As James poin­ted out yes­ter­day, there’s a lot going on in Wel­ling­ton at the moment. I don’t know about any of it, because I live in Auck­land.

But there is one par­tic­u­lar upcom­ing Wel­ling­ton event that I am aware of. Tomor­row night, Fri­day 24 Feb­ru­ary, much-lauded Wel­ling­ton-via-Palmer­ston-North band Cor­tina will per­form at Indigo along­side Dis­astera­dio, The Mys­ter­i­ous Tape Man, and Knife Fight. It’s not just any show – although it nev­er is with Cor­tina – they’re rais­ing funds for their forth­com­ing world tour.

Fol­low­ing the Decem­ber release of their debut album Con­trol Freaks Rule The World, Cor­tina are shortly tak­ing off over­seas to spread their sin­gu­lar brand of space rock. They’ll take in the sights of San Fran­cisco, LA, Texas, Wash­ing­ton DC, and New York, as well as stop­ping by Lon­don and one or two oth­er European loc­a­tions. If you’re tun­ing in from those parts, keep an eye on Cor­tin­a’s myspace page for details.

Described as “a cross between Min­istry and Blon­die in the bot­tom of a swamp”, or altern­ately as “Chicks On Speed meets ZZ Top”, Cor­tina tie unpre­dict­able spon­taneity with the most access­ible of art-forms. Bek’s unique voice (and fash­ion sense), Dre­am­boy’s total dream­i­ness and met­al demi-god Ace Hurt’s lead breaks have to be seen to be believed. Go, people – show the love. The world might not give them back.