Ahead of their ‘The Meanest’ tour next month, Murray Cammick recalls how he met a leatherjacketed, longhaired, take-no-prisoners and impossibly young Wellington group by the name of Shihad.

Photos from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti show with Geneva Jacuzzi and Poor You Poor Me at the Kings Arms, Auckland.

The original Isle of Wight festivals (1968-1970) featured legendary performers such as Bob Dylan, The Who and Joni Mitchell, to name a few.

After 20 years of skirting the fringes of mainstream in the UK, it finally seems that Elbow’s days of being treasured by a few and ignored by many are over.

Psychedelic spacemen Wooden Shjips have a prevailing fascination with the West Coast of the United States. Frontman Ripley Johnson talks to VOLUME before their New Zealand shows.

Photos from The 95bFM Summer Series held at Silo Park in Auckland.

Bruce Springsteen expresses his feelings on the current state of the US with his angriest album to date, writes Graham Reid

Auckland, February 15, 1997 - Dirty Three's Warren Ellis is a bloody mess. Ellis' hand is bleeding after a close encounter with bandmate Mick Turner's guitar. And next week, the band will again put their bodies on the line.

Each week Duncan Greive performs some low grade analysis on the week’s New Zealand Singles Chart and reviews a few new release pop singles.

It's been quite a slog for British band Elbow, so, as singer Guy Garvey tells Scott Kara, success is proving sweet