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Iconic Music Venue The Kings Arms Tavern is Up For Sale

What the industry would call a 'bum note'.

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The First Artist Lineup Has Been Announced For Splore 2017

If beachside dancing and mid-ocean listening weren't already enough.

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Laneway Festival Drops Huge Lineup for 2017

It's baaaack.

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Concrete Playground Meets Kittens Of The Internet

New music, Channel Orange and beating the shit out of your inner critic.

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The All-Local Lineup For Wondergarden Festival Has Been Announced

Wonder no more.

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Laneway Festival Has a Majestical New Home

And it has shade!

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The Top Five Finalists For The 2016 APRA Silver Scroll Have Been Announced

The most prestigious prize in New Zealand songwriting.

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PJ Harvey Announces 2017 Australia/New Zealand Tour

Huge.

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Ring In 2017 With Auckland's New Festival: Wondergarden

All-ages, all-local.

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Seven Acts Worth Catching at The Others Way Festival

Plus the full artist schedule.

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Prince's Paisley Park to Open for Tours

Paisley Park is in your heart.

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Influential Label Stones Throw Records is Coming Down Under For Its 20th Birthday

And tickets are only $3.

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A Sit Down With Finn Andrews of The Veils

Songwriting, spirituality and the love of making an ungodly racket.

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The Six Best Dates In Auckland This September

Some bonding activity ideas for you and your other half this month.

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Rhythm and Vines Drops Killer First Artist Lineup

New Years plans sorted.

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Wynyard Quarter is Celebrating Its Fifth Birthday With a Day-Long Blowout

The loveable community space is all grown up.

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The Five Best Dates in Auckland This August

Take a friend, take your S/O, take that person with who you have a thing but you're not putting any labels on it.

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The First Lineup Has Been Announced For The Others Way Festival

New Zealand's answer to SXSW is back.

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Announcing the Twenty Best New Zealand Songs of the Past Year

Regardless of sales figures and chart success.

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Win Tickets to Ladyhawke at the Powerstation

New Zealand's foremost synth-pop juggernaut.

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Concrete Playground Meets Indie-Pop Purveyor Lawrence Arabia

Musical inspiration, sound evolution and the origin of names.

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Concrete Playground Meets Brother-Sister Electro-Duo Broods

Plus, score a Broods prize package.

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Concrete Playground's Top Ten Singles of June

Get 'em in your ears.

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BitTorrent Is Launching a New (and Legal) Music Streaming Service

Not just the platform that helps you sneakily pirate TV shows.

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Win a Four-Course Degustation With Matched Wine at Harbourside

Plus, musical accompaniment from lauded jazz muso Nathan Haines.

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Ten Best Things to See and Do at Matariki Festival 2016

Wā ki te whakanui!

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Auckland Museum Announce Their First Major Exhibition Dedicated to New Zealand Music

From the Dunedin Sound to barbecue reggae.

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Win Tickets to the Advanced Screening of Now You See Me 2

Tada!

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Eight Highlights of NZ Music Month 2016

Dust off your leather pants and mandatory target tee.

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Melbourne's Arts Centre Is Going Purple for Prince

A little Purple Rain for the legend.

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Your Guide to Record Store Day 2016 in Auckland

Forget the hype and the Justin Bieber single on "piss yellow vinyl" and help out the little guys this Record Store Day.

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Finalists Announced For the 2016 MMF Music Managers Awards

Recognising the individuals behind some of the nation's most successful musicians.

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Splendour in the Grass Announces Killer 2016 Lineup

And tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday, April 21.

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Radiohead Announce 2016 World Tour

But no Australian dates are on the list — yet.

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Your Guide to Auckland City Limits

Leave your selfie stick at home.

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Score Tickets to L'orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres Performs Tom Waits

A wacky, unimaginable interpretation of the gravel-voiced raconteur.

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Auckland City Limits Have Dropped Their Artist Schedule and Site Map

Main Stage #1, 9.30pm, be there.

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Brilliant Things to Do in Auckland This March

The third month of the year welcomes a bumper selection of activities.

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Finalists Announced for the 2016 Taite Music Prize

Otherworldly folk, space-pop, alt-country, offbeat indie-pop and psychedelic electronica.

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Auckland City Limits Reveals Festival Artwork Program

Bringing a sense of playfulness and practical adventure to the one-day music festival.

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Courtney Barnett's Live Blog Was the Best Thing About the Grammys

Apart from Kendrick. Because Kendrick.

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Your Guide to Splore 2016

All the best bits of one of New Zealand's best festivals.

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