All the music-related bits of Dominic Hoey’s novel Iceland (and a playlist!)
Dominic Hoey shares the music-related parts of his new novel Iceland and makes a playlist so you can play along while reading.
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Goodnight, sweet prince: Pandora shuts down New Zealand operations
Pandora - not the charm bracelets - has officially announced it's the end of the line for their service in Australia and New Zealand, reports Don Rowe.
Five of the best artist playlists on Spotify
Every artist is making Spotify playlists these days. Amanda Robinson listens to four of the most popular – and one that isn't, but really deserves to be.
Pod on the Couch: Pop music catch-up time!
Henry Oliver talks to Kate Robertson and Calum Henderson about some recent pop music highlights.
We found New Zealand’s greatest sports song (and it’s not the one you’re thinking of)
In part two of The Spinoff Music's two-is-not-a-thing sports series, Steve Newall goes in search of that most elusive beast: the great sports song.
All black everything: A new song for the All Blacks
Gareth Shute delved into the history of All Blacks songs, found them wanting, so wrote his own.
The album that shut down Dunedin, reviewed
Henry Oliver reviews LSD Fundraiser’s new album StreetNOISE, which lead to a sizeable section of Dunedin’s CBD being shut down a cassette of album was mistaken for a bomb by a concerned citizen.
‘Why stand and stare up at a stage?’ Bachelorette’s Annabel Alpers on reimagining the live music experience
Gareth Shute talks to Annabel Alpers about retiring her Bachelorette moniker and finding a new way to play live.
‘My mom is my muse’: An interview with the guy who plays the mum on Bob’s Burgers
Madeleine Chapman speaks to John Roberts about impersonating his mum and how that became a full-time gig as Linda Belcher on Bob's Burgers.
The Spinoff Exclusive: Lorde explains the backstory behind every song on her new album
On Monday 19 June we’re releasing Lorde: Behind the Melodrama, an 11 episode track-by-track podcast interview with Lorde about her new album, Melodrama. Spinoff Music editor Henry Oliver introduces the series.
