If you, like me had been couchbound since the beginning of the television coverage, you might have forgotten there was a game on.

TrinityRoots' third coming saw a refigured lineup coming together to continue the legacy of one of New Zealand's best-loved bands.

Summoning the crowd to the dance floor with a jam reminiscent of Mara TK's roots in blues and psychedelic grooves, Electric Wire Hustle announced their intention to bring their unique blend of forward-thinking hip hop, soul and rhythm to Auckland.

Graham Reid reviews Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down by Ry Cooder.

Apparently Kimbra had tentatively intended to replace the catchy bom-bo-bom-ba vocal hook on the track Settle Down with a similar horn line or a beat, but I'm glad she didn't.

Tim Finn and his little brother will be dusting off their songbooks for the pre-tournament festivities tomorrow night, but the elder's latest solo album shows his side of the family jukebox has just undergone a major refresh.

Simultaneously melodramatic and emotionally inert, this story of a quartet of photographers who documented the viciously bloody conflict between ANC and Inkhata supporters in 1994 is like an action photo with all the life airbrushed out of it.

Louisa Young's enthralling novel begins in the gorgeous, leafy light of upper-class Edwardian England where wealthy, bohemian-ish families plan lives filled with art and beauty, and ends in a darkened world transformed by the violence and pain of World Wa

Love him or loathe him, he does what he does well.

Here's a turn-up. Kravitz - who has released some self-indulgent stinkers in the past - returns with his best album since 1993's Are You Gonna Go My Way.

In this volume the Griffith writers look inward and backwards to gain some fresh insight into not only their own lives but the lives of us all.

Just as Ayrton Senna rose above being just another fast driver in his decade of Formula 1, this film of his life rises above being just another sports doco.

The Chilis still manage inspired moments without guitarist John Frusciante.

Good time listening, horn-driven party music mostly, and the stepping stone to that remarkable Palmer doco.

A terrible thing happened, that day, up at Blackwoods' place, in The Secret River, the first of Grenville's historical novels set in the penal colony of New South Wales.

Every city can lay claim to its fair share of eccentrics. This book is about one of Melbourne's: Edward William Cole.

This book might more accurately have been titled In Love With Dante. It is a wholehearted piece of advocacy for the 14th century writer, of whom Wilson says it "could be argued that he was the greatest of all European poets, of any time or place".

This first live album by the Los Angeles-based Kiwi songwriter has that all-important crackle, freshness, and smouldering purity that transports you back to the venue where the songs were first performed.