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Sundae Sessions
Rising local musical stars are regularly filmed live…
Live video: Loui the ZU
May is New Zealand Music Month, and to mark the occasion NZ Herald online is delving into our growing archive of live musical…
Kriss Kross star died of drug overdose - report
Updated Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic…
Kimbra, Five Mile Town singer win international song contest
Kiwi pop princess Kimbra, and rising local star Louis McDonald have each won a category in the annual International Songwriting…
Dave Dobbyn like you've never seen him before
Veteran Dave Dobbyn who talks to Lydia Jenkin about taking 30 musicians along on his new tour.
Music
Tour news: The Veils, Manic Street Preachers
The Veils, Manic Street Preachers, Engelbert Humperdink and Bruno Mars are all heading to New Zealand…
Air NZ changes mind to prop up winter festival
An SOS from Queenstown's Winter Festival has been answered - by a sponsor that recently ditched it, and leading Kiwi musician…
Twelve Questions: Karl Steven
1. Dr Karl Steven! In philosophy no less - what happened to that geeky white boy from the front of Supergroove? I guess…
Comic strip gets animated
Cheeky new animated series Hook Ups follows wannabe stars Kowhai and Monty as they try to break into the music industry. The…
Behind Lorde's success story
Lorde reveals the origin of her stage name, her musical inspirations and her take on all the talk of…
Album review: Graham Parker and The Rumour
Despite an excellent career fuelled by British pub rock, post-punk energy and Parker's cutting lyrics coupled to memorable…
Album review: Meat Puppets, Rat Farm
One of the great ignored bands of the 80s, with their sun-baked but tough psychedelic-cum-country rock, Arizona's Meat Puppets…
Album review: Snoop Lion, Reincarnated
By now you should know the story: Gangsta rapper has enough of hip-hop, heads to Jamaica, converts to Rastafarianism and…
Album review: Iggy and The Stooges, Ready to Die
They're back. Again. And this time round, the new Stooges album is a step up in intensity and far more interesting than…
Behind the scenes of Hook Ups
Chris Cudby goes behind the scenes of new animated series Hook Ups.
Trailer: Hook Ups cartoon
Hook Ups is a cartoon about musical twins Kowhai and Monty Hook. The contrasting pair hilariously live out the metaphors…
Sharon Osbourne to testify in Michael Jackson death trial
Sharon Osbourne has been subpoenaed to testify in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial. The Talk co-host revealed…
Frantic doctor 'pale, sweaty' over dying Jackson
A paramedic has described Conrad Murray's frantic efforts to revive Michael Jackson on the day he died.
Pink wants to reclaim the 's' word for women
Pink decided to make many of the songs on her new album about sex as a way of reclaiming the word slut for women.
Tool postpones show over 'medical' problem as fans queue
Music Archives
Rock band Tool's Adelaide show has been postponed as fans were gathering at AEC Arena. Fans were advised…
Taite Music Prize
SJD takes out Taite Prize
The Taite Prize was presented last night to veteran Auckland songwriter-producer Sean James Donnelly - known as SJD - for…
Sundae Sessions
Sundae Sessions to get even more awesome
nzherald.co.nz's series of in-studio sessions with bands on the rise is growing.
SXSW
SXSW: Cairo Knife Fight - The secrets of sin
Tooled up with an arsenal of drums, guitar, synth bass and loop pedals, Cairo Knife Fight brought the noise to SXSW for…
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