Auckland band Valedictions. Photo/Supplied
Auckland rockers Valedictions are set to release their debut album Pieces.
It's been two years since their debut EP and the band say the album is a departure from that release with a pared back sound, reflecting the group's raw energy.
Current single and title track Pieces is built on a strong guitar riff and an overall sound that recalls Stone Temple Pilots.
The trio will perform at Auckland's Wine Cellar to celebrate the release on July 7.
Wellington-based Scottish Kiwi folk musician Frank Burkitt is headed back to the UK for a series of shows with BBC Folk Musician of the Year nominee Dan Walsh.
The pair will perform in St Boswells, Edinburgh, Newcastle and The Black Isle, Inverness from the end of July and into August.
Before then the Frank Burkitt Band has gigs lined up in Upper Hutt, Hastings, Palmerston North and New Plymouth.
Concerts in Levin, Wellington, Napier, Auckland and Tauranga will follow from late September onwards.
See here for more details.
Here comes the harmonica! The new single from Stretch, Less Rock More Roll, is a stomping good barn roof-raiser.
It comes with the announcement of a mini tour taking in Auckland, Wellington and Napier.
Check out the stop-motion video for Less Rock More Roll, filmed in Hawke's Bay bar The Common Room.
The Miltones have marked the release of their self-titled album with a video for opening track Pursed Lips.
The band's album release tour continues this week with an R18 gig at Hamilton's Nivara Lounge on Friday and an all ages gig at Village Cinemas on Saturday in Tauranga, before heading to Nelson, Wellington, Napier, Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland.
The Miltones tour dates and venues:
June 23 - Nivara Lounge, Hamilton
June 24 - Village Cinema, Tauranga
June 30 - The Boathouse, Nelson
July 6 - Meow, Wellington
July 7 - The Common Room, Hastings
July 15 - Purple Rain Retro Cafe, Dunedin
July 16 - Blue Smoke, Christchurch
July 22 - Whammy Backroom, Auckland
See themiltones.com/tour for more details.
Queens of the Stone Age have announced the follow-up to 2013's ...Like Clockwork.
Villains, produced by Mark Ronson, will be released on August 25. The first single is The Way You Used To Do.
The band Joshua Homme (guitar, vocals), Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, keys), Michael Shuman (bass), Dean Fertita (keys, guitar) and Jon Theodore (drums) will play a sold-out Logan Campbell Centre on July 13.
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