Smerz

SMERZ & ERNY BELLE (DUO) - WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH - DOUBLE WHAMMY

If you weren’t already cancelling all your plans for March, Banished Music and Strange News have just gone and added a whole lot more musical mashed potato to your plate with the extraordinary full line-up for Strange Universe: Autumn edition revealed at last!

That’s right, this phenomenal series of shows in your favourite venues across Tāmaki Makaurau just added 200% more phenom! We’ve gone and added three whole new shows into the mix for your troubles, and announced a bunch of pretty incredible support acts!

This genre-bending duo from Norway have been causing a beautiful stir this year, with the likes of Pitchfork going ape over the “retrofuturist warehouse pop” of Smerz’s 2025 album Big city life. While the pairing of Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt is impossible to pin down to a single sound, Boomkat labelled them “a sort of genius missing link between Astrid Sonne, Cibo Matto and Luscious Jackson”, and The Quietus placed them “in the zone where club music, art-school minimalism, and emotional confession overlap”.  Smerz have invited the one-and-only Erny Belle to join the bill at Double Whammy for one of her only shows of the season!

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- Located at main entrance
- ID required for ticket pickup
- Arrive 30 minutes before event start time
- Electronic ticket verification available

- Limited street parking on Karangahape Road
- Nearby public parking garages
- Paid parking zones within walking distance
- Recommended to use public transit or rideshare

- Ground floor venue with wheelchair access
- Designated accessible areas near entrance
- Staff can assist with special seating requirements
- Advanced notice recommended for accommodation

- No outside food or beverages
- Must be 18+ for entry
- Photo ID required
- No smoking inside venue
- Respect other patrons

- 18+ venue only
- No minors permitted
- No exceptions for accompanied children