Cardi B thinks her Twerk video is empowering for women.

James Blake's new album is a stunning look at love in internal and external forms.

Sharon Van Etten is returning to New Zealand with new music.

Ahead of her homecoming slot at Laneway, Robinson opens up on her massive year.

Music promoter Mark Kneebone reveals the seven songs that have stayed with him.

We chat to Bene, Imugi, Miss June and Daffodils ahead of their first Laneway sets.

Remember that time 37 years ago when Ozzy bit off a live bat's head on stage?

He's not mucking around with his bleak, robotic formula, and that's a good thing.

"I WANNA MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR...... THIS IS FALSE AND A WHOLE LOT OF C(R)AP!"

Ariana Grande's new song has a lot of people talking - but not for the right reasons.

The 24-year-old says he was carrying explosives which he'd unleash if he couldn't board.

"I too was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked, lead astray!!!" he says.

Some people get lots of invitations. James Blake gets the right ones.

PBS film tackles Native American links to rock, blues, jazz.

Broods have a new album on the way and they're following up with a Monster tour

You thought the challenge was over? The internet saved the best for last.

A black R&B hoped it would build 'a bridge.' It derailed her career instead.

Anyone who feels unsafe during the event should call the hotline - 0800-LANEWAY.

Here are some of the biggest summer festivals we've seen in Aotearoa over the years.

Concert Opera and Aroha on The river review Thursday night Jan 17.

The singer braved audience questions in a revealing Q&A in Auckland last night

"Our country is in a hellhole right now," says the rapper. "All for a [expletive] wall."

There are two competing documentaries out this week about the disastrous festival.

The couple have already tied the knot but are planning to exchange vows again in March.

Big Music Tour promoters have cancelled the shows after R. Kelly called them "fake".

Can Zayn's sophomore album cement him as the solo artist he wants to be?

But should his big band jazz album, uh, find a way to your stereo?

Maggie Rogers' debut follows through on the promise of her early single, Alaska.

Rapper details drugs and depression in first interview since two-month prison stint.

The label says: "We are against sexism and sexual misconduct in any form"