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WIN: 1 Of 5 Billy Connolly Route 66 DVDs

WIN: 1 Of 5 Billy Connolly Route 66 DVDs

Billy Connolly takes the ultimate road trip as he travels the world’s most famous highway, Route 66. Billy Connolly turns Easy Rider and f... Read More

WIN: 1 Of 5 Double Movie Passes To Safe

WIN: 1 Of 5 Double Movie Passes To Safe

A former elite agent takes on a two-tier mission: rescue a Chinese girl who's been abducted by the Triads, then use a safe combination to ou... Read More

WIN: 1 Of 5 Limited Edition Ruby NZ Music Month CDs

WIN: 1 Of 5 Limited Edition Ruby NZ Music Month CDs

In honour of NZ Music Month Ruby have teamed up with some of their favorite New Zealand musicians to produce a compilation CD featuring new ... Read More

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NEWS: Missy Higgins Announces Auckland Show In August

NEWS: Missy Higgins Announces Auckland Show In August

After a sell-out tour of Australia, sing...

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NEWS: Slash Announces Two Date NZ Tour In August

NEWS: Slash Announces Two Date NZ Tour In August

Slash, possibly the most well known guit...

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NEWS: Coldplay Announce \

NEWS: Coldplay Announce "Big" Auckland Show In November

Undeniably the world’s biggest band, C...

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NEWS: Blacklist Announce 'From The Blind Spot' National Tour

NEWS: Blacklist Announce 'From The Blind Spot' National Tour

Auckland rockers Blacklist have announce...

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NEWS: The Smashing Pumpkins Announce August 4th Auckland Show

NEWS: The Smashing Pumpkins Announce August 4th Auckland Show

After Splendour in the Grass sold out in...

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NEWS: Ghostface Killah Announces June 7th Auckland Show

NEWS: Ghostface Killah Announces June 7th Auckland Show

The man of many aliases, Ghostface Killa...

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NEWS: Jury & The Saints Release New Single/Video For 'Revival'

NEWS: Jury & The Saints Release New Single/Video For 'Revival'

Auckland based 3 piece The Jury and the ...

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SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Take A Walk - Passion Pit

SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Take A Walk - Passion Pit

This weeks Single Of The Week is Passion...

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NEWS: Home Brew Open Pop Up Store In Auckland

NEWS: Home Brew Open Pop Up Store In Auckland

Off the back of their #1 chart debut and...

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SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Myth - Beach House

SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Myth - Beach House

This weeks Single Of The Week is Beach H...

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NEWS: Kids Of 88 Unveil New Video For 'Tucan'

NEWS: Kids Of 88 Unveil New Video For 'Tucan'

Kids of 88 have released the first singl...

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RIP IT UP TV: Friday 11th May 2012

RIP IT UP TV: Friday 11th May 2012

This weeks Rip It Up TV features the bra...

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SONY MUSIC MONTH GALLERY: Iva Lamkum, Aaron Tokona & Tiki Taane

SONY MUSIC MONTH GALLERY: Iva Lamkum, Aaron Tokona & Tiki Taane

Iva Lamkum, Aaron Tokona (Cairo Knife Fi...

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DAVE GIBSON'S BLOG: New York, New York

DAVE GIBSON'S BLOG: New York, New York

Like many people I know I have spent man...

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SONY MUSIC MONTH GALLERY: Hollie Smith At The Whiskey

SONY MUSIC MONTH GALLERY: Hollie Smith At The Whiskey

Hollie Smith blew away a packed out crow...

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INTERVIEW: Zowie On Her New Album 'Love Demolition'

INTERVIEW: Zowie On Her New Album 'Love Demolition'

We caught up with the lovely Zowie to ta...

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SONY MUSIC MONTH GALLERY: Homebrew Pop Up Store In Auckland

SONY MUSIC MONTH GALLERY: Homebrew Pop Up Store In Auckland

To celebrate the release of their debut ...

