June 2010: The Phoenix Foundation, Timmy Schumacher, Tyree, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vince Harder, We Are Romans, Young Sid

The flooded underground, snacks and guns, straight hair and big glasses, the rock format, and working for the man.

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March 2010: The Pink Pound Experience, These Four Walls, Three Houses Down, TK Paradza, Tokyo Street Gang, Trei, Young Sid

Pixel by pixel, emo melancholia, the speakeasy, backwards and forwards, not much bothered with humans, the day’s headlines.

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April 2009: PNC, Savage, Smashproof, Sweet & Irie, Tha Feelstyle, The Checks

In the pages of a gossip magazine, a club full of makeup, small town New Zealand, little girls, and big fat tropical rain.

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April 2008: Elemeno P, Ethical, False Start, Gasoline Cowboy, Goodnight Nurse

Tomato sauce meets chips, a kind offer, bird guts, and the drama of smudged eyeliner.
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June 2007: Steve Abel, The Black Seeds, The Braxton Hicks, The Electric Confectionaires, The Phoenix Foundation, The Rabble, Young Sid

DeLorean drama, the Seeds on tour, loneliness, painful context, split-level adventures, and North Island gold mining history.
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October 2006: 5Star Fallout, Annabel Fay, Bleeders, Brooke Fraser, Cobra Khan

A rainy night in Tokyo, another ’06 Bonnie and Clyde, the rehearsal shed crashers, teen glam, punk pop prancing.
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August 2006: The Decoders, The Madison Press, The Rabble, Tourist, Tyree, Voom, Young Sid

The four corners of punk, a fantasy marionette world, a dystopian landscape, cruisin’ down a country road, and a minimalist bellboy.
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June 2006: Aerial, Blindspott, Carly Binding, Chong Nee, Cobra Khan

A family fun day at the beach, a dystopian nightmare, a return to the brick wall, a salty romance and a daring escape.
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April 2006: The Have, The Madison Press, Tyna & JB, Tyree, Voom

Toronto booty girls, a freaky fairground, rooftop rock, grotesque cinéma, and some quite good graffiti.
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