Henry Oliver is the Spinoff's music editor and an aspiring liner note writer. Email him on henry@thespinoff.co.nz
When future-historians look back at life in New Zealand in the early part of this century, there's one pop cultural artifact that, in three-and-a-half minutes summed up the aspirations of …
Henry Oliver watched ten hours of Neil Finn live-streraming in case you didn't have time to. These were his highlights.
Henry Oliver talks to Auckland-based producer/singer/artist October about her new single 'Pure' and the return of the guitar.
Henry Oliver talks to bedroom producer and multi-instrumentalist Merk, who is playing at Seamless, an all-ages show, in Auckland this weekend.
Henry Oliver went to see Jerry Seinfeld at Spark Arena on Saturday. This is what he thought of it.
After weeks of working sources deep inside New Zealand's political parties, Henry Oliver reveals the songs dominating the office stereos at campaign headquarters.
If Henry Oliver didn’t do it, one of the other millennial-pandering websites would have. The Spinoff presents a roundup of Jacinda Ardern’s DJ appearances, plus the set list from her much-name-dropped appearance at the 2013 Laneway Festival, with our track-by-track commentary.
Neil Finn talks to Henry Oliver about his forthcoming album Out of Silence, likely the first studio album ever to be recorded live in front of a livestreaming audience.
Henry Oliver catches the 312 bus to Onehunga with SWIDT, whose debut album Stoneyhunga is out today.
Henry Oliver talks to Denver McCarthy, who made perhaps New Zealand’s best techno album nearly twenty years ago.
