nzherald.co.nz - Music

Sound of the Overground: The bad news... and the even worse

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

The bad news: Flo Rida has his sixth week at number one. The worse news: Hilltop Hoods have a hit single - i.e. We have allowed an Australian hip hop artist into our top 20. This sho

History made: Led Zeppelin, Western Springs

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

When Led Zeppelin came to Auckland they had already been denied entry to Singapore because of local laws banning males from wearing long hair. The good thing about coming up for concerts was that I got to talk to the bands. The promoters...

Concert review: Splore 2012, Tapapakanga Park

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

The size of the first drop suggested this was real deal rural rain. Sure enough, within seconds it'd arrived, water cascading down the hill to the main stage where Erykah Badu was holding court. Seemingly only minutes later thousands...

Fire away: Ryan Adams

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

I've had two Ryan Adams periods in my life. When I was 17 and heartbroken for the first time, I went to the library and chose three CDs, solely on the cover art and the photocopies of reviews that had been stuck on to the CDs. They...

Counting backwards: Throwing Muses

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

After Throwing Muses split indefinitely in 1997, founder Kristin Hersh retreated to the Californian desert and became a ghost. That time was a nightmare that continues to haunt her, she says."I just thought I was a dead person...

System of a Down ready to rock Auckland (+video)

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:27:42 +1200

It's been a long seven-year drought for System of a Down fans, but tonight the Armenian-American thrash-metallers will return to New Zealand with a vengeance.The Grammy-winning band behind hit songs like Chop Suey! and Aerials...

Chris Brown and Rihanna in shock studio reunion (+audio)

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1200

Chris Brown and Rihanna collaborating? You betcha.After weeks of rumours of a music collaboration, the former couple has released not one, but two remixes to their respective songs on the Barbadian singer's birthday.R

Why Adele raised her middle finger at the Brits (+photos)

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:35:05 +1200

British superstar singer Adele says she is "incredibly proud" to have scooped two prizes at the Brit Awards, despite raising her middle finger to the crowd while on stage.The 23-year-old singer - who took home six prizes at the...

'Freddie Mercury's my hero': Queen's new singer confirmed (+video)

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:15:34 +1200

Adam Lambert has nabbed his dream gig: Singing vocals for the iconic British band Queen as they headline the second day of the UK rock festival Sonisphere 2012.The former American Idol singer-songwriter will step into the late...

Concert review: Roger Waters: The Wall, Vector Arena

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

Roger Waters brought one of the most spectacular, eye-popping shows ever to grace Vector Arena's stage. His live performance of the 1979 Pink Floyd album, The Wall , has been on the road for almost a year and a half, so by the time...

Talking Heads: She's So Rad's Jeremy Toy and Anji Sami

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +1200

For She's So Rad, Toy teamed with his partner Anji Sami, and the duo's debut In Circles gets a vinyl release this month. She's So Rad talked shoegaze, androgynous vocals and Ed Cake's 'freedom takes' for Talking Heads .

'My richness is life': Bob Marley movie trailer debuts (watch)

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:30:00 +1200

The trailer for a new film covering the life and high times of reggae legend Bob Marley has hit the net. That, and plenty of other cool things, features in our wrap of the 10 best links on the web today.1. He's the biggest reggae...

Is it too soon for a Whitney Houston auction?

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:44:04 +1200

Dresses and jewellery worn by Whitney Houston will be included at a celebrity auction in Los Angeles in late March, it was announced a day after the pop diva was laid to rest."In a rare twist of fate," several items from her musical...

Album reviews: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +1200

It's a shame the most interesting Beatles at the time of their 1970 break-up - Lennon and Harrison - are no longer with us, because the post-Beatles legacy is carried into the second decade of the 21st century by these two albums....

Album review: Van Halen, Another Kind of Truth

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +1200

For Van Halen's first album in 14 years, and the Pasadena hard rock band's first album in 28 years with singer David Lee Roth, they went back and dug out some demo tapes from the 70s - they released their classic self-titled debut...

Album review: Lydia Cole, Me & Moon

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +1200

There's a sense of teetering on an edge in this debut album by 22-year-old Auckland songstress Lydia Cole. On one side there is composure and control; on the other is reckless emotion, and though Cole stays on the composed side, she's...

Album review: Skrillex, Bangarang

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +1200

Whatever one might have to say about precocious 24-year-old American DJ and producer Sonny John Moore, better known as Skrillex, he's not boring, and the music world seems to be paying attention - he was named on many end-of-year...

Concerns over secret deal to cut NZ radio content

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200

The Government agreed in secret last year to cut MediaWorks local content obligations for Kiwi FM, and is expected to renew the deal in July.Kiwi FM yesterday started playing 40 per cent international content after several years...

A Wall like nothing you've seen before (+photos)

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +1200

Its centrepiece is a stack of cardboard boxes - but fans heading to see Roger Waters perform in Auckland this week will see one of the most jaw-dropping shows in rock.More than 30 years since the release of Pink Floyd's 1979 album,...

Kiwi FM now 40pc less Kiwi

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:10:03 +1200

New Zealand music radio station Kiwi FM has announced it will start playing 40 per cent international content from today.The MediaWorks-owned broadcaster has been struggling with low listener numbers since it was launched in 2006.MediaWorks...