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.