EntertainmentAlbum review: Lindon Puffin, Hope HolidayIt's been four years since Puffin's album Show Pony which was impressive for its folk-rock-cum-pop.09 Nov 05:30 PM
OpinionConcert review: Hello Sailor and Dragon, PowerstationA packed Powerstation saluted three New Zealand groups with roots in the ’70s on Saturday night.07 Nov 11:30 PM
OpinionConcert review: The Naked and Famous, Auckland Town HallThe Naked and Famous worked the Powerstation with all the passion and torment and joy that their songs deserve on Friday night. 06 Nov 07:16 AM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Midnight Youth - World Comes CallingThey want to be big. They want to be <i>huge</i>. Midnight Youth are trying so hard to become New Zealand's biggest rock band you can almost see it etched into their foreheads.02 Nov 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Primus, Green NaugahydeAfter almost a decade with no new material it's a surprise to find California indie-rockers Primus (who did the original theme to South Park) still around.02 Nov 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, Don't ExplainJanis Joplin would scare the daylight out of most sleeve-sucking, infantile women pop singers cluttering the charts and few have taken her as a role model.02 Nov 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: I Don't Know How She Does ItAllison Pearson's witty novel about the trials of juggling motherhood and a career, I Don't Know How She Does It, was adapted by The Devil Wears Prada screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. 02 Nov 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Roots Manuva, 4everevolutionOn his fifth album proper, quintessentially British hip-hop artist Roots Manuva has gone all out. The first thing you notice is that it's 19 tracks long, stretching to almost an hour - which is lengthy in the age of 35-minute, no-filler wonders.02 Nov 05:30 PM
OpinionHistory Made: The Hellacopters, AucklandBeastwars’ Matt Hyde saw The Hellacopters play Squid in Auckland on 20 October 1998.31 Oct 10:52 PM
OpinionConcert review: John Rowles, Bruce Mason TheatreJohn Rowles, the half-Maori/half-Irish Kawerau Kid blessed with a commanding stature and physique, film idol looks, dandy style and that voice, skyrocketed to the top of the world music scene in 1968. 31 Oct 10:40 PM
EntertainmentBook Reviews: A view of life through a quirky lensReading Airini Beautrais' new collection, <i>Western Line</i>, fills me with joy - through what words can do and through the avenues poetry makes available. 31 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Sweet AsTowards the end of his rambling diary of a road trip through his native country, Garth Cartwright engages in a sly piece of critic-proofing sophistry. 31 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTom Waits: It's worth the WaitOddball troubadour Tom Waits remains a singular voice in music after all these years - as can be heard on his new album. He talks to Graham Reid.29 Oct 01:00 AM
EntertainmentMovie Review: DriveMostly-silent lonely guy takes a shine to apparently solo mum in apartment next door and her young son. Except her hubby comes back from prison.28 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: In TimeJustin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried are a futuristic Bonnie and Clyde in this stylish sci-fi action thriller from New Zealand director Andrew Niccol.28 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlbum Review: Whirimako Black, The Late Night PlaysThough she's been releasing albums for 20 years, stretching the boundaries of jazz and blues, fusing them with traditional Maori song forms and te reo, this is Whirimako Black's first album entirely in English.28 Oct 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMovie Review: One DayAuthor and screenwriter David Nicholls likes to get the most out of his novels; he's adapted all three for the big screen himself; Starter for 10 and The Understudy, and now One Day.26 Oct 05:30 PM
