Auckland Music News

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Groovin’ the Moo Confirms 2013 Line-Up Leak

Tegan and Sara, The Kooks, Tame Impala and Flume are set for a regional Australia takeover.

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Secret Garden 2013 Announces Line-Up (Not That It Needs To)

A weekend for lovers of food, music, dress-ups, and adventures.

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Music for the Concrete Playground Summer 2013

Enjoy some new sounds for your summer in the Concrete Playground.

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Ten Must See Shows At Auckland Arts Festival 2013

We round up our ten must see shows for the upcoming Auckland Arts Festival.

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New Stage Added to St Jerome’s Laneway 2013

A brand new stage for the new and improved St Jerome's Laneway Festival.

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Pitchfork’s Top Five Albums Of 2012

2012 saw the release of some truly awesome and at times groundbreaking new music

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Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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Must-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far

Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
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Eleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March

Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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Hop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend

Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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Nine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately

'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them them all now.
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Say Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game

Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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Predicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2024 Academy Awards

Will 'Oppenheimer' sweep the Oscars? What else will win? What should but won't? Here are our predictions.
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Here's Where You Can Watch 32 of 2024's Oscar-Nominated Movies in New Zealand Right Now

From 'Barbenheimer' and twists on 'Frankenstein' to animated 'Spider-Man' antics and devastating documentaries, here's where to watch 2024's Oscar contenders.
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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in February

Spend your couch time watching the new 'Mr & Mrs Smith', one of this year's Oscar Best Picture nominees and a stellar new space thriller.
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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in January

Spend your couch time watching an Oscar-nominated true tale, the 'Boy Swallows Universe' TV series and the stunning return of 'True Detective'.

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iTunes New Zealand Top Ten Songs for 2012

Here are New Zealand's most downloaded songs on iTunes for 2012. Hmmm

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Five Must See Acts at St Jerome’s Laneway 2013

Five must see acts for Laneways 2013.

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Funny Pictures of Serious Musicians

The music industry often takes itself too seriously. Funny photos of serious musicians are scarce, but hilarious.

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Concrete Playground Meets The Temper Trap

We caught up with Jonny and Lorenzo from The Temper Trap and talked Melbourne, Halloween and Sir Edmund Hillary lookalikes.

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Ten Musicians On Why They Make Music

These ten quotes from ten songwriting legends provide a fascinating insight into what drives these musicians to be musicians

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Soundtrack to Auckland

Three of New Zealand’s top pop artists have joined Auckland’s leading performing arts organisation to record a soundtrack for contemporary Auckland.

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The Yolanda Be Cool Product Recall

Yolanda Be Cool recall their overly infectious hit single We Speak No Americano to promote their debut album Ladies and Mentalman.

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Five Entertaining Reasons to go to R&V Soundcheck

We caught up with Hamish Pinkham, and after a coffee and some mushrooms at Dizengoff , he gave us five reasons why we should go to R&V Soundcheck. I'm sold.

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Win a Double VIP Pass to Parklife

Do you like music, burgers and free stuff?

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Win an Awesome Foursome at Rhythm and Vines

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Ten Rhythm and Vines Acts You May or May Not Have Heard Of

James Mason dissects the first release of acts to the Rhythm and Vines 2012 lineup. Some you may have heard of, and some that you will be hearing a lot more of.

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Ten ’90s Bands That Should Tour New Zealand

And now that today’s musical landscape is drenched in weightier lyrics it seems there’s a yearning to grab this carefree innocence by the high waist of its mom jeans.

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10 Years of Rhythm and Vines – Reflection

Hamish Pinkham takes us down memory lane as Rhythm and Vines heads into their 10th Anniversary.

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The V Motion Project

The V Motion project will follow NZ Music Producer Joel Little and his team of Tech Developers, as they aim to crack the technology behind music software Ableton and the Xbox Kinect.

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Spotify Lands in New Zealand

Spotify has opened it's song filled doors to New Zealand.

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The Ten Best Made-For-TV Bands

To celebrate the Conchords' tour, here are ten made-for-TV bands that have rocked the tube in decades gone by.

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Ten Musicians You Should be Following on Instagram

Ten Instagram accounts that give you a look inside the intoxicating life of a modern muso.

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Coldplay Announce Australasian Tour

After promising a return to Australian shores earlier this year, Coldplay have announced the details of their November tour.

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The Best Apps for Discovering New Music

Eight cool music discovery apps you can access right now.

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A Glamping Guide for Music Festivals

Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.

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Music for the Concrete Playground

As winter approaches, distract yourself from the coming months of cold and rainy Auckland weather with some of the best tracks of the year so far.

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The Black Keys Announce Two New Zealand Shows

The Lollapalooza and Coachella headliners are bringing their latest album 'El Camino' to six Aussie locations and now to Auckland's Vector Arena in November and Wellington's TSB Bank Arena.

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Five Essential Bands to see at Splendour in the Grass 2012

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The Avalanches Release a New Mixtape, Maybe

This past weekend, the Australian band tweeted a mysterious message to fans, with a link to a mix titled 'A Sleepy Bedtime Mix for Young Ones'.

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Jack White’s Solo Debut to be Live-Streamed via YouTube

Following the release of his first solo album, Jack White joins forces with director Gary Oldman in a live-streamed NY concert.

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