The last time Amanda Palmer performed in Auckland, she had narrowly avoided being caught up in the 22 February Christchurch earthquake - this time Palmer returns with drummer Brian Viglione as The Dresden Dolls.

Matt Heath was in the first band on stage at the first ever Big Day Out in Auckland. The band was called Kid Eternity.

Max Cavalera and his brother Iggor didn't speak to each other for 10 years after Brazilian metal legends Sepultura splintered into two camps.

Noel Gallagher is in the process of belittling me - and anyone else with an office job for that matter.

2012 will see My Chemical Romance celebrating 10 years together, 10 years of uniting the teen masses with their anti-establishment messages and powerful punk glam rock.

Like his good mate Noel Gallagher, Tom Meighan doesn't mind letting the world know how great he thinks his band - Kasabian - is, and for that matter, how great he is.

Let's just say there is no love lost at all between former Battles singer, guitarist and on-stage crazy man Tyondai Braxton and his old band mates.

Lydia Jenkin's week of movies, TV and music.

Photos of Fleet Foxes at the Auckland Town Hall. Saturday, 14 January 2012.

Photos of Beirut at the Wellington Opera House. Monday, January 16 2012.

Lydia Jenkin talks to Amanda Palmer about why seeing The Dresden Dolls' show is a must

On the eve of their first New Zealand tour in 25 years, guitarist Captain Sensible of the Damned tells Scott Kara how he went from cleaning loos to forming one of the original punk bands

Nick Lowe is about to return to New Zealand with his own band, on the heels of his latest release.

On the eve of their second visit to New Zealand, Fleet Foxes' multi-instrumentalist Casey Wescott tells Scott Kara how they've worked hard on changing direction.

The band of young London siblings are bringing their swingin' style back to New Zealand stages this month. Charlotte Cripps reports

Graham Reid talks to Stephen Stills, a man at the heart of the 60s generation of musicians, ahead of his tour here with bandmates David Crosby and Graham Nash

Photos from Rhythm and Vines 2011, an annual three-day music festival held at Waiohika Estate Vineyard in Gisborne.