• News

    Some Very Good Reasons to Head to this Week's Red Bull Sound Select

    In case you were planning a quiet night in this week.

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    Blur Now Have Their Own Official 'Magic Whip' Ice Cream

    For sharing with all the people, so many people.

  • News

    The Winners of the 2015 Music Managers Awards Have Been Announced

    Celebrating the often-unsung heroes of the music industry.

  • News

    New Streaming Site Launched to Promote New Zealand Music

    How many grannies you know roll like this?

  • News

    Splendour in the Grass Announces 2015 Lineup

    Cat's out of the bag — for real this time.

Latest Guides
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    Jay Z Announces First Ever Artist-Owned Streaming Service

    "People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water."

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    The Black Keys Cancel Asia Pacific Tour

    "You just can’t have The Black Keys with no drums."

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    Jimmy Kimmel Pranks SXSW Punters with the Ol' Fake Band Stunt

    "What do you think of DJ Gluten... hard to tolerate?"

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    The Instrument to Rule All Instruments Is Almost a Reality

    It's a guitar, it's a saxophone, it's a violin, it's a piano; it's all of those things.

  • Homegrown 2015

    A day celebrating musicians grown in our soil.

Latest Places
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    House of Dumplings

    117 Taranaki Street, Wellington

    You will have your dumpling and eat it too.

  • Bar

    Southern Cross

    39 Abel Smith Street, Te Aro

    The bar's ridiculously ‘gram-able courtyard is the perfect summer afternoon spot to sip on a cold one.

  • Bar

    St John’s

    5 Cable Street, Wellington

    Bean bags with your beersies? Yeah, go on.

  • Cafe

    Baobab

    152 Riddiford St, Newtown

    A Newtown cultural institution.

  • Restaurant

    Ekim Burgers

    257 Cuba St, Te Aro

    The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.

  • Cafe

    Enigma

    128 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

    Goliath-sized burgers and laid-back staff make Enigma a great late night haunt.

  • Bar

    Bebemos

    88 Riddiford Street, Wellington

    The laid-back Latin craft beer bar houses over 60 different types of beers.

  • Cafe

    Fidel’s Cafe

    234 Cuba Street, Wellington

    Cuba Street's Cuban icon.

  • Cafe

    Sweet Mother's Kitchen

    5 Courtenay Place, Wellington

    New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.

  • Restaurant

    Tommy Millions

    Cnr Courtenay Place And Taranaki Street, Wellington

    Big fans of Tommy.

  • News

    The Very Best's New Music Video Uses Beads as 8-Bit Pixels

    Mario should've tried more dance-offs to beat the bosses.

  • News

    The Best Gigs in Wellington This March

    Guitar-led earworms, mind bending white noise, indie-pop based around long-form journalism, playful/intelligent rock and shredding.

  • News

    Finalists Announced for the Taite Music Prize

    Recognising outstanding creativity, regardless of sales figures or genre.

  • News

    Let Jeff Bridges Put You To Sleep

    The niche market of sleeping tapes gets a Hollywood addition.

  • News

    Auckland Has the Highest Number of Earning Songwriters

    Just in case you thought all songs were written at a half-way house, half-way down Dominion Road.

  • News

    Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch Wanted Your Nine-to-Five Job

    The Glaswegian lead singer also thinks you might have written his music for him.

  • News

    Your Weekend Driving Soundtrack

    A soundtrack that takes you places.

  • News

    How to Dress Well Makes You Rethink the Question 'How Was Your Day?'

    "When you were walking down the aisle of the grocery store, did you think of your mother ageing and feel an intense pang of guilt?"

  • News

    The Best Gigs in Wellington For the Remainder of January

    Flying Lotus, Nas, Angus and Julia Stone and plenty of other musically talented humans will be performing in Wellington for the remainder of this month.

  • News

    Line-up Announced for Coachella 2015

    Featuring the bastions of straight-and-narrow rock, a legendary guitar slinger and a hip hop phenomenon.

  • News

    Laneway Festival Sideshows Announced

    Mind-expanding plasm, melting sonic rainbows and hulking riffs.

  • News

    Lorde Picks up Golden Globe Nomination

    Just when you thought she gone and done it all, and then again...

  • News

    Final Line-up Announced for Rhythm and Vines

    The lid on the final line-up release for this year's Rhythm and Vines festival has finally been lifted

  • News

    Tami Neilson Walks Away With the 2014 APRA Silver Scroll

    Celebrating the creative excellence of the nation’s songwriters.

  • News

    Chronophonium 2015 Lineup Announced

    A special time and place for the freest of spirits to thrive.

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