'I love to speak with Leonard, He's a sportsman and a shepherd, He's a lazy bastard living in a suit.” So starts Leonard Cohen's new album, one of the most... Read More

February already, and I hope for many musicians and gig organisers that it's less wet than January. The Credence boys had a clear time of it with their two concerts... Read More

I get continually more confused by this issue of piracy on the old interweb, especially now that New Zealand has hit the international news. That the media jumped... Read More

News that this weekend's Big Day Out will be the last one must be a worry for festival promoters throughout New Zealand. The 18-year-old event has given up the race... Read More

One of the most exciting new events this year, the Summer Fest, is already gearing up in preparation for its celebration of local sounds. In case you missed it,... Read More

Perhaps it was because New Year's Eve was so damp, but it didn't really seem like the expected party, and I didn't have the all-terrain vehicle needed to make it... Read More

It's Christmas, no point in trying to deny it now. I know how busy everyone is - thank you for taking the time to join me for this year's final column. And since... Read More

It hasn't, it would be fair to say, been the greatest year for Tauranga music - as far as the recording front goes, it has been pretty much all quiet. Which is... Read More

First it was the kiwifruit, now it's the oysters; you could begin to wonder whether someone's got it in for New Zealand. It hasn't, by any objective reckoning, been... Read More

It seems that every time you look around there's a new festival being announced. From what I figure now you could probably attend a music festival every weekend... Read More

Tom Waits doesn't make a lot of albums, so the arrival of a new one is always cause for celebration. His latest offering, Bad As Me, is the first collection of new... Read More

I've written previously about the demise of the Mount's Kiss-FM. But what was the full story? This week we get the real oil directly from Max Christoffersen, who... Read More