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Catch you at The Yard, Raglan for Whaingaroa's concert event of 2024!

Over the last five years, Wellington octet Revulva has won over audiences around New Zealand with their impassioned tracks Bush Bash, Beep Beep, and Heroin Chic and frenzied, high-energy stage shows. Get ready for the Revulva-lution - to celebrate their self-titled album, releasing on October 11, Revulva will play a nationwide tour this October and November!

Live Grooves on the deck!

This year ive decided to do something a lil different. instead of organising some sort of celebration for my 25th, i wanna celebrate it with you all. By playing music, seeing friends and having an all out fun time.
So, on the Friday of Labour weekend ill be putting on my last gig for 2024 in my hometown Raglan to wrap up an awesome year and celebrate. Come along, bring a mate, bring ya parents bring everyone and lets have an amazing night to bring us into summer 2024/25 in a festive manner ;)

Live Grooves on the deck!

Hailing from Sendai, Japan, Grooveman Spot/DJ Kou-G, aka Kouji Asano, returns to Aotearoa after an eight-year hiatus. A world-famous producer and DJ and an original member of the infamous Jazzy Sport crew, he has a lengthy back catalogue ranging from hip-hop, soul, funk, jazz, house, and techno to Japanese city-pop.

His legendary first visit to Aotearoa back in 2009 won him many fans and brought about collaborations with local musicians - Hollie Smith, Julien Dyne, Isaac Aesili and Mark de Clive-Lowe. A typical three-hour set allows Kouji to express his vast musical palette and skill in reading and manipulating a dancefloor.

With his eighth new studio album, Lie-Sense, released via Scotoma Music in Japan, he focuses more on the sound of Los Angeles, with a sound deliberately showcasing R&B, or rather, slow jams.

Renowned for her colourful, vibrant illustrations and installations, Japanese artist Kyoko Shirai from ULO in Raglan will be painting live on stage alongside Kouji on the night.

Hello Raglan. The mighty Ozi Ozaa is going to move the Yard !! Afrofunk, High Life and Ghanain traditional music , packed with horns , percussion led by Ghanain Master musician Yaw Asumadu. Bring your friends, breathable clothing and your dancing shoes and sing and dance non-stop to NZs foremost highlife band. Ozi Ozaa has packed audinces at Cuba Dupa , Auckland Arts Festival and venues around Aotearoa. Get you tickets now for you and your friends for a joyous night of unstoppable grooves and melodies.

Yaw Asumadu Artist profile

"A joyful and jaw dropping fusion of afro-grooves and jazz that hits you like a burst of sonic sunshine" Phil Jackson, BBC specialist music presenter describing Yaw Asumadu who is a master drummer, composer, African flautist, bass guitarist and xylophone player.

Yaw was born in Ghana, started playing drums at a young age and was taught Atentenben Flute and music theory by Nana Danso. He worked with the Ghanian Pan African Orchestra for 12 years as master drummer and assistant conductor touring the United States, Canada, Europe, South and West Africa. In 1992 Yaw appeared on Stevie Wonder’s workshop demo in Ghana.

Yaw later moved to London in 1999 and worked/toured with Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble as a master drummer and composer for five years. Yaw has performed with Andy Summers, Oren Marshall, Michael Jackson, Tunde Jegede, Annie Whitehead, Angelique Kidgo and the Kakatshitshi drumming group from Ghana.

In 2004 Yaw toured with Wole Soyinka's 'The Lion and the Jewel'. Yaw is skilled in making traditional African drums. In 2008 Yaw formed Ozi Ozaa a highlife Afrobeat band in London. In 2018 Yaw moved with his Kiwi partner and family to NZ and after meeting Tauranga based guitarist Tristan Hancock has formed a new band to play his music.

The new Aotearoa based Ozi Ozaa is a eleven piece band packed full of funk & jazz with sweet highlife and traditional African rhythms, with members who have previously played in Kiwi acts including Batucada Sound Machine, Tahuna Breaks, The Scribes of Ra, The Yoots , Twinset, Ijebu Pleasure Club. Ozi Ozaa has played many venues and festivals around New Zealand including Womad NZ 2022, Cuba Dupa 2024, Auckland Art Festival and many more

“Wow, you guys gave me so much energy” - MJ Lenderman, 2024

Menzies come to The Yard, Whāingaroa Raglan, for their final show as part of their Te Ika-a-Māui 'Spaghetti Land' EP tour.

Menzies, the Te Whanganui-a-Tara four-piece, have gained a name for arresting live performances. Dancing from weighty post-punk to heart-felt ruminations on childhood, their songs express the wildly relatable.

