In Review: Crystal Castles at the Powerstation – 25/5/17
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 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 ...
Crystal Castles to play Auckland next week
The countdown has begun.
You have exactly one week to get hold of your Crystal Castles tickets for when they play the Canadian duo play the Powerst...
Gorillaz Are Creating A 10-Episode TV Show
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Going Global Music Summit Announces Full Line-Up
Aspiring musicians who are looking to take their music offshore will be excited to hear that with the countdown to the annual Going Global Music Summi...
Auckland City Limits returning for 2017
Auckland City Limits Music Festival will return to Auckland's Western Springs stadium and park on Saturday 11 March 2017.
The inaugural Auckland Ci...
Electronic extraordinaire Kilter is bringing his beats to New Zealand this September!
Sydney beats maker and party-starter Kilter has announced a three-date New Zealand tour. It follows the rip-roaring success of his latest track - the ...
2016’s Most Exciting Music Reunions, Returns & Rumors
Written by Shawn Moodie (SM) and Yasmin Brown (YB)
2016 is the year of the comeback.
While 2016 has seen us lose many musical legends, such as Princ...