Five years ago, in June 1997, the doors of Arc Café in Dunedin were first opened. It is now the city’s predominant performance venue on the small-to-medium touring circuit and boasts its own record label, Arclife, as an adjunct. ...more

It's not a particularly well known fact, but throughout that decade we slightly cringingly remember as the '80s, there was something of a Kiwi Invasion of the Australian music scene. ...more

In September 2001 the Music Industry Commission received $1.325 million of additional funding from the Ministry of Education to fund four educational projects over the next four years. ...more

Getting your song on the airwaves these days can seem an insurmountable obstacle. Commercial radio is Mount Everest, student radio the easier to reach - yet still arduous 'peak' of, say, Mount Taranaki. ...more

Pacifier, the album, is out now here and in Australia, the self-titled debut from a band with four much-loved albums under their previous handle. ...more

Auckland band Rubicon have a simple but sincere plan of attack when it comes to making music - laughter, madness, humour and fun. ...more

It's a grey, overcast, wintery Auckland afternoon when I meet up with three-quarters of Splitter at a quiet little cafe in Kingsland. Amid the strains of Blue Note jazz we settle down to talk about something a little closer to home for this self-professed bunch of rockers. ...more

You would have to rate yourself as something special to adopt a moniker like Unique but 21-year old West Aucklander Zeb Bult - who admits in one of his songs that "some people think I'm an arrogant prick" - is brimming with confidence as he prepares to unleash his hard-hitting debut album, 'Jerry 4 WA' upon the nation's unsuspecting ears. ...more