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NewsLorde Releases First Single from the Hunger Games Soundtrack
Lorde releases 'Yellow Flicker Beat'.
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NewsThom Yorke Just Dropped a Sneaky Surprise Album
In true Yorke style, it's about to give the music industry a serious shake-up.
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NewsEminem is Suing the National Party for Copyright Infringement
The publishing arm that represents the work of US rapper Eminem are suing the New Zealand National Party for alleged infringement of the track ‘Lose Yourself’.
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NewsLaneway Festival Announces Dates and Venues for 2015
Return visits and brand new sites for Laneway 2015.
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NewsKaren O’s Debut Solo Album is Now Streaming Online
Crush Songs is a collection of lo-fi love tunes and it's all kinds of dreamy.
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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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NewsDirector Florian Habicht on Putting Pulp to Film, with a Little Help from Sheffield
It took a whole town to tell the story of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, life, death and supermarkets.
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NewsListen to the Album Sonic Youth, Ariel Pink, Yoko Ono and Others Recorded for Plants
It's some seriously chill listening.
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NewsWin an Opportunity to Hang with Chali 2na
The baritone rapper is back and Tiger Beer's Fortune Avenue has tickets and a chance to meet the legend up for grabs.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets the Directors behind Nick Cave’s 20,000 Days on Earth
The documentary set in an imaginary 24-hour period of Nick Cave's life.
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RestaurantHouse of Dumplings
117 Taranaki Street, Wellington
You will have your dumpling and eat it too.
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BarSouthern 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.
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RestaurantEkim Burgers
257 Cuba St, Te Aro
The best homemade burgers that you can’t actually make at home.
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CafeSweet Mother's Kitchen
5 Courtenay Place, Wellington
New Orleans staples fused with Mexican snack food.
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NewsFalls Festival 2014 Lineup Announced
Big beats, festival singalongs and top notch rap for Falls this year.
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NewsConcrete Playground Chats Briefly With Team Dynamite
Very brief chat with Sky Pirate's Skipper Lance.
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NewsFinalists Announced for the 2014 Silver Scroll Awards
Celebrating the creative excellence of music released in the past year.
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NewsTinder Founders Launch Music Discovery App
Bringing the swipe-if-you-like concept to the world of music.
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NewsNo Cameras Allowed Doco Shows One Guy Sneaking Into 50 Music Festivals
Recording your own misdeeds never looked so good.
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NewsCalifornia’s First Electronic Sriracha Festival Fuses EDM with Hot Sauce
Water stations undeniably necessary.
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NewsJenny Lewis Drags Up with Famous Friends in New, Instantly Viral Video
Lewis celebrates the end of a six year solo hiatus with Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathway and an instantly viral video.
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NewsRhythm and Alps 2014 Line up Announced
Blowing the cobwebs out of the hill flanked region once again.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets Glass Owls
The musicians behind an honest collection of tunes that ignite an unexplainable kind of joy at every tap of the play button.
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NewsAngus and Julia Stone Announce First Australian/NZ Dates in Three Years
Australia's ARIA-dominating folksters are back.
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NewsKurt Vile’s ‘Waking On a Pretty Daze’ Mural Painted Over
This Philadelphian should have Googled before he painted.
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NewsRhythm and Vines is Bringing a Piece of Glastonbury to the Festival
A 4000-strong, flame-shooting dance floor - all made out of an old cowshed.
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NewsNZ Folk Newcomer Aldous Harding Announces Debut Album and Australian Tour
New Zealand's answer to Julia Stone is killin' it across the Tasman.
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NewsConcrete Playground meets Peking Duk
We caught up with renowned party Peking Duk ahead of their only New Zealand show on June 26, 2014
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NewsBastille Announced for Rhythm and Vines and Rhythm and Alps Festivals
The synth-pop band are making their way down under for a flurry of dates
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NewsCelebrate the Unluckiest Music Format on World Cassette Day
Celebrating the world's unluckiest music format.
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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Broods
The duo talk to Concrete Playground about fame, family and songwriting.
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NewsNominations Open for the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2014
Nominations are now open for the glitziest event on the NZ music industry calendar.
