RNZ Music

Last night Six60 attracted the largest crowd of any NZ band ever to Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium, playing to around 50,000 people at the sold-out venue. Waveney Russ was there. Read more

Garth Cartwright, a New Zealand-born, London-based music and arts writer chooses tunes and talks to Trevor Reekie about hitting the road, exploring new places, absorbing the music and encouraging the… Read more Audio

Two Auckland Festival shows in March put waiata Māori front and centre - a free sing-along event in Aotea Square called Tira, and another called Tōku Reo Waiata. The brains behind the shows, Tama… Read more Video, Audio

Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin joins us in studio for a live performance and a chat about her new album Crushing. Read more Video, Audio

Russian punk collective Pussy Riot delivered a frenzied mixture of spoken word, interpretive dance, political commentary and music at the Auckland Town Hall. RNZ Music's Waveney Russ was there. Read more Video

In the late 80s and early 90s, Manchester’s The Happy Mondays had a reputation as a hedonistic, drug fuelled hot mess of a band. Amazingly, they're still alive and touring. Johnny Vahry caught up with… Read more Video, Audio

Kiwi band Tiny Ruins waited a long time to release their new album Olympic Girls so the band's excitement level was high, says singer Hollie Fullbrook. She chats to Jesse Mulligan and the band plays… Read more Video, Audio

Here’s your first look at ‘Better Days’, the first solo release from Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist Sam Loveridge. Read more Video

Sleaford Mods have been called 'the angriest band in Britain' by The Guardian, and 'the world's greatest rock n' roll band' by Iggy Pop. RNZ's Tony Stamp talked to vocalist Jason Williamson about… Read more Video, Audio

On this week's Pocket Edition we chat with Aussie teen punks The Chats, go deep with Christchurch stalwarts Al Park and Adam McGrath, and host a live performance from ex-pat Lydia Cole. Read more Audio

Auckland’s Splore festival celebrates its 20th birthday this year, and the lineup is as strong as ever. RNZ Music’s Bridie Chetwin-Kelly runs through six of the best. Read more Video

Two years after the release of Party, Aldous Harding has released a new single and video, 'Barrel', and announced her new album Designer will be out in April. Read more Video