EntertainmentTom Waits: It's worth the WaitOddball troubadour Tom Waits remains a singular voice in music after all these years - as can be heard on his new album. He talks to Graham Reid.29 Oct 01:00 AM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Whirimako Black, The Late Night PlaysThough she's been releasing albums for 20 years, stretching the boundaries of jazz and blues, fusing them with traditional Maori song forms and te reo, this is Whirimako Black's first album entirely in English.28 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: In TimeJustin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried are a futuristic Bonnie and Clyde in this stylish sci-fi action thriller from New Zealand director Andrew Niccol.28 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: DriveMostly-silent lonely guy takes a shine to apparently solo mum in apartment next door and her young son. Except her hubby comes back from prison.28 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Coldplay, Mylo XylotoIt sometimes feels that a band with such huge worldwide presence and such mighty success as Coldplay have a disproportionate responsibility to blow your mind when they release an album. 26 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Feist, MetalsRaw, melancholic and powerful in its unsettled grace, Metals proves that an 18-month break was exactly what Leslie Feist needed to rediscover her musical direction. 26 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Fright Night 3DThe world doesn't need another vampire flick, but when it's as entertaining as this remake of the 1985 comedy horror Fright Night, then why not?26 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: One DayAuthor and screenwriter David Nicholls likes to get the most out of his novels; he's adapted all three for the big screen himself; Starter for 10 and The Understudy, and now One Day.26 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Kerretta, SaansiloEven though instrumental prog rock metal is a specialist genre of music, when this Auckland trio released their 2009 debut, Vilayer, they were the finest exponents of it on the planet. It was a monumental and thrilling slab of sound. 26 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Josh Rouse and The Long VacationsSort of "what I did on my vacation, part two" from this fine singer-songwriter who began so well with albums like Dressed Up Like Nebraska, Under Cold Blue Stars and Nashville, which took him from the late 90s into the middle of the last decade. 26 Oct 05:30 PM
OpinionJanet McAllisterTheatre review: A Thousand Hills, Aotea CentreThe thought of a play about the Rwandan genocide may make you uneasy, but don’t let it put you off this excellent, sensitive, unusual production.25 Oct 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Bird North And Other StoriesThe blurb on the back of Breton Dukes’ debut short-story collection, Bird North And Other Stories, adds him to an esteemed line of New Zealand exponents of the genre: Frank Sargeson, Maurice Duggan and Owen Marshall.25 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Emperor Of Lies Reading this very long book is deep immersion in the horrors of the Holocaust, and after a prolonged session readers may have to lift themselves from a state of depression about the human condition.25 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionGig review: New Zealand @ CMJ ShowcaseNow in its 31st year, New York’s annual CMJ festival is an opportunity for industry types and musicians from all over the globe to perform, peruse and participate in a week of musical frivolity. 25 Oct 02:07 AM
OpinionAlbum review: Free All the Monsters - The BatsThe last Bats’ release on Flying Nun Records was 2000’s <i>Thousands of Luminous Spheres</i> compilation, and a lot has happened since then.25 Oct 01:53 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: Love At The End Of The RoadIf I describe this memoir of life on the Kaipara as “charming”, it instantly sounds as if I’m sending it down the Damn-With-Faint-Praise chute. I’m not. 24 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: The TripLess a film than an idea taking shape in front of the camera, the new offering from the director and stars of the dazzling Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story lacks the earlier movie's high concept.19 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: DJ Shadow, The Less You Know The BetterNo matter what DJ Shadow does he will always have 1996 classic Endtroducing ... as his benchmark. It's one of those albums that you imagine will never be beaten. So, at least on his latest album, he topples his patchy previous effort, The Outsider.19 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Fabulous/Arabia, Unlimited BuffetThe Fabulous/Arabia project, which finds James Milne, aka Lawrence Arabia, writing saucy, witty lyrics over the top of some fine, fruity music by Mike Fabulous aka Lord Echo (and also The Black Seeds), began as a musical penpal relationship. 19 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Ryan Adams, Ashes & FireIf he's gone soft for his umpteenth album since 2000's solo debut Heartbreaker, it's perhaps not surprising.19 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Various, The Lost Notebooks of Hank WilliamsJust as Wilco and Billy Bragg teamed up in the 90s and set to music unrecorded lyrics by Woody Guthrie (the Mermaid Avenue albums), so here, unrecorded songs by country legend Hank Williams (1923-53) are given life. 19 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentReview: Sacre: The Auckland Dance Project, Aotea CentreA festival atmosphere pervaded the Aotea Centre as <i>Sacre: The Auckland Dance Project</i> showcased the achievements of 190 youngsters under the direction of British choreographer Royston Maldoom.17 Oct 06:00 PM
