Sitemap - 2024 - Boiler Room
'Why are you sweating?': Pure hell in the Oasis ticket queues.
Fights, missing headliners, a rape allegation and a huge cancellation.
Tinnitus broke him. His guitar saved him.
Is true love possible in the age of streaming?
Big shows by major artists are only for the rich now.
Meet Ōtautahi's premiere Weezer tribute act, Weezier.
A landmark NZ album was lost for 27 years. It’s just been found.
Who'd start a record label right now? This guy.
How much vinyl is too much vinyl?
No Green Day or The Killers tours for NZ – but why?
Ten years ago, I broke the worst story ever.
No one wants to confirm or deny the Oasis Eden Park rumours.
A cut-out-and-keep guide for dealing with pesky music journalists like me.
How did Dave Dobbyn become our biggest music festival drawcard?
We need more mid-winter music festivals. Pōneke already has one.
What's a Donald Trump music festival really like? 'Exhausting.'
How a NZ music festival doubled in size: 'A whole lot of stars aligned'
Chappell Roan is heading our way. Are we ready?
AI is making everything worse – and now we have proof.
I toured the Powerstation - and I can't say a thing about it.
Pandemic music makes me feel weird now.
This is the sickest shit I have ever seen.
Why it took two decades to get The Roots to NZ.
Has Eden Park bitten off more than it can chew?
How's life in NZ's chillest band? 'Hectic'
What's everyone listening to this weekend?
An entire tour cancelled over five words? That's new.
Charli XCX surely has to headline Laneway.
The interview that took two years to land.
Pōneke's newest music venue is nearly ready for business.
Three throwback hip-hop festivals are duking it out.
A New Zealand music magazine has just published its third issue.
The curious case of the $50 Jerry Seinfeld ticket.
The best and worst music of 2024 ... so far.
How a wild week of concert chaos unfolded.
So, what's a 'rock cruise' really like?
I am a loyal Apple Music customer. I have no idea why.
The Mos Def show was always going to be a gamble.
Xzibit’s hip-hop music festival has been cancelled.
The Foo Fighters show that was never going to happen.
Four things Australia's music industry does better than us.
The Wine Cellar is turning 20. Will it live to see 21?
Let's stop trying to rank 60 years of popular music.
A vision of the future at the Sleater-Kinney show.
At the Aotearoa Music Awards, one act always wins everything.
After months of delays, Big Fan finally takes flight.
Music journalism was the canary in the coal mine.
Spark Arena's sonic struggles go way back.
Back to Black does Amy Winehouse dirty.
Auckland's 'great stadium debate' is all about sport. That's stupid.
The nostalgia boom is getting Ludacris (and ridiculous).
Major artists don't want to come to New Zealand now.
Bon Iver's New Zealand fans are waiting for their refunds.
I went to a Taylor Swift listening party.
Are 'In Demand' tickets kosher or cursed?
Coachella is a stone cold mess.
You can barely hear SZA at a SZA show.
Splore's 2025 cancellation is predictable and shocking at the same time.
The day Danny DeVito gave me his beer.
One minivan, two people, 49 shows.
I skipped the Cowboy Carter hype machine and didn't miss a thing.
Are concert tickets too expensive now?
Ten years ago, the plug was pulled on Parachute festival.
Your official winter gig guide has landed.
Blissful beats and brutality mingled at Fred Again.
The Splendour in the Grass news is bad for us too.
'It's just banger after banger – the setlist writes itself.'
Against the odds, it's been a great week for music journalism.
Fred Again just raised the bar for FOMO-induced ticket-buying stress.
The highs and lows of a frantic festival season.
A major North Shore music venue wants back in.
No concert is 'perfect'. So stop saying they are.
Fifteen years ago, Trent Reznor had a hissy fit.
'I try to work with the darkness.'
Morningside Live Block Party has been cancelled.
No one reviewed Queens of the Stone Age, so I'm going to do it.
Meet the band making magic from a beaten-up car.
The Efeso Collins funeral hoax is coming for music fans too.
Wednesday's singer lets it all come out.
'What can you do? I did this to myself.'
Why won't anyone buy Sky World?
'What fresh new hell is this?'
Should I have used 'Shit Spray' on my neighbour?
Am I too old for music festivals now?
A desperate, painful search for two SZA tickets.
A chaotic week of concert announcements.
Did NZ Herald announce a fake SZA tour?
Our most diverse festival line-up is ... Meatstock?!
So, how's music journalism faring in Australia?
How do you find new music when no one writes about it anymore?
Something strange is happening at JB Hi-Fi.
Tragedy hung in the air at the Foo Fighters show.
RIP: A eulogy for Stuff's seemingly dead Music section.
My neighbour from hell, part two: It gets worse.
It's official: this time the 90s comeback has gone way too far.
One man, three songs: Six months with a neighbour from hell.
The dodgy, dicey, deceitful music trends we'll see more of this year.