Henry Oliver is the Spinoff's music editor and an aspiring liner note writer. Email him on henry@thespinoff.co.nz
Henry Oliver explores the corridors and changes happening at Auckland Museum, and what they say about Tāmaki Makaurau.
The speedway is leaving Western Springs. We explain where it's going and what's going to take its place.
Pop artist Matthew Young on his new EP and re-evaluating success after mental illness.
For The Spinoff Music, the big question of the day isn't what dress Meghan Markle is going to wear, but what song she'll be dancing to with Harry. Thanks to Spotify, here's our best guess.
What exactly was the pamphlet Massey High School were using in its health class? And what were the kids doing with it?
Henry Oliver talks to Wellington artist and producer Estère about technology, attention and her new album My Design, On Others' Lives.
This week, Fijian-New Zealand artist Luke Willis Thompson was short-listed for the Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious contemporary art award. Don't know what that means? We're here to help.
Henry Oliver talks to Kimbra, the Hamilton-raised, New York-based art-pop star, about her new album, Primal Heart.
Last week, Auckland-based producer and musician October released her debut album, Ultra Red. She tells Henry Oliver about how, two months before the album's intended release, she took the recordings back and remade it by herself.
Henry Oliver talks to E^ST, a young Australian pop artist whose two recent singles are turning hears around the world.
Henry Oliver talks to JessB about her first EP and how her professional netball career is helping her in the music industry.
In the days before its last hurrah, Henry Oliver talked to The Golden Dawn's Matthew Crawley and Nick Harrison about the life and death of the weirdest bar on Ponsonby Road.
Henry Oliver sits down with Freddie Highmore to talk about his TV journey from the cellars of Bates Motel to the corridors of The Good Doctor.
Last night, during Cyclone Hola, King Krule played Silo Park as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Henry Oliver was there in all the wet weather gear he could find.
Henry Oliver talks to Astro Children's Millie Lovelock about the band's new single and Dunedin's indie music generational rift.
Henry Oliver talks to Beck about the '90s, guitars, Bruno Mars, and his new album Colors.
Welcome to the Cheat Sheet, a clickable, shareable, bite-sized FAQ on the news of the moment. Today, Henry Oliver answers your questions about Donald Glover's mysterious tour announcement.
Today, Marlon Williams releases the first great New Zealand album of 2018. He talks to Henry Oliver about the heartbreak and honesty that went into making it.
Music editor and former member of Die! Die! Die! Henry Oliver talks to his ex-bandmates about making music together for nearly 20 years.
A couple of years ago Aldous Harding was just another New Zealand folk musician; now she's an international sensation. Henry Oliver sat down with her to try to discover what sparked her transformation
Rhythm and Vines’ co-founder Hamish Pinkham talks about the highs and lows of the first 15 years of his New Year’s Eve festival.
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 a changing nation: Gold Medal Famous' masterpiece 'We Bought A House'.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Nadia Reid on the highs and lows of her year, the rigours of touring, and being accepted by the music industry.
Your favourite albums and songs of the year, and your favourite shows, reflections on the year, and predictions for next year.
Our music editor's most played songs of the year on Spotify.
Downtown Boys, who are at the forefront of a new wave of protest music in the US, talk politics and punk in 2017.
