Entertainment

Believe it or not, May is still NZ music month despite it being a shadow of its former self. I remember it being a pretty big deal about 10 years ago but in semi-recent years it has really dropped off the radar at least in regards to the more mainstream …

How often do you come across a cover of a song and find it to actually be better than the original, generally it’s not very often but lately i’ve been finding a few that have been pretty killer! Hearing a couple sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole …

If you liked stranger things, this one looks like something to keep an eye out for, unsure where it’l be here in NZ but no doubt we’l find it somehow

I used to be all about the physical cds, something you can hold in your hand. I never quite got on the iTunes buzz, but now that streaming and Spotify is so prolific and easy I have mostly jumped ship onto this platform unless it’s something I am really getting …

1: You were the shit if you had one of these.     2: You were also cool if you had one of these, and the accompanying half-pipe. 3: You could play out in the street until the streetlights went off. 4: You could sing the whole thing. 5: Getting …

As many of you will have already seen, on Saturday night a gig was cut short featuring some international bands at the Kings Arms Tavern in Auckland. There has been a lot of debate as to who was at fault, who should pay, and whether or not the authorities over-reacted. …

Recently there was a bit of buzz regarding a post by Pop-Punk band Neck Deep where they said that Warped Tour was coming to New Zealand which people quickly jumped on and got extremely excited about, but just as fast it got corrected and our hopes and dreams were shattered. …

There is an increasing amount of sub-genres in the world of music as bands and musicians continue to experiment and try to seperate themselves from the pack. But is it getting a to a point of ridiculousness or is it somewhat necessary? I feel this would be quite a polarising …

It was the morning of Saturday the 4th of March, one of the biggest days for NZ music in 2017, the day that is Jim Beam Homegrown! The journey to Homegrown was altogether uneventful so I won’t bore you with the details. But I arrived outside TSB Arena on the …

Seas Of Conflict, a progressive metal band from Hamilton, are just about to drop their brand new EP Vestige! They released first single “Temporal Ocean” a few weeks ago and have dropped a second track “Lightless” on the weekend. These songs arn’t for the faint of heart, this is heavy …