From kete and hiapo to MS Paint and neo-pop crocodiles, Tautai Gallery celebrates Pacific art in all its forms.
An indie-pop act on the rise, inspired as much by imagery and colours as it is by musical ideas.
Gareth Shute checks in on the B:HIVE's progress since opening its first two floors in December. He chats to two B:HIVE tenants and Smales Farm CEO Paul Gunn to get an insider's perspective.
Vincent Lum – aka Vincent HL – discusses his fuzzed-out take on country rock and a new set of songs that cover everything from death to hangovers to strange mystical vortexes.
Turangi-born, LA-based Jackson Owens discusses his debut solo single, ‘Touch,’ and why breakthrough success for the singer now seems closer than ever.
How do 'New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk duo’ stack up in the history of New Zealand live performers?
Rapper Lukas and beatmaker LMC have come together to create the perfect downbeat tune for the season, matched by an equally striking music video.
The unusual paths there New Zealand acts have taken to get to a million Spotify streams.
“Dream pop” and "shoegaze" are the genres of the moment in the worldwide indie scene and New Zealand is no exception. Gareth Shute traces their origins and looks at why they're back in the spotlight.
New Zealand Music Month was started, in part, to encourage local radio to play local music. Did it work? Is it still working?
One of the remarkable features of Lorde's Melodrama tour has been the sheer number of cover versions she’s performed. Gareth Shute trawled through them all.
Aldous Harding and Nadia Reid are at the forefront of a folk scene that is revolutionising how NZ music is seen overseas, but they’re just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to local folk success stories.
You plug in your phone at night, why not the car as well? Gareth Shute describes the joys (and dramas) of being an EV owner.
Gareth Shute crunches the numbers on who is the most streamed here and abroad – and asks why the two don't always match.
Lukas created his first buzz on Soundcloud before crossing over to a wider audience with his track ‘Comfort Clouds,’ which has quickly reached 120,000 streams on Spotify. He explains to Gareth Shute why he sees himself as part of a new wave of downbeat hip-hop acts poised to rise up from the underground.
Gareth Shute examines the varied ways songs are written in the modern era by speaking to three artists who’ve released work recently – Herriot Row, Raiza Biza and October.
Gareth Shute talks to Racing about moving on from their first EP – and from the bands of their past.
Gareth Shute delved into the history of All Blacks songs, found them wanting, so wrote his own.
Gareth Shute talks to Annabel Alpers about retiring her Bachelorette moniker and finding a new way to play live.
The auuthor of the acclaimed Things That Matter, talks to Gareth Shute about health policy in the lead-up to the election – about the obesity crisis, the social investment approach and the kind of place New Zealand wants to be.
Gareth Shute asks for your help in creating a map of all the venues that have existed in Auckland, from the early 20th century through to the present.
Prompted by his son's recent fourth birthday, Gareth Shute look backs and decides which of the preceding “terrible” years did the most to fray his nerves.
Thirteen years ago, New Zealand hip hop's king-hitters joined forces for one of the biggest tours this country has ever seen. Gareth Shute talked to many of those involved to get the inside story of what went down.
What will popular music sound and look like in 10 or 20 years time? Gareth Shute looks to Japan, where the era of the ‘authentic’ rock musician has already come to an end.
Before there was Flying Nun, there was the NZ punk scene. For the start of NZ Music Month, Gareth Shute looks back at an unintentional snapshot of the birth of our local indie scene.
Inspired by more recent NZ On Air funding controversies, Gareth Shute revisits 1977's historical epic The Governor, and argues why it remains our finest example of funding furore.
