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      IT: Chapter Two review: bigger budget, bigger run-time, bigger scares

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New music from San Holo & Broods – “Honest” released today

Shawn Moodie
January 31, 2020
Alternative, Electronic, Listen, Main, Music, Watch and Listen

In Review: Quinn XCII at the Tuning Fork (27/6/18)

Shawn Moodie
June 29, 2018
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Laneway Festival Schedule and Map released

Shawn Moodie
January 22, 2018
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In Review: The Chainsmokers

Craig Moodie
October 26, 2017
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Northern Bass: First lineup announcement includes Stormzy, Post Malone, and Andy C

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July 6, 2017
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In Review: Quinn XCII at the Tuning Fork (27/6/18)

Shawn Moodie
June 29, 2018
Electronic, Listen, Main, Music, R&B, Watch, Watch and Listen
You may not yet know Quinn XCII by name but having previously after topped the Spotify viral charts with his track “Kings of Summer”, there’s a good c...

Laneway Festival Schedule and Map released

Shawn Moodie
January 22, 2018
Electronic, Main, Music
There’s just under a week of waiting to go until Laneway 2018, and the playing times and map are here! Carry them with you on the Laneway Festival app...

In Review: The Chainsmokers

Craig Moodie
October 26, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music
Being completely honest with you guys, if I had pick my top three things I wanted to do on a Tuesday night, watching the Chainsmokers’ show was not on...

In Review: Theia’s EP release tour @ Neck of the Woods

Yasmin Brown
July 8, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music
It's been quite a month for our girl Theia, as we've seen her take over the nation in the lead up to (and following) the release of her self-titled EP...

Northern Bass: First lineup announcement includes Stormzy, Post Malone, and Andy C

Shawn Moodie
July 6, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life
The first lineup for the seventh annual Northern Bass Music Festival in Mangawhai is here! The recently announced lineup and sees the international...

In Review: Crystal Castles at the Powerstation – 25/5/17

Shawn Moodie
May 26, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music
I never went to a rave in the 90s. For the majority of the 90s, I was more concerned with eating playdough than clubbing if I'm being completely hones...

A new indoor music festival is coming to Auckland this July

The Speakeasy
May 23, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life, Uncharted
The inaugural Madcap Madness Festival is arriving in Auckland on Saturday the 1st of July, and you'll definitely want to be there! Situated on one ...

Gorillaz Are Creating A 10-Episode TV Show

Shawn Moodie
April 20, 2017
Electronic, Entertainment, Main, Music, TV
Since the early 2000s, I've taken great joy in following the Gorillaz through a variety of media (albums, comics, music videos, social media stories, ...

Songs You Should Know: “Smoke And Mirrors” – Strangers You Know

Shawn Moodie
April 12, 2017
Electronic, Listen, Main, Music, Uncharted, Watch and Listen
One of the best things about music is the joy of discovering a new band or song to obsess over. Songs You Should Know is a new segment where we look t...

Damon Albarn announces new Gorillaz album, ‘Humanz’ and releases four new songs

Shawn Moodie
March 24, 2017
Electronic, Listen, Main, Music, Watch and Listen
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It looks like Damon Albarn finally decided that Gorillaz fans had been teased enough. First, we thought we were getting a new album in 2016. That obvi...

GIG GUIDE: Red Bull Sound Select – Soulection, Peach Milk, And Villette (Wellington)

The Speakeasy
February 20, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life
After the massive success of the last collaboration at K Road's Neck of the Woods last year, Red Bull Sound Select, Madcap, and Soulection are teaming...

GIG GUIDE: Red Bull Sound Select – Soulection, Peach Milk, And Montell2099 (Auckland)

The Speakeasy
February 20, 2017
Electronic, Lifestyle, Main, Music, Night Life
After the massive success of the last collaboration at K Road's Neck of the Woods last year, Red Bull Sound Select, Madcap, and Soulection are teaming...

New David Bowie ‘Sound And Vision’ Vinyl Picture Disc Announced

Bill Hames
January 28, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music
A new limited edition picture disc from the legendary David Bowie has been announced, with a new vinyl release for ‘Sound And Vision’ confirmed. Th...

New Music: Earth Tiger – Slide to the Left

Yasmin Brown
January 24, 2017
Electronic, Music
Kiwi artists Earth Tiger have just released the music video for latest single Slide to the Left - taken from their October release, Holiday. The track...

Crystal Castles returns to NZ for a one-off show in Auckland

Bill Hames
January 24, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music
Electronic extraordinaries Crystal Castles have just announced a New Zealand show as part of their upcoming MJR Presents tour Downunder. The ground...

Laneway Festival 2017: ‘Young Thug’ Out, ‘What So Not’ In

Bill Hames
January 18, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music, Uncharted
Despite having his New Zealand visa, recent complications with the visa process for Australia means that Young Thug is not able to play any Laneway Fe...

Your Favourite Albums of 2016

Shawn Moodie
January 10, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music, R&B, rock, Spotlight, Uncharted
The People Have Spoken. A week ago Music Editor Yasmin Brown offered up her Top Albums of 2016 but I wanted to see how your favourite albums compared...

The Speakeasy’s top 16 albums of 2016

Yasmin Brown
January 2, 2017
Electronic, Main, Music, R&B, rock, Uncharted
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16. Blink 182 - California Blink-182 is one of those bands that just never goes away. After an 8 year hiatus, we were sure it was over, but lik...

New Music: twenty one pilots x mutemath

Yasmin Brown
December 20, 2016
Electronic, Main, Music, rock
In case you've been hiding under a rock today (or you simply don't have notifications on for every twenty one pilots related Twitter account that exis...

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: Justin Bieber to play first NZ stadium show

Yasmin Brown
October 4, 2016
Electronic, Main, Music
After tweeting hints for the past few days, Justin Bieber has finally stopped teasing the heck out of us and has announced the Australian and New Zeal...

RYAN ENZED RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘SHE SAID’ & ANNOUNCED AS FINALIST IN MTV BRAND NEW

Craig Moodie
August 27, 2016
Electronic, Main, Music
Kiwi DJ/producer Ryan ENZED first burst onto the scene with his hugely successful YouTube channel nzmusic101. Since then he has landed record deals wi...
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