EntertainmentElbow, The PowerstationPhotos of Elbow performing at The Powerstation in Auckland.03 Apr 01:45 AM
EntertainmentSXSW: Big things from Electric Wire HustleFresh out of their first SXSW experience, Electric Wire Hustle will be basing themselves in Berlin for six months with three main goals: getting more shows in Europe, releasing their second album and having a decent crack at America.30 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentSXSW: Cairo Knife Fight - The secrets of sinTooled up with an arsenal of drums, guitar, synth bass and loop pedals, Cairo Knife Fight brought the noise to SXSW for a week of shows and Texas barbecue, and survived to tell the tale. Here’s their blow-by-blow account of one week in Austin.30 Mar 01:00 AM
OpinionSound of the Overground: The X Factor takes the top spot againEach week Duncan Greive performs some low grade analysis on the week’s New Zealand Singles Chart and reviews a few new release pop singles. 30 Mar 01:00 AM
OpinionHistory made: SXSW 2009, Austin, TexasDavid Dallas travelled to Austin Texas in 2009 to play SXSW29 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentTalking Heads: Andrew McLeod and Nick JohnstonFor <i>Talking Heads</i>, Beck's collaborators Andrew McLeod and Cut Off Your Hands' Nick Johnston talked about partnership.27 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentYes: Heart of the sunriseFor the first time in their 44-year history, progressive rock institution Yes is soon to visit New Zealand. Founding bassist Chris Squire talked to VOLUME. 23 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentThe Mars Volta: With twilight as my guideAs The Mars Volta releases its impressive sixth album, Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala also prepare for the much anticipated At The Drive-In reunion. 23 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentHistory made: Shihad, The PowerstationAhead of their ‘The Meanest’ tour next month, Murray Cammick recalls how he met a leatherjacketed, longhaired, take-no-prisoners and impossibly young Wellington group by the name of Shihad.22 Mar 01:00 AM
OpinionSound of the Overground: A Somali, a Canadian, and a glimmer of hopeEach week Duncan Greive performs some low grade analysis on the week’s New Zealand Singles Chart and reviews a few new release pop singles. 22 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentReal Estate, Kings ArmsPhotos of Real Estate at the Kings Arms in Auckland, Thursday March 15. Photography by Georgia Schofield.20 Mar 06:18 AM
EntertainmentAriel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Kings ArmsPhotos from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti show with Geneva Jacuzzi and Poor You Poor Me at the Kings Arms, Auckland.20 Mar 12:24 AM
EntertainmentElbow: Cast of thousandsAfter 20 years of skirting the fringes of mainstream in the UK, it finally seems that Elbow’s days of being treasured by a few and ignored by many are over.16 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentWooden Shjips: Aquarian timePsychedelic spacemen Wooden Shjips have a prevailing fascination with the West Coast of the United States. Frontman Ripley Johnson talks to VOLUME before their New Zealand shows.15 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentSound of the Overground: It's a brand new era, but it feels greatEach week Duncan Greive performs some low grade analysis on the week’s New Zealand Singles Chart and reviews a few new release pop singles. 15 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentHistory made: Revisiting Jesse Harper, London 1969Doug Jerebine travelled to the UK in the late-sixties, changed his name to Jesse Harper, and recorded one of the great lost psych-guitar masterpieces. 14 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentConcert review: 95bFM Summer Series, Silo Park (+photos)Music, food and most importantly, no liquor bans. Despite an unusual location change this year, the gods of free musical goodness at bFM have delivered once again. 13 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentThe 95bFM Summer Series 2012Photos from The 95bFM Summer Series held at Silo Park in Auckland.13 Mar 12:20 AM
EntertainmentDirty Three: Warren's LamentAuckland, February 15, 1997 - Dirty Three's Warren Ellis is a bloody mess. Ellis' hand is bleeding after a close encounter with bandmate Mick Turner's guitar. And next week, the band will again put their bodies on the line. 09 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentSound of the Overground: Chart slips further into abyssEach week Duncan Greive performs some low grade analysis on the week’s New Zealand Singles Chart and reviews a few new release pop singles. 08 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentSleigh Bells: Leader of the packNoise pop duo Sleigh Bells have gone from strength to strength since meeting four years ago. Singer Alexis Krauss talked to VOLUME about the pair’s new album Reign of Terror album which is bigger, louder and more metal than ever before.06 Mar 01:00 AM