the week: The $6 tacos from Cactus in Barbadoes St. Also visit for the A+ banter. The Christchurch song of the week:
What A Friend by Terrible Sons, husband/wife duo Matthew Barus (Dukes) and Lauren Barus (Fly My Pretties). They play at The Piano on Friday.
Jed Parsons Announces Brunch Album Release Tour Chris Cudby / Photo credit: Daniela Aebli / Tuesday 20th April, 2021 2:43PM
While arguments have been fierce in the UTR office regarding the definitive nature of
Brunch [can you eat breakfast and then eat brunch? One or the other? How early is too early for brunch?], one thing we can agree on is
Jed Parsons new album of the same name is pretty dang swish. Foisting upon the world such delectably catchy and heartbreaking singles as Sad Together and Playstation & Porn , the ever-dapper Ōtautahi artist has announced an absolutely epic launch tour of Aotearoa, warming our cockles in the increasingly chilly months of May, June and July, plus a September wrap up gig in Onekaka. Clearly not one to do things by halves, Parsons has served up today a whopping list of
At first,
Spurned, rejected, and cast aside, she was angry, furious, and - at times - utterly bereft.
Usually she d utilise songwriting as a vessel for her emotions, but when she was so conflicted, and feeling so negative, that it just didn t enter her mind.
The Christchurch, New Zealand artist needed to take a step back, and when she located some perspective, she was ready to act.
New single I Wasn t Into You Anyway is a soaring slice of revenge, one that finds Emily C Browning taking full control of her music.
Her first solo production credit, its reminiscent of those surging, empowering Maggie Rogers bops, while also containing similar DNA to Sharon Van Etten s work.