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Concert Review: The King's Singers, Auckland Town Hall
The opening set of Tudor madrigals was heavenly; the refinement and blend of the men's ensemble mesmerised.
Concert review: Game, Vector Arena
He's had three No. 1 albums in seven years, is known for reinvigorating West Coast gangster rap and is considered by many hip-hop
History made: Led Zeppelin, Western Springs
In 1972, Roy Colbert was writing a column for The Evening Star in Dunedin, earning $4 a week less tax, and spending $150 going up to Auckland to see rock concerts. And he flew north to see Led Zeppelin play Western Springs on Friday 25 February 1972.
Album review: Band of Skulls, Sweet Sour
You haven't heard of them yet, but you will soon. Band of Skulls, three super-confident Brits, look set to fill the giant boy-girl blues-rock void left vacant by the demise of the White Stripes.
Album reviews: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
It's a shame the most interesting Beatles at the time of their 1970 break-up - Lennon and Harrison - are no longer with us, because the post-Beatles legacy is carried into the second decade of the 21st century by these two albums.
Album review: Van Halen, Another Kind of Truth
For Van Halen's first album in 14 years, and the Pasadena hard rock band's first album in 28 years with singer David Lee Roth, they went back and dug out some demo tapes from the 70s and used it as the starting point for their 12th album.
Album review: Lydia Cole, Me & Moon
There's a sense of teetering on an edge in this debut album by 22-year-old Auckland songstress Lydia Cole.
Album review: Skrillex, Bangarang
This latest seven-track collection is an aural assault of electronica-dubstep-pop, designed to incite as much jumping, fist-pumping and head-banging as possible.
Movie reviews: Moneyball, Ides of March
You wait all year for a star-driven movie that says something about the state of the US of A, and where the leads play hardball with each other and get to butt heads with Philip Seymour Hoffman, and wouldn't ya know it? Two come along at once.