Top live act the Black Seeds will unleash tracks from their new album Dust And Dirt and crowd-pleasing favourites over the Crown Range on Friday.
The dub, funk, afro-beat and soul collective from Wellington behind the hits Sometimes Enough, Cool Me Down and The Answer play at the Lake Wanaka Centre on May 25.
The eight-piece band released their debut album Keep On Pushing in 2001 which, despite a tiny marketing budget, reached platinum sales in New Zealand.
Second album On the Sun, released in 2004, added a heavy dose of funk and soul to their dub-reggae sound.
Debuting at No 3 on the New Zealand Top 20, the album achieved double-platinum sales at home and included one of the band's biggest singles to date, So True.
The release of the band's third album, Into the Dojo, in 2007 signalled the beginning of their introduction to the rest of the world. Spending five consecutive weeks at No 1 in the New Zealand album charts, Into the Dojo was successfully released in Europe through German-based label Sonar Kollektiv, earning critical acclaim and airplay, particularly in Germany and France.
Fourth album Solid Ground continued to build their international fanbase after the band signed a record deal with United States label Easy Star Records.
Tickets for the Lake Wanaka Centre concert cost $36 plus booking fee from Eventfinder online and Base Wanaka and NZ Shred in Queenstown.
Picks of the week
Today
7pm: Queenstown singer-guitarist Brian John Foder plays jazz and blues classics for the Friday Jazz Club in Les Alpes. Free.
10.30pm: Downtown Brown, Turbohag and Preferinse select hip-hop, glitch and drum 'n' bass in Subculture. Free before midnight.
Saturday
10pm: Queenstown roots reggae trio Ghetto Blaster play in Dux de Lux. Free.
10.30pm: The Nomad, of Melbourne and Wellington, with special guests, spins dub, hip-hop and drum 'n' bass in Subculture. Entry $5 before midnight.
Tuesday
8.30pm: Last Train Home (2009) depicts how 130 million Chinese migrant workers travel from cities to impoverished villages once a year. The Chinese-Canadian documentary is screened to members of the Queenstown Film Society in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown. New members can sign up on the night.
