EntertainmentAlbum Review: Unknown Mortal OrchestraThough there was always an inviting pop side to the Mint Chicks, what made their music most striking was the volatile and often violent outbursts that took the songs to a more intense and interesting level.14 Jul 03:02 AM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: Short+Sweet Week 2Second week of short plays bigger, brighter and better.13 Jul 05:45 PM
EntertainmentTV Review: My Kind of PlaceIs my tray table stowed and my seatback upright? Oh, what's that? I'm not on a plane. Oops, I just blacked out for a minute and woke up in a puddle of dribble when I heard "Gidday.11 Jul 02:00 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Best Of Young Spanish NovelistsThe 22 Spanish writers in this entertaining collection were all born in or since 1975, the year General Francisco Franco died after 36 years of repressive rule in Spain.10 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Caleb's CrossingOnce again Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geraldine Brooks takes a simple, barely known historical fact, fattens out and brings it to life so lyrically you feel transported back in time.10 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionTJ McNamara: Dream-like visions that glow in the darkGlimpses of surrealism and the dark side of Romanticism.08 Jul 09:59 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: NZSO with Simon TrpceskiWhen Simon Trpceski made his debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra three years ago, he gave us Rachmaninov's <i>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini</i> with the impetuosity and zeal of a youthful athlete.08 Jul 09:58 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Bachelorette, BacheloretteThe third - and apparently the last - album from techie Christchurch musician Annabel Alpers under the name Bachelorette was recorded in fashionable New York but seems to be inspired by homesickness or, perhaps it's lovesickness.08 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Amiina, PuzzleTracing a fine line between being twee and elegant, the quartet-now-sextet of classical players who back fellow Icelanders Sigur Ros have produced a cool balm for busy eardrums with this, their second long-player.08 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The SequelYeah, yeah, you knew Slim Shady would be back. Bad Meets Evil is his collaboration with fellow Detroit rapper Royce da 5'9' and this mini album is the duo's first work together since the early 2000s. 08 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Def Leppard, Mirrorball: Live and MoreFor Def Leppard fans this is all you could ever want in a live album.08 Jul 06:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Carte Blanche</i>Do you tire of the people who always bang on about how much better the book was than the movie? Well, you can rest easy if this James Bond yarn is ever committed to screen.07 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: Bill Cunningham New YorkPhotographer extraordinaire Bill Cunningham makes his living in the thick of the action.07 Jul 02:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie review: The Company MenPeter Calder gives his view on the latest corporate movie, The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Jeffrey Foucault, Horse LatitudesJeffrey Foucault uses his strong, dark brown, assured voice to show his takes on life, loss and love in his new album 'Horse Latitudes'.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: PoticheI'm All Right, Jack meets Nine to Five in this macaron-light French comedy, which springs from dated material - a wildly popular play written in the 80s and set in the 70s - but reshapes it with an ironic modern eye.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Cave Singers, No WitchGraham Reid reviews the latest album from Seattle trio, The Cave Singers.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Mulholland, Eugene Told Me You Were DeadHe's a bit of a mysterious one, that Jolyon Mulholland, whose back-lit spiral-haired silhouette evokes a certain album cover by the Rolling Stones.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Urge Overkill, Rock & Roll SubmarineUrge Overkill were touring mates with Nirvana and Pearl Jam but their increasingly power pop sound took them to a mainstream audience.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Head Like A Hole, Blood Will OutBack in the 90s when local rock music was dangerous, Head Like A Hole were the most dangerous of all - and early on they did it naked. New album, Blood Will Out is potent, fun, and dangerous.06 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Reviews: <i>Sport 39</i> and <i>Landfall 221</i>James K. Baxter wrote once (I paraphrase from lapsed memory and lost book) that most authors like to picture their words being read by grave scholars in studies and beautiful graduates in tutorials. 06 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMovie review: Kung Fu Panda 2 3DOne of modern animation's most lovable characters, Po, and his team of butt-kicking kung fu masters are back in Kung Fu Panda 2. Francesca Rudkin gives her views on the sequel.05 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentTV Review: JustifiedRednecks are very chic. You might qualify as a redneck when you can spit without opening your mouth, your wife weighs more than your refrigerator or you've ever shot somebody over a mall parking space.03 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: LemmyIf a nuclear war wipes out civilisation, then all that will remain are the cockroaches and Lemmy, proclaims a Motorhead fan at the beginning of this film. 01 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Pitbull, Planet PitMiami rapper Pitbull likes to call himself Mr Worldwide, and on this album it looks like he is looking for the title Mr Connected.01 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Tiny Ruins, Some Were Meant For SeaAuckland-based Hollie Fullbrook spins a delicate web of warm, but wintry stories on her debut album, Some Were Meant For Sea.01 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: The Unthanks, LastAccompanied by wailing violins, chilling minor chords and pained brass, most of the tracks on 'Last' sound like they could be the sound track to some thriller about a lonely child.01 Jul 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Jill Scott, The Light of the SunMuch like fellow soul sisters Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, Jill Scott is not as prolific as you'd like someone with her talent to be.01 Jul 07:00 PM
