EntertainmentAlbum Review: BeastwarsLike a mongrel mix of Kyuss, Neurosis, and the mighty Godflesh, Beastwars bring together pummelling intensity, beautiful brutality, and sonic paranoia to create a sound all of their own.04 May 07:00 PM
EntertainmentComedy Review: The Big Show, Comedy Chamber, Town HallA boozy Saturday night crowd wants easy gags. Thankfully Gordon Southern, the host of <i>The Big Show</i> - one of the more glamorous daily events at the festival - was full of them.02 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Bird Cloud</i>There are memoirs that are about a personal life lived, and then there are memoirs about a specific subject on which an author wishes to ruminate at length. Annie Proulx's non-fiction <i>Bird Cloud</i> very much falls into the latter.01 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Roy Orbison, The Monument Singles Collection 1960-1964Roy Orbison didn't show a lot of emotion, but his songs and voice were brimming with them, writes Graham Reid.29 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Mavis Staples, the Blind Boys of Alabama with Aaron Neville at the Civic29 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights Left by SoftDunedin rock stalwart David Kilgour's previous album, 2009's <i>Falling Debris</i>, had him setting music to the words of Sam Hunt. That project has a slight hangover here.27 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Noah and the Whale Last Night on EarthOn their third album, Twickenham band <i>Noah and the Whale</i> is slightly evangelistic in its take on life, and the way one can meander through it.27 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: PNC Man on WireA couple of years ago, PNC's album <i>Bazooka Kid</i> set local hip-hop on a renaissance trip of sorts with its flashy and fun mix of styles, cheeky bravado and rhymes like "Looking for the chicks with Brooke Fraser lips".27 Apr 07:00 PM
EntertainmentConcert Review: Herbie Hancock, ASB TheatreWhen Herbie Hancock was last here in 2007 he played a show that spanned his classic work - and really, that's what you want to hear. 27 Apr 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>When God was a Rabbit</i>A British actress' first novel reveals her comedic talent.25 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Or the Bull Kills You</i>Nervous readers need not fear, Jason Webster's new Spanish detective, Max Camara of Valencia, hates bullfights. 25 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentTV Review: MasterChef, episode 10One of the fun parts of watching an elimination show like <i>MasterChef</i> is trying to second-guess the producers.24 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>War Wounds: Medicine and the Trauma of Conflict</i>On May 27, 1942, two Czech parachutists ambushed and wounded SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich near Prague. Heydrich was not seriously wounded but a ricochet bullet had carried cloth, wire and wool into the wound.24 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War I</i>Not a picture book, not a graphic novel, not anything easily pigeon-holed, Chris Slane and Matt Elliott's study-cum-evocation of life in World War I is a great resource and a great read.24 Apr 05:30 PM
