Huge congratulations (sorry we're a bit late on it) to Che Fu, for his thoroughly deserved sweep of five Tuis in the 2002 New Zealand Music Awards. ...more

I'll never make a record as slowly as this again," swears Bic Runga emphatically. "The reason this one took so long is because notoriously the second album is the 'difficult one', and so I'll never have that problem again!" ...more

As a member of the Hallelujah Picassos in the early to mid '90s, Peter McLennan was part of one of this country's seminal reggae/rock fusion outfits. ...more

To create a unique sound, sometimes you have step out of the scene. And in hip hop, Hamilton, south of Auckland, is about as far away from Hip Hop Central, South Auckland, as you can get. ...more

Kitsch are about to embark on a voyage to TV land and beyond with the June release of their new CD 'Lovesongs For Romantic Punks' and the single and video Eleven Eleven. ...more

Max Stowers is the most in-demand electric bass player in Auckland. He plays between eight and 10 gigs a week, with a variety of different bands and singers. Recent among those have been King Kapisi and Nathan Haines who he hopes to do some overseas touring with later this year. ...more

In the cult BBC television series 'Doctor Who', the renegade Time Lord and his loyal companions travel through time and space in the Tardis, a police-telephone box shaped device that is seemingly bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. ...more

The recent Music Awards were another good reminder that Christchurch has plenty to offer when it comes to music. In the past few years the feelers, Salmonella Dub, Anika Moa, Shapeshifter, Bic and Boh Runga, Dark Tower, Julia Deans, Rhian Sheehan and Zed (who all started in the South), have made the Canterbury presence felt. ...more

Eighteen months ago, drummer Luke Casey and guitarist Dan Sperber, abetted by a supporting cast of guest musicians, quietly released their first album, ‘The Relaxomatic Project’ to almost overwhelming success. ...more

'Sideways Too' marks the return of a delightfully eclectic grab bag of Kiwi electronica, following in the footsteps of the first Sideways compilation, compiled in 2000 by DJ/musician Stinky Jim, for his label Round Trip Mars Records. ...more

How Club Lovely chose the tunes to cut up. ...more