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The value of songwriting in a quiet world
Now could be the perfect time to encourage your teenager to take up songwriting, explains Mike Chunn.
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Now could be the perfect time to encourage your teenager to take up songwriting, explains Mike Chunn.
It's more than three decades since the release of 'Take on Me', but sometimes it seems like yesterday.
Six60 are on pace to overtake Pink Floyd for one of the most formidable records in NZ chart history.
Marlin’s Dreaming have a new single out ahead of their next, "least accessible" album. Frontman Semisi Maiai sat down to talk about how a bunch of jocks from Dunedin became indie darlings.
Earmarked for big things since she left high school, the 'Nothing to Regret' singer has been dealing with the weight of expectations for a while now. With her debut EP just released, she’s OK with where she's at.
Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker on the five year gap between albums, and where the band fits into rock music in 2020
Despite what some critics claim, there isn’t a 'gig problem' in Auckland, writes Josie Adams. You just need to look beyond indie rock.
Concert FM is to be stripped down in favour of a new station for youth, even as the government prepares bigger plans for restructure.
Sam Brooks watched today's NFL Super Bowl and recaps the moments that mattered.
Anthony Metcalf on how our biggest city's paucity of music venues is hurting both artists and gig-goers.
Two years after the release of Mac Miller’s Swimming, his family has released its posthumous companion piece, Circles. We explain what it is, how it came together, and why you need to listen to it.
Last week something really weird and exciting happened to me: one of the hottest singers on the planet talked about how much something I said helped her.
Sam Brooks went to the FOMO 2020 festival in Auckland, and was relieved to find it was more than just the final time that Lizzo will ever perform at 7:20pm.
Sam Brooks steps back in time to 2009, the year of Now! That's What I Call Music 31. What did his younger self think of those songs – and do they still hold up today?
What’s it like to wait over a decade for a new record from one of your favourite bands? David Farrier writes about the joys, perils and embarrassment of being a Tool fan in 2019.
Radio competitions are won by impulsive decision-makers. A giveaway on RNZ taught one woman to never hesitate.
God may have created all his children in his image, but the same cannot be said for his hymns. Some church songs are good, some are bad, and some are absolute bangers.
