Recorded and filmed for nzherald.co.nz at York Street Studios, Grand Rapids perform Singing Showers Golden Lights.

As singer-songwriters Julia Deans and Anna Coddington head out on an extensive national tour this NZ Music Month, Deans writes for TimeOut about their first days on the road together.

To help celebrate NZ Music Month, TimeOut and nzherald.co.nz, in conjunction with Frequency Media Group, are giving away a free download EP every Thursday in May.

The latest release from local rapper PNC is a risk-taking collection of diverse songs which reflect his wide musical influences, writes Scott Kara.

With just over two weeks until New Zealand Music Month, organisers are getting excited about a string of events with more high-flying stunts than ever.

It was Auckland's Arch Hill Recordings that became the flagbearer for much of indie rock in New Zealand through the 2000s.

Fat Freddy's Drop will play a whistlestop NZ tour before trying their luck in US and Europe.

Tyson Smith's debut album comes about after a fair bit of traveling and he alludes to its intercontinental feel with the image on the cover.

Music month continues to take over drinking holes and town halls all the way from Ponsonby to Pukekohe this week.

When Opshop took to the skies to play 10 gigs in a day to help launch New Zealand Music Month, TimeOut's Jacqueline Smith strapped herself in for the long and sometimes bumpy ride.

A week of entertainment with Jacqueline Smith.

Singer Kirsten Morrell is about to release her first solo album and perform a prestigious gig at the Isle of Wight festival.

This Coastal trio is the one to watch, writes Paula Yeoman.

2010 might be known as the year of the off-the-wall Kiwi music tour.