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Sundae Sessions
Rising local musical stars are regularly filmed live…
Lorde skips Laneway - offers free gig
Lorde has confirmed she won't be able to headline January's Auckland leg of the St Jerome's Laneway festival because of…
One song - four nominations
In less than a year, Lorde has gone from a Year 12 student at Auckland's Takapuna Grammar to a global pop star.
No phones allowed
Don't be offended if Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green asks you to put away your mobile phone at one of his New Zealand…
Four Grammy nominations for Lorde
"FOUR" was the tweet that said it all. Lorde, our chart-topping pop queen, gave her 638,400 Twitter followers the good news…
Music
Lorde up for four Grammys
Lorde will likely forgive The Recording Academy for accidentally labelling her Australian, after picking…
Nominees for 56th annual Grammy Awards
Nominees in the top categories for the 56th annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: "Get Lucky," Daft Punk & Pharrell…
Classic CD: Kaija Saariaho, Chamber Works for Strings
There was a time, not so long ago, when New Zealand was seen as having special musical links with Finland. Perhaps it had…
Classical review: Baritone rejoices in baroque
A busy year for Kieran Rayner ends tomorrow when he takes the stage in Bach Musica's presentation of Bach's Christmas Oratorio…
Jay Z ranks his own albums
Jay Z says his best album is Reasonable Doubt. Jay Z says his worst album is Kingdom Come. And Jay…
Friday playlist: The Rolling Stones
Welcome to this week's nzherald.co.nz playlist - a feature that allows readers to stream curated music from Herald staff. The…
Upswing for resilient Robbie
Robbie Williams is a member of Take That, and one of Britain's biggest-selling solo artists. His latest album, Swings Both…
On tour: Metric here with knobs on
Canadian synthesiser band Metric are bringing their enthusiasm for vintage tech to Auckland. Chris Schulz examines the…
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Keith Richards' message to NZ
The Rolling Stones are coming back to New Zealand for one show in April. Keith Richards has a message for fans.
Keith Richards ready to roll back the years
As the Rolling Stones prepare to bring their 50th anniversary celebrations to Auckland, guitarist Keith…
Concert review: The Melvins, The Powerstation
First you see the hair, a gigantic frizzy mop of grey dreads on top of front man Buzz Osborne's head that resembles an ageing…
Concert review: Jessica Mauboy & Stan Walker
Australian Idol alumni Stan Walker and Jessica Mauboy teamed up last night to perform a free iHeartRadio concert at The…
What's so wrong with Christmas music?
Chris Schulz casts his eye over some of the silly season's Christmas releases.
Miley wrecks Lorde's number one run
Lorde's reign at the top of the US music charts is over. Her hit Royals was knocked off the top of the Billboard music…
Why the BDO just got more awesome
Music Archives
Chris Schulz got himself very worked up over the new-look Big Day Out line-up. He explains why.
Hook Ups cartoon series
Hook Ups Ep 10: Halloween
THIS WEEK: When they aren't invited, Ira insists the twins roll with him to the elite Halloween party the Rugged Sharks…
Sundae Sessions
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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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