Strawpeople

strawpeople announce october show at hollywood avondale With songs from their classic albums, including Worldservice, Broadcast, Vicarious, No New Messages and 2023’s Knucklebones, strawpeople make a rare live appearance following their impressive showings at Splore and Womad earlier this year. The group brings a full length show to the Hollywood Avondale on Friday 18 October with tickets on sale now from undertheradar.co.nz. Featuring all the favourites, from the APRA Silver Scroll winning Sweet Disorder, sung by Leza Corban, to Trick With A Knife, Taller Than God (Fiona McDonald) and Have A Little Faith and Under the Milky Way (Stephanie Tauevihi), this is a chance to see one of New Zealand’s favourite groundbreaking electronic acts of the 1990s playing the soundtrack of a generation. The three legendary vocalists and producer Paul Casserly will be backed by top musicians including Chris Van de Geer of Stellar fame and keyboardist to the stars Matthias Jordan. After a hiatus of 19 years, the band released the album Knucklebones in 2023, becoming a live act for an RNZ performance which lead to invitations to Splore and Womad where they played to thousands of fans. Founding member Paul Casserly says “Womad was so magical we wanted to share the love with our Auckland fans in a full show in the city’s best live venue.”