“Turned up at the Karori swimming pool, and knew I shouldn’t have turned up”, and
“It cost me twenty bucks, you see, to buy my favourite DVD, don’t judge me, it was Notting Hill”

It’s no surprise the band hits so hard with the experience and passion of the musicians involved - magnetic front-man Chris Brown (Friendlies), Miles Sutton (Welcomer, Prizegiving), Nikita Piper (Friendlies, Androgynous Lemon), and Doug Kelly (Doledrums, Girlboss). The band brought in Oliver Devlin (Hans Pucket) to mix the EP, and Tui award winning Vivek Gabriel, Gabriel Audio for mastering.

Touring Te Ika-a-Māui this July, see Menzies live in a place near you. Their live show heralded by the likes of MJ Lenderman, get tickets through Under The Radar:

Hollie Smith Announces Exclusive The Bones Tour - Part 2 Solo and Intimate run of shows this Winter.

Renowned singer-songwriter Hollie Smith is set to captivate audiences once again with her upcoming solo tour, ‘The Bones Tour.’ After a sold out run in 2023, Hollie is bringing ‘The Bones Tour’ back so she can visit towns and cities she didn’t get to last time. The shows are taking place throughout June, July and August, treating fans to an unforgettable series of intimate live performances in perfect small seated venue settings.

Hollie Smith's musical journey has been one of authenticity and emotional depth, and this tour is no exception. Hollie invites her fans to join her on a musical voyage that feels as personal as spending an evening with her in your living room.

These shows offer more than just a chance to hear the melodies of Hollie Smith; it's an opportunity to hear her new music yet to be released and gain insight into the creative process and the stories behind her new music. After the success of her 4th number one album in 2020, you have the chance to hear the next album come to life and even the songs that won't make the cut.

True to her spirit, Hollie will engage her audiences with heartfelt conversations about the journey behind the scenes”, providing an intimate look into the inspirations, challenges, and triumphs that have shaped her artistic identity.



Tickets for the The Bones Tour” are limited and are expected to sell quickly. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of Hollie's live, intimate and vulnerable performance.

For more information, tour dates, and ticket details, please visit https://holliesmith.co.nz/

Kia ora Aotearoa!
The ‘Middle Earth Mayhem Tour’ sees us hopping across the pond for our first ever tour of New Zealand and gee wiz we are so bloody excited. Four shows spread across the North and South Islands should give us a pretty good idea whether the meat pies are really better than in Australia and we have never been more ready to find that out. Very stoked to have some ripper local bands joining us on this run. Grab your tickets now ya legends - we can’t wait to see ya!

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“The band that can make all of New Zealand stand up and dance”
Aotearoa’s Garage Funk legends OdESSA are hitting the road this winter to perform in Raglan at The Yard, on Friday 21st June 2024.
Once described as “the band that can make all of New Zealand stand up and dance”, OdESSA are one of the country’s most electrifying live acts. Since reforming in 2020 after a hiatus, OdESSA have played a slew of successful shows around their hometown Wellington, including Newtown Festival, Gardens Magic and Cubadupa. They’ve released two brand new singles, and are promising more. As well as performing brand new material, OdESSA will be drawing on their renowned back catalogue including ‘Promises, Promises’, ‘Sugar Pop’ and ‘Bring the Money Back’. Bringing you their searing licks, dirty grooves, and soulful vocals, OdESSA always promise to deliver an energising show, which translates brilliantly from turntable to stage. So strap on your dancing shoes, as this is one band you NEED to see in the flesh.


Supporting them for the night are bands Snakebone and Pineja

To celebrate the release of their debut EP, Napoleon Baby will be playing shows around NZ in June 2024. The alt-rock band will be joined by Fools Lagoon and Stone Clones.

Napoleon Baby write with an angular perspective on life. The trio, borne two thirds from England, a third from New Zealand, have been working hard at brewing a heady concoction of anthems, that speak to the injustices, irritations and painful daily observations of life.
Authenticity, that current buzzword being thrown about with liberal abandon, actually lands with Napoleon Baby, whose current crop of songs hit squarely at the haves and have nots in current society, without pandering to either, rather offering a snapshot of social commentary that lets you know that people’s cards are being marked, and by questioning the current status quo, is a statement of liberation, a pronouncement of the national consciousness of a people that are hurting.

Fool’s Lagoon are performing and recording human music for movers & shakers. Proudly representing four corners of Te Ika-a-Maui and beyond from their base in Auckland, FL packages their indelible new/old school sound with a lick of zilennial nostalgia - something somewhere in between Generation Millennial and Generation Z. They build from the storied kiwi indie scene, injecting elements of funk, dance and rock from decades been and gone to cut their own groove in Aotearoa’s musical record.

Birthed in the wild wastes of downtown Hamilton, New Zealand, Stone Clones plays a mix of hard rock, stoner rock, punk rock, and prog rock, with a fresh and modern twist.