Scratch 22 and Alphabethead have continually pushed the limits of the turntable in service of the soundscapes they paint, digging deep for new sounds to brush with.

Anthonie Tonnon of Tono and The Finance Company talks with Marlon Williams of The Unfaithful Ways about his band's take on country music and the effect of the Christchurch earthquakes on Lyttelton's tightknit music community.

Join nzherald.co.nz on Monday January 30 for full coverage of St Jerome's Laneway Festival at Auckland's Silo Park

Tune in at 5pm for our next live update from St Jerome's Laneway Festival, including interviews with Cults and The Horrors.

Our two favourite current affairs-slash-tabloid half hours, Close Up and Campbell Live are back after their summer break.

Join nzherald.co.nz for full coverage of the final New Zealand Big Day Out, with all the gigs and goings on from Mt Smart.

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

The distinctive illustrations of Ruban Nielson and Henrietta Harris have appeared on album covers, tour posters and T-shirts and, in Nielson's case, the artwork itself has framed the songs that followed.

Replay our live blog from the 69th Golden Globe Awards.

Here, in a few broad strokes, is how 2012 is shaping up entertainment-wise

The last of ten songs performed in front of an intimate audience at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.

D.O.P. Bevan Crothers. Cameras: Matt Gerrand, Glenn Manchester, Paul Casserly, Hugh Sundae. Edit: Hugh Sundae. Audio Engineer: Hayden Taylor. Additional Audio: Simon Gooding, Morton Gamst, Jeremy McPike

The ninth of ten songs performed in front of an intimate audience at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.

D.O.P. Bevan Crothers. Cameras: Matt Gerrand, Glenn Manchester, Paul Casserly, Hugh Sundae. Edit: Hugh Sundae. Audio Engineer: Hayden Taylor. Additional Audio: Simon Gooding, Morton Gamst, Jeremy McPike

The eighth of ten songs performed in front of an intimate audience at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.

D.O.P. Bevan Crothers. Cameras: Matt Gerrand, Glenn Manchester, Paul Casserly, Hugh Sundae. Edit: Hugh Sundae. Audio Engineer: Hayden Taylor. Additional Audio: Simon Gooding, Morton Gamst, Jeremy McPike

The seventh of ten songs performed in front of an intimate audience at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.

D.O.P. Bevan Crothers. Cameras: Matt Gerrand, Glenn Manchester, Paul Casserly, Hugh Sundae. Edit: Hugh Sundae. Audio Engineer: Hayden Taylor. Additional Audio: Simon Gooding, Morton Gamst, Jeremy McPike

The sixth of ten songs performed in front of an intimate audience at York Street Studios for the Sundae Sessions.

D.O.P. Bevan Crothers. Cameras: Matt Gerrand, Glenn Manchester, Paul Casserly, Hugh Sundae. Edit: Hugh Sundae. Audio Engineer: Hayden Taylor. Additional Audio: Simon Gooding, Morton Gamst, Jeremy McPike

Here’s my top 10 shows of 2011. You need to watch them, buy the box set, or tell me why I’m wrong.

Ahead of their first New Zealand show in six years, Goodshirt let nzherald.co.nz into the practice room, and spoke about their hibernation.

TV blogger Paul Casserly rounds up some of the outstanding performances of 2011.

nzherald.co.nz's new film blogger, Dominic Corry, gives his take on the best flicks of 2011.