Music

Love and lust and sex and drugs and rock-and-roll seem to be on The Kills’ minds once again. “Blood Pressures” is the latest release from the duo, with a predominantly heavy mix of seething angular guitars and brooding percussion…

On Thursday evening guests starting arriving at Sale St to party in red and in style. Sale St and G.H.MUMM proudly presented Sash & Rouge, a glamorous event with a red carpet, red deco and fabulous French champagne…

Barnaby Weir is a man of many musical hats. His unique voice can be heard through his live collaborations with Fly My Pretties, and his work with the ever-popular Black Seeds has led to many a summer-defining moment…

I loved the title from hello. Australian music photographer Tony Mott’s new book "Rock’N’Roll Photography Is The New Trainspotting: A retrospective of work from the last 30 years" spans his incredible career of three decades of rock…

The sum of “Shinju TNT’s” often brilliant parts add up to a whole which falls, and burns, and crashes under its own attempts at creative immensity says our music reviewer, Theo Sangster…

Last night in the Town Hall a score of New Zealand musicians played tribute to one of our best-loved authors, raising the roof and providing Witi Ihimaera with the homage most NZ artists can only expect after their death…

There’s nothing quite like a live performance, in a beautiful venue, with talented performers and glorious costumes. Opening night of the Auckland Arts Festival and Handel’s Xerxes, was one of those when the stars in the ceiling of the Civic aligned…

Really it’s all about the music and we’ve coaxed a wide variety of excellent bands and musicians to play for you. From Tui and Silver Scroll-nominated Artisan Guns, to the enchanting songs of Lisa Crawley, The Foothills has an amazing line-up…

We were looking forward to the second night of Splore for a few reasons. One was Mayer Hawthorne – with the recent resurgence of soul music he has been near the front of the pack – and after a great first night we were simply keen for round two…

Last night we went to Splore City to experience Splore for the first time. What’s obvious from the first of a two night festival is that Splore has created a community around diverse arts and music that doesn’t immediately fit within a particular genre…