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The albums that soundtracked my cursed year.

Did we just save bFM? 'It buys us some time'

'There is talk of a yardie': How a NZ music festival finally turned 21.

Five music trends that need to die asap.

There aren't enough best-of lists, so I made my own one up.

What was it like writing New Mirrors? 'Bleak'.

The Squid Game reality show is mean, ugly, nasty and wrong.

For cancelling the world's best podcast, Spotify can get in the bin.

Mainstream media didn't attend The Others Way. Others did.

A scalper is trying to get $18,093 for a single Coldplay ticket.

Being a fan - a proper diehard - is more difficult than ever.

Music journalism is broken. Is this how we fix it?

I had an epiphany at the Limp Bizkit show.

Fame is, like, fucked?

A deep dive into the weird world of VIP packages

A silly prank? Or a case of corporate espionage?

I have the worst Seinfeld ticket money can buy

Are our festival line-ups diverse enough?

'They came to New Zealand and they ballsed it up'

A Friday mystery: what's this thing doing in my park?

'It's the first time the sold out sign has gone up'

The mighty Powerstation is on Netflix now?!

What helped you get through this week?

A summer that's stacked, slammed and supersized

How the hell did Limp Bizkit sell out Spark Arena?

Everything is broken.

Rodney Fisher wants someone – anyone – to review his new album

How close are we to losing bFM?

Another day, another concert scam on Facebook

The biggest Boiler Room stories, updated

I can't stop thinking about that damned dome

Two major music festivals received zero media coverage. Why?

NZ has 20 streaming services. The 21st is going to be huge

I went to Skrillex. I loved it. (I am 45 years old.)

I found NZ's most expensive concert ticket

Build an enormodome and you'll get my vote

Why do people hate the new Sky Box so much?

It was a really bad week for music festivals, huh?