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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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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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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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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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Lorde Rules the World in Moody New Video for ‘Team’

And she crashed Vevo while doing it.

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Concrete Playground Meets PleasePlease

We took 50 guests out into the harbour with PleasePlease. We will definitely be doing that again.

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Music In Parks Releases 2014 Schedule

Auckland's parks and reserves will play host to a wide range of musical acts.

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Arctic Monkeys Announce 2014 Australia and New Zealand Tour

The Brits will embark on their biggest down under tour to date.

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James Franco and Seth Rogan Emulate Kanye and Kim in ‘Bound 3′

Get ready for the most hysterically awkward love scene ever.

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Win Access to the Heineken Baseline Live Site + Heineken Beer

From Venus Williams, to P-Money, to Peter Gordon's cooking, the NZ Festival of Tennis has a bit of everything to tickle your fancy.

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The 2013 Winners of the NZ Music Awards

Aaradhna and Lorde dominated the night.

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Big Day Out Announce Second Line up

Five acts unnecessarily added to an already ridiculous line up.

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MS MR visit the La Casa Artist Residency

Meet La Casa Artist Residency's most recent residents MS MR.

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Bermuda Tapes App Creatively Reworks John Lennon’s Final Musical Journey

One of the most rewarding experiences you'll have on your iPad this year.

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Win a Double Pass to the Vodafone NZ Music Awards

Honour the legends of New Zealand music.

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Lily Allen Sublimely Attacks Entire Pop Industry in New Video

Lily Allen has a not-so-subtle message regarding our views on pretty much everything.

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Rhythm and Vines Full Line-Up Announced

A further 40 acts have been added to the bill for Rhythm and Vines.

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Second Line-Up for Rhythm and Alps announced

A further 16 new acts have been added to the bill for Rhythm and Alps.

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Julian Assange Opens for M.I.A in New York

The Wikileaks founder also does warm-up acts.

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Neko Case and Gold Panda Announce Golden Plains Sideshows

The indie darling and British electro man set tour dates for 2014.

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Concrete Playground Meets Cut Copy

Dan Whitford chats about the band's newest tunes, success and why dance music isn't going around in circles.

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The Documentary Story Behind Rhythm and Vines Released

A fifteen minute documentary retelling the ten-year journey of New Year’s Music Festival Rhythm and Vines

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Free Download /// Helen Corry Releases Debut Single

Exclusive download available for Helen Corry's debut single 'Divide'.

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M.I.A. Bootlegs Bootleggers for Versace

Pro-yet-anti-yet-pro-capitalist fashion statement.

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Phone Charging Clothes Make their Debut at Rhythm and Vines

Festival-goers attending Rhythm and Vines and Rhythm and Alps will have the opportunity to stress less about first world problems like phone battery life.

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Red Bull presents Sound Select

Red Bull Sound Select aims to support local music scenes by celebrating hard working artists, passionate fans and the music influencers.

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Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Double Headline Tour

Rock heavyweights Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age will join forces for a double headline tour of Australia and New Zealand next March.

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Your Guide to Auckland Art Week 2013

Eat your heART out at Auckland's most expansive art festival

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Concrete Playground Meets David Dallas

We caught up with David Dallas about his recent collaboration with G-Shock.

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Heineken Green Room Launches at Vector Arena

Gig-goers attending Auckland's Vector Arena can forget about long queues and drinking warm beer out of plastic cups, with the launch of the Heineken Green Room.

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The Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend

The Killers are taking a shot at the night, Satellite Stories are letting the lights go low and Cruiser want you to kidnap them.

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Laneway 2014 Lineup Announced

Laneway's Festival back for another year.

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Arcade Fire’s Mesmerising Smartphone-Interactive Video for ‘Reflektor’

A short film whose visuals you can affect, just so long as you have three basics of the modern tech era.

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The Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend

Farewell office, farewell pants being necessary and hello soundtracked weekend.

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First line-up announced for Northern Bass

Bass in ya face Mangawhai

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Wiz Khalifa Added to Rhythm and Vines Line Up

The latest unveiling of artists may well be enough to whet your festival palete

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The Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend

Five delicious servings of ear candy weighing kilograms of fun with zero calories.

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Tiki Taane at the La Casa Artist Residency

Take a intimate look into the songwriting process of well-respected New Zealand musician Tiki Taane.

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The Russian Army Channels Their Inner Adele

From Russia with love.

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