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
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: 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: 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: 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
New ZealandSummertime blues: This summer's winners and losersThe dismal holiday weather hasn't been kind to some businesses - but others can't stop smiling. Michael Dickison reports on the winners and losers of our damp start to summer13 Jan 04:30 PM
EntertainmentRhythm and Vines 2011Photos from Rhythm and Vines 2011, an annual three-day music festival held at Waiohika Estate Vineyard in Gisborne.29 Dec 09:01 AM
TravelDon't miss: SnowbombingFor a week every year, the picturesque alpine village of Mayrhofen hosts the biggest, loudest snow festival in Europe.14 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentScott Kara's week of itScott Kara's week of films, music, television and festivals.30 Nov 08:30 PM
EntertainmentMore hot gigs for summerThe summer tour dates just keep on coming, and local lads The Datsuns are getting on board with a trip round the country, starting at the Waihi Beach Hotel on January 18.23 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMaal added to Womad billThe distinctive Senegalese voice of Baaba Maal has been added to the line up for Womad in March.23 Nov 06:00 PM
TravelDon't miss: Galle Literary FestivalAn intimate, relaxed affair set in the atmospheric surroundings of the Unesco World Heritage-listed Galle Fort.21 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionDon Kavanagh: Bring us the fiestasAuckland could well do with more food-and-wine festivals, urges Don Kavanagh.20 Nov 08:30 PM
EntertainmentErykah Badu by the seaRounding out the announcements for next year's Splore festival is the addition of powerful Texan neo-soul diva Erykah Badu.02 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentShow Me Shorts: Short films hold surprisesWith the tagline "Here for a good time, not a long time", you might think the annual Show Me Shorts festival aims to shock or entertain rather than delve too deeply into sophisticated stories. 02 Nov 06:00 PM
EntertainmentMore reggae riddum for RaggamuffinRotorua's Raggamuffin 2012 festival has expanded - and has got quite a bit deeper, in a bass frequency sense - with the addition of three more international artists to its line-up.02 Nov 06:00 PM