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NZ MUSIC MONTH Q&A: Dartel

NZ MUSIC MONTH Q&A: Dartel

Originally from Hawkes Bay, but based in...

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GAME REVIEW: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

GAME REVIEW: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

My first impression of the game, after t...

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WIN: 1 Of 2 Double Passes To The Smashing Pumpkins In Auckland

WIN: 1 Of 2 Double Passes To The Smashing Pumpkins In Auckland

After Splendour in the Grass sold out in...

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GALLERY: Moonrise Kingdom: First Look...
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GALLERY: Kerretta & Cobra Khan At The Kings Arms -...
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GAME REVIEW: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

GAME REVIEW: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

My first impression of the game, after the first five minutes: "oh wow, what a cool cinematic!". My second... Read More >

FILM REVIEW: The Raid

FILM REVIEW: The Raid

The Raid is about as close to a perfect action film as I’ve ever seen in a cinema. Think the gory gun action of Rambo 4 meets that Ip Man ... Read More >

GAME REVIEW: The House Of The Dead 4

GAME REVIEW: The House Of The Dead 4

Despite a promising launch, the Playstation Move craze has well and truly come to a screeching halt. While Sony have their long awaited Move... Read More >

REVIEW: The Shins - Port of Morrow

REVIEW: The Shins - Port of Morrow

It’s taken me until Port of Morrow to ‘get’ The Shins. I’ve always recognised that the band have a knack for delivering beautiful mu... Read More >

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Bionic Pixie! Read More >

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k_iss

"How dirty boys get clean". Is from that old Lyn... Read More >

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k_iss

I could really live out my fantasy to be Daisy D... Read More >

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This is a trick question! There are 5 sets of je... Read More >

Dave Gibson's Blog

DAVE GIBSON'S BLOG: New York, New York

Like many people I know I have spent many small moments in NYC. Usually on the way to some place or coming back from another, usually only for a couple of days and pretty much always as a tourist. Read More >

Murray Cammick's Blog

MURRAY CAMMICK'S BLOG: The Specials - To Be Or Not To Be?

I had a slightly silly exchange of ideas on the web the other day with an old friend who questioned the right for The Specials... Read More >

Lee Gilmour's Style Blog

LEE GILMOUR'S STYLE BLOG: Deciding On Which Converse Is Never A Problem

The once official shoe of the National Basketball Association has relished from its 60's predecessor... Read More >

Leonie Hayden's Blog

LEONIE HAYDEN'S BLOG: Songs I Like #1

Fun. are one of those bands that are really tough to Google (see also Final Fantasy, Men and Panda Bear). A new signee to Fueled by Ramen (Paramore, Gym Class Heroes), the band have actually been around a bit longer than some of their young label mates, in various incarnations, including as The Form... Read More >

Rip It Up Movie Club

RIP IT UP MOVIE CLUB: Future Films To Float Your Boat

Wes Anderson makes films that not everyone loves, but the people who do love them a lot. His latest features probably the best cast he’s assembled yet – Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Read More >

Sharyn's Blog

SHARYN WAKEFIELD'S BLOG: How To Make A New Year’s Resolution

As 2011 comes to an end and 2012 fast approaches, people start to make their New Year’s Resolutions. This goes hand in hand with everyone having to hear the tagline “Oh it’s my New Year’s Resolution”, until at least mid-February, before most people forget about them, or give up on them. Th... Read More >

Connor's Blog

CONNOR NESTOR'S BLOG: Five New Hits For Your Friday!

Yo! Not many words this week for you...just some fairly new tunes to make your Friday that little bit more awesome... Read More >

Luke Winslade's Blog

LUKE WINSLADE'S BLOG: Good Friends Make Good Mixtapes

I'm blessed with a couple of good friends around the world who often share with me new music they're loving or hot new bands they've stumbled across. It definitely helps having friends with great taste in music Read More >

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