Tractor & Machinery

2 min read

Well, the last few months have seen the rally scene come back to what we would normally expect, or near enough, with lots of exciting debuts of tractors that were planned to be out in 2020, but which, owing to Covid-19, are only appearing now. Thank

New Zealand Listener

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New Zealanders don’t tend to be the best folk at cinematically celebrating their own people who have been important to shaping the country’s culture and identity. One could put it down to the example shown by Sir Edmund Hillary, in the days when you

Stereophile

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Louis Lemire, president of Moon by Simaudio, passed away in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, on Thursday, September 23, after a short illness. He was 55. He is survived by his wife, Annie Bobeil; his daughter, Maude Auger-Lemire (Peterson Chatelier); and his

Audio Technology

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Mickey currently lives in the Victorian countryside, freelance designing venue tech systems and acoustics. Prior to that he accidentally co-founded a bedrock of Sydney’s indie rock scene, Troy Horse. It grew from a rehearsal studio into a studio comp

Prog

22 min read

It was almost as unbelievable as a storyline on one of their early albums. In October 1982, Genesis reunited with their mercurial co-founder and original lead singer Peter Gabriel for a one-off concert in an act of generosity that underlined the grou

Prog

22 min read

It was almost as unbelievable as a storyline on one of their early albums. In October 1982, Genesis reunited with their mercurial co-founder and original lead singer Peter Gabriel for a one-off concert in an act of generosity that underlined the grou

NPR

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The award-winning Irish quartet performs three songs from its latest album, The Livelong Day, at the Tiny Desk.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Coca-Cola is taking Christmas from the park to The Breeze this year! Hosts Jeanette Thomas and Robert Rakete chat with the Weekly about the exciting new take on the classic Kiwi tradition. What can we expect from the new-look Christmas radiothon-sty

Heritage Commercials

11 min read

I can still hear David Coupland’s wonderful distinctive voice either thrown across the car park or booming down the phone line. While such a memory – of course – is always coupled to the vision of his wife Shirley’s beaming smile. Throughout the ‘90s

Classic Rock

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Editor Siân Llewellyn Now playing: Jack White, Entering Heaven Alive Production Editor Paul Henderson Stomu Yamashta, Seasons: The Island Albums 1972-1976 Reviews Editor Ian Fortnam Kid Kapichi, Here’s What You Could Have Won Art Editor Darrell M

Old Glory

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Well this spring has seen the rally scene come back to normal, or near enough, with lots of exciting débuts of engines and vehicles that were expected to be out in 2020 but which, owing to Covid, are only appearing now. However, it’s pleasing to see

New Zealand Listener

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While my wife was taking in Gold Digger (TVNZ 1) the other evening, amid the foreground music I picked out a Chrissie Hynde song. Turned the old deaf-aid up full and, at the programme’s end, I waited to see Hynde credited, but with all due lack of co

The Big Issue

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Back in August, The Big Issue co-founder Phil Ryan launched our Venue Watch campaign, supporting and championing UK grassroots music venues (GMVs). We’re asking you to join him and us to help save your local GMV, by letting us know of venues under th

Fleurieu Living Magazine

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Story by Nina Keath. On a sunny summer’s day, I drive down to the iconic De Groot Coffee Co. in the industrial zone of Port Elliot to meet a group of young men who have chosen to stay. Or, at the very least, to come and go. These ‘Young Guns’ of the

Goldmine

5 min read

Since the late 1990s, the “Now That’s What I Call Music!” franchise has almost single-handedly kept compact disc sales from completely falling off the ledge. The concept is a simple one. Each album compiles a roster of current hit songs into a single

Australian Motorcyclist

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LATE ON DECEMBER 29TH, 1929, when a train pulled into the station at the pub-less Mallee town of Patchewollock a carload of out-of-town plain-clothed narks was waiting in the shadows. They watched as a stack of crates of beer was unloaded from one of

NZV8

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Holdens — grassroots, old, unique, modified. That is what Holden Addiction NZ symbolises, and on the 27 February this year, that’s what Ryan and his crew from Holden Addiction NZ brought together in a gathering of some of NZ’s coolest Holdens for the

New Zealand Listener

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The honours lists are always full of people most of us haven’t heard of. Often, that’s because they’re people whose lives have been spent making it possible for others to shine. Doug Hood, who was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for

Australian HiFi

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Welcome to the decade of the 20s. While it has not been an easy birth for many Australians with the ongoing ravages related to climate change, I believe that it will prove to herald a watershed period in our industry. The year 2020 marks my 50th year

Power & Motoryacht

7 min read

Before the world irrevocably changed, I was going into the office every day. Monotony was an issue. To avoid feeling stymied, and itching for a brew, on the odd Monday night, myself and a few of the editors could be found congregating at the Griswold

The Guardian

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In late October, invaluable pieces of rock’n’roll memorabilia began littering Parramatta Road in Sydney’s inner-west suburb of Annandale. Like unwanted detritus, pieces of history from the Annandale Hotel – an establishment famed for nurturing gritty

Scootering

4 min read

We left Cambridge to catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight from Lymington to Yarmouth, our preferred crossing, on the Thursday. Just to be going somewhere at last was a relief after many months of lockdown and taking extra precautions as Johnny has be

Classic Rock

2 min read

Stereo Can also be played on mono equipment SIR K 66 087 (2SRK 1987) Germany: Z France: WE 666 LC 2112 5150 Editor Siân Llewellyn Now playing: Black Sabbath, Vol 4: Super Deluxe Edition Production Editor Paul Henderson Black Crowes, Shake Your Money

Evening Standard

3 min read

Looking for somewhere to Enjoy the Silence? The country estate of former Depeche Mode band member Alan Wilder is for sale for £4.5 million. The musician and music producer, who now runs the music project Recoil, bought the eight-bedroom house in Itch

Harrowsmith

5 min read

Sitting down for a virtual cup of coffee with singer-songwriter Leela Gilday was essential for an issue dedicated to the North. Gilday, a member of the Dene Nation, was born in the Northwest Territories. Her family is from Délįnę, a community on the

Chat

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Liam Reilly, 39, Southport Walking around the building site one morning, it was ticking along nicely. It was January 2022 and I was working on a house build, as site manager for Kingswood Homes, a developer building a community of houses in Green Hil

Classic Rock

1 min read

Siân Llewellyn Now playing: Eddie Vedder, Earthling Paul Henderson Gong, Live At The Gong Family Unconventional Gathering 2006 Ian Fortnam Eels, Extreme Witchcraft Darrell Mayhew Cult Of Luna, The Long Road North Fraser Lewry Scorpions, Rock Believer

Classic Rock

1 min read

Siân Llewellyn Now playing: Eddie Vedder, Earthling Paul Henderson Gong, Live At The Gong Family Unconventional Gathering 2006 Ian Fortnam Eels, Extreme Witchcraft Darrell Mayhew Cult Of Luna, The Long Road North Fraser Lewry Scorpions, Rock Believer

Metal Hammer UK

2 min read

HOW DID THE PANDEMIC AFFECT YOUR PLANS TO RECORD THE FOLLOW-UP TO 2018’S Tū? Henry de Jong (drums): “It was our first day at Roundhead Studios in Auckland when the NZ government announced the country was going into lockdown for five weeks. We’d spent

JOY Magazine

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Bethel is coming to South Africa One of the world’s most popular and famous worship movements, Bethel Music, is coming to South Africa in March 2023. Hardus Zevenster, CEO of Radio Tygerberg 104FM says, more than ever there is a need to gather and w