EntertainmentAustra: Beat and the pulseWhile their debut record Feel It Break is a minor key affair, the siren voice of frontwoman Katie Stelmanis is pretty near mythical.27 Jan 01:00 AM
EntertainmentTwin Shadow: Past echoesAs Twin Shadow, George Lewis Jr’s music may conjure up the spectre of fey ’80s pop and lovelorn ’50s crooning alike, but its preoccupations with memory and experience are more interesting still. 27 Jan 01:00 AM
OpinionSound of the Overground: Here's hoping Ladyhawke storms the chartsEach week Duncan Greive performs some low grade analysis on the week’s New Zealand Singles Chart and reviews a few new release pop singles.26 Jan 01:00 AM
EntertainmentFeist: Past in presentGrowing tomatoes and learning how to make apple cider – Feist has been enjoying the fruits of a well-earned break. Now back with new album Metals, the elusive songstress talks to VOLUME about getting back together with her guitar.26 Jan 01:00 AM
OpinionForward Thinking: Driving with Laughing LenOn the way to the final Big Day Out, we had Leonard Cohen's new album Old Ideas on in the car.25 Jan 08:30 PM
OpinionHistory made: D'Angelo, Brixton AcademyMark de Clive-Lowe witnessed D'Angelo play London's Brixton Academy on Wednesday 19 July 2000.24 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentOFWGKTA, The PowerstationPhotos of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All at The Powerstation in Auckland, Jan 19.23 Jan 11:35 PM
EntertainmentLaneway Festival 2012: M83M83's latest album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, released last October, is a huge, melodramatic, pop soundscape filling two discs, richly layered and boldly drawn. 22 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentLaneway Festival 2012: CultsIndie pop duo Cults are the epitome of New Yorker-style coolness. 22 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentLaneway Festival 2012: GlasserA sweet, artistic, free spirit, with a voice that rivals Enya and Bjork, New York-based Cameron Mesirow, who works under the artist name Glasser, is the kind of musician who dreams up the idea of a two-person organ, and then actually gets one made.22 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentLaneway Festival 2012: GotyeBelgian-born Australian indie pop artist Gotye (you say it like "Gaultier"), whose real name is Wally De Backer, is much loved in Australia.22 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentAmanda Palmer: Missed me?The last time Amanda Palmer performed in Auckland, she had narrowly avoided being caught up in the 22 February Christchurch earthquake - this time Palmer returns with drummer Brian Viglione as The Dresden Dolls.20 Jan 01:00 AM
OpinionHistory made: Big Day Out 1994Matt Heath was in the first band on stage at the first ever Big Day Out in Auckland. The band was called Kid Eternity. 19 Jan 01:00 AM
EntertainmentBig Day Out 2012: Cavalera ConspiracyMax Cavalera and his brother Iggor didn't speak to each other for 10 years after Brazilian metal legends Sepultura splintered into two camps.19 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBig Day Out 2012: Noel Gallagher and The High Flying BirdsNoel Gallagher is in the process of belittling me - and anyone else with an office job for that matter. 19 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBig Day Out 2012: My Chemical Romance2012 will see My Chemical Romance celebrating 10 years together, 10 years of uniting the teen masses with their anti-establishment messages and powerful punk glam rock. 19 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBig Day Out 2012: BattlesLet's just say there is no love lost at all between former Battles singer, guitarist and on-stage crazy man Tyondai Braxton and his old band mates.19 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBig Day Out 2012: KasabianLike his good mate Noel Gallagher, Tom Meighan doesn't mind letting the world know how great he thinks his band - Kasabian - is, and for that matter, how great he is.19 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBig Day Out 2012: Tony HawkWho's the biggest star of tomorrow's Big Day Out? Noel? Chris?19 Jan 12:00 AM
EntertainmentTour news: Steve Earle, Boris, St Vincent, I Am Giant and Cairo Knife Fight18 Jan 06:00 PM
EntertainmentFleet Foxes, Auckland Town HallPhotos of Fleet Foxes at the Auckland Town Hall. Saturday, 14 January 2012.17 Jan 11:45 PM
EntertainmentBeirut, Wellington Opera HousePhotos of Beirut at the Wellington Opera House. Monday, January 16 2012.17 Jan 11:45 PM
Entertainment'Bizarre surprises' may appear in Dresden Dolls showLydia Jenkin talks to Amanda Palmer about why seeing The Dresden Dolls' show is a must14 Jan 06:00 PM