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NewsFunny 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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NewsConcrete 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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NewsTen 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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NewsSoundtrack 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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NewsThe 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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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.
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GuideMust-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's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsEleven Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in April
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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NewsEleven 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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NewsHop 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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NewsNine 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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NewsSay 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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NewsPredicting 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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NewsHere'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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NewsFive 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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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Maria Minerva
I don’t even know where I’m going to end up living or anything like that. As always, I’m just a homeless person with two suitcases and a lot of enthusiasm.
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NewsTen 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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BarScarlett Slimms & Lucky
476 Mt Eden Rd, Auckland
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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BarCassette Nine
Vulcan Lane, Auckland
Any place that can pull off jeans as wallpaper has two thumbs up in my book.
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RestaurantMiss Clawdy
12 Jellicoe Street, Auckland
There is a sassy new lady in town ready to serve you some good ol' fashioned soul food. Introducing Miss Clawdy, the newest feather in Wynyard Quarter's culinary cap.
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NewsNew Zealand Music That is Hot Across the Ditch
A revised article from Concrete Playground Australia that profiles New Zealand artists that are looking hot across the ditch.
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NewsWeird and Wonderful Celebrity Transformations
Musicians are notorious for their reason-defying epiphanies that are usually indicative of either groundbreaking creativity or mid-career slumps.
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NewsRhythm and Alps Lineup Released
Rhythm and Alps, the spoilt brat of a sister to Rhythm and Vines has released her lineup, and it is looking good.
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NewsMusic for the Concrete Playground
As the weather is decidedly more ave, stay inside and warm up with these tight tracks.
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NewsVirgin Mobile to Live Stream Splendour in the Grass
Australia's favourite mid-winter music festival kicks off this Friday, with some amazing acts gracing Belongil Fields in Byron Bay.
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NewsThe xx Release New Song ‘Angels’
With their second album, Coexist, set to be released in September, The xx have given us a taste of what's to come with this new track.
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EventChristmas Lights at MOTAT 2024
Tue, 10 Dec - Mon, 23 Dec 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs
MOTAT is bringing nights of festive fun and dazzling lights back for another year.
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EventFat Daddy's Bottomless
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
The Elephant Wrestler, Takapuna
How many burgers and beers can you down in 90 minutes? Find out at The Elephant Wrestler.
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EventCasa Bacardi in Auckland Viaduct
Thu, 5 Dec, 2024
Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Casa Bacardi has popped up on Auckland's Viaduct, but a warning to rum-lovers: its here for a good time, not a long time.
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EventTwilight Tuesdays
Tue, 3 Dec, 2024
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell
Wander through Auckland Museum's beautifully-lit galleries after dark.
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EventBritomart Saturday Farmer's Market
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Takutai Square, Britomart., Auckland
This weekly inner-city farmer's market sells everything from fresh produce and flowers to coffee, vegan foods, pastries, sweet buns, crepes, juices and savoury snacks.
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EventPasta and Peroni Nights at The Grounds
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
The Grounds at Whoa! Studios, Auckland
See out the last sunny evenings of autumn with fresh pasta handmade by an ex-Baduzzi chef and ice-cold beers on tap.
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EventYoga in the Sky
Multiple single dates
SkyCity Auckland, Auckland
Take your yoga practice to a whole new level — level 51, that is.
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EventSmales Farmers Market
Mon, 9 Dec, 2024
Smales Farm, North Shore
Auckland's newest farmers market arrives across the harbour.
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NewsParklife 2012 Lineup Released
Arguably one of Australia's best festival circuits, Parklife 2012 lineup has been released.
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NewsLondon. What Are You Listening To? vII
Concrete Playground London Correspondent Dan Maas brings back some tunes that are hot in London town.
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NewsTen ’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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News10 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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NewsThe 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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NewsThe 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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NewsTen 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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NewsColdplay 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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NewsThe Best Apps for Discovering New Music
Eight cool music discovery apps you can access right now.
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NewsA Glamping Guide for Music Festivals
Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.
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NewsMusic 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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NewsThe 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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NewsThe 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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NewsJack 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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NewsThe Whiskey Live 2012 First Announcement
THE WHISKEY LIVE 2012 lineup has been announced, featuring a mixture of old and new.
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NewsAmazon Exchanges Your Old CDs for Store Credit
What are we to do with our now-digitised CD collections? As it turns out, Amazon wants them.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass 2012 Line-Up Announced
Rumours are fun, but knowing which bands are confirmed to play at Australia's premier music festival is even better.
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NewsTupac Resurrected via Hologram at Coachella
A holographic Tupac rapped onstage this past weekend, stunning Coachella audiences.
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NewsWatch Radiohead’s Entire Coachella 2012 Set
Radiohead's headline performance had the Coachella crowd entranced, playing many classics along with a lot of stuff from their latest album, The King of Limbs.
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NewsSpend Your Lunch Break Clubbing
Lunch Beat events have inspired Stockholm to get up and dance during lunch hour.
