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Finalists revealed for the 2014 Taite Music Prize

Recognising outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album.

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Jeremy Neale Talks Tour and Plans for 2014

We asked Jeremy about his tour, his music and his love of Brisbane.

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Detroit Chef Creates a Ten-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s Kid A

Everything on its right plate.

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Detroit Chef Creates a 10-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’

For one night only a pop-up restaurant will host 36 guests to enjoy the menu, drink pairings and a full stream of the album .

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Sally Seltmann Announces Australian Tour Dates

Charmed by Sally Seltmann's new single? Catch her live.

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Limited Free Download /// Clap Clap Riot’s New Single ‘Out of Here’

Clap Clap Riot are back with a new album.

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The Ten Must-Sees of Splore 2014

One part music festival, one part art installation and two parts incredible vibe.

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Ty the Rapper, Being Frank as Per Usual

Best known for his lyrical frankness.

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Wanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business

Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?

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iTunes Radio Now Available in Australia

But will anyone be using it?

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Inimitable Hugh Laurie to Tour Australia, Musically

Not only does he act, he also plays a mean blues.

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Win One of Twenty Double Passes to Skream

Twenty double passes were up for grabs.

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Forgotify – 4 million songs never streamed

A streamless treasure trove of music.

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Get paid to live and create in a Regional Park

Express your inner weirdo through a new body of work.

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The Standard Switching It Up with the Addition of Standard Bowl

Strikes, spares and free live music.

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Groovin the Moo 2014 Lineup Announced

A bumper crop of artists have been announced for Australia's favourite regional music festival.

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Composer Turns Bicycle Into a Musical Instrument

Are they spokes or oversized strings?

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What Lost Movements Has Planned for New Warehouse HQ Found

We spoke to Lost Movements mastermind Lincoln Savage about their new permanent home.

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Win a Double Pass to Sun and Sound

A cold cider, some beats and the sand between your toes.

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Lorde Wins Two Grammys

Two more awards to squeeze in the trophy cabinet.

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Apply for the Red Bull Music Academy Held in Japan

New Zealand musicians are invited to an annual exploration of music held in Japan.

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Boutique Festival Lost Picnic Packs Music with Gourmet Goodies

The newly announced Lost Picnic will make for a bohemian alternative to the silly season.

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Corona presents the North Island Summer Tour

Gigs for beach dwellers and sun soakers.

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Concrete Playground Meets Strange Yonder

In music, they've discovered, incest can be good.

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Tim Minchin to Turn Groundhog Day into a Musical

The same songs over and over again?

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Coachella 2014 Lineup Announced

It features a reunited Outkast and a gee-whiz number of Antipodeans.

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Macaulay Culkin Unveils Debut Music Video for Pizza Underground

Well now we just want pizza.

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Off The Radar Festival comes to New Zealand

All kinds of "off the radar" stuff.

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Cat Power and The Presets join the line up for Laneway

Don't go changing

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The Artists of the Heineken Baseline Afterparty 2014

You can't hold a lad from Papakura back.

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The Ten Best New Zealand Summer Music Festivals

We round up ten of the best music festivals taking place across the country this summer.

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Secret Garden Festival Lineup Announced

The sold-out event starts revealing some of its secrets.

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The Ten Best Summer Gigs in 2013-14

Ten concerts that you should seriously consider selling a body part to get along to.

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The Fire & Light Midnight Show at Rhythm & Vines

Fireballs, electroluminescent dancers, bolts of lightning, pyrotechnics and Kim Dotcom.

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Mount Kimbie on Staying in Love with Music, Not the Music Industry

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The Ten Best Summer Festivals in 2013-14

Harvest may be gone, but festivals are anything but dead.

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Jurassic 5 Return to NZ for Two Shows

Laid back harmonious wit and classic soul roots beats. Jurassic 5 are back.

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Liam Finn visits the La Casa Artist Residency

Inner child indulgence, solo madness and good songwriting.

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The Necks Announce Sydney Opera House Show to Cap 2014 Tour

The masters of hypnotic improvisation celebrate 25 years in the biz.

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Lorde Misses Laneway for the Grammys, Organises Standalone Show

She's still on our team.

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The Bluffer’s Guide to Recording a Song

From setting up camp in the snazziest of recording studios to shouting into your computer's built-in microphone, this guide's aimed to show you some of the essentials of recording a song right here in Auckland.

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Big Day Out Announces Three Blur Replacements

Blur replacements come in threes.

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