2012-01-12 15:42:02 // Siobhan Leathley
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Classic vinyl record sales are booming, so it’s no surprise the radically-designed Wand Unipivot Tonearm is getting attention all around the world.
2011-12-14 15:49:18 // Kate Beecroft
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Mutant eggs, plasticine turds ... what's not to like about the new Spartacus R music video?
2011-08-24 13:11:50 // Design Daily Team
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The 46th Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards may be a while away yet, but finalists for the Best Album Cover category have already been announced, with three very different designs in contention, incorporating everything from paint to sketch work to sculpture.
2011-07-28 14:05:04 // Esther Goh
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Only a scrooge would fail to get a kick out of OK Go's videos, and the band's latest effort will put a smile on your face too.
2011-07-12 10:03:37 // Idealog
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Now that album sales are up for the first time in years, will they slide back into a gradual slump? Or does this mark some kind of turning point?
2011-02-24 12:16:55 // Duncan Greive
// Idealog #31: features
Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali’s design
house Special Problems became a music
video powerhouse quite by accident.
But as they tell Duncan Greive, they’re
counterintuitively resisting expanding their
business
2010-12-03 16:05:33 // Design Daily Team
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Here’s your chance to swim in an ocean of creativity. WWF-New Zealand has launched a competition that seeks to harvest the creative juices of New Zealanders in a way that demonstrates a passion for Enzed’s mighty oceans. The competition—‘Ocean:Views’—is calling for people to submit creative works celebrating New Zealand's oceans and our connection with them, through creative works in any of the following four categories—music, creative writing, short film, and visual art (including, but not limited to, photography, illustration, graphic design and multimedia).
2010-11-25 16:22:24 // Josie Stanford
// Idealog #30: now
John Boone’s new venture had to be explained to him—and now he explains ‘corporate drumming’ to us.
2010-11-08 12:28:42 // Design Daily Team
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Take the creative juices of a design industry veteran and add a splash of modern rock, and what do you get? ‘MAKE SOMETHING’—a creative, genre-defining mash-up, which creeps beyond regular commercial boundaries.
2010-11-03 09:47:36 // Design Daily Team
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He’s a well-known and respected Pop artist—but not in the conventional music playing ways. Peter Mars, leader of the avant-garde Pop Art movement for the past 20 years, has been described as one of the greatest living pop artists of our day. And as of tomorrow—and if you happen to be in Auckland—you can view his extensive collection for yourself with an exhibition at the Lonely Dog Gallery.
2010-10-21 11:04:38 // Martyn Pepperell
// Idealog #30: features
Travelling the world, combining exotic cultures with classic Kiwi tunes—it's Nick Dwyer's dream job, and National Geographic is among his many fans. By Martyn Pepperell.
2010-10-04 15:47:24 // Mark Roach
// Idealog #29: workshop
It’s the left-of-centre stuff that makes The Great New Zealand Songbook, Volume 2 such a gem.
2010-07-07 10:12:59 // Mark Roach
// Idealog #28: workshop
Is the record of the Finn brothers to date a “massive injustice”? Author Jeff Apter says yes; the brothers say nothing.
2010-03-08 10:36:24 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #26: now
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Mistreated by the music biz, Hollie Smith says she almost gave it away. But she’s back—and funky.
2009-11-16 09:53:13 // Mark Roach
// Idealog #24: workshop
Apple turns consumers’ attention back to the album format. We still have an attention, right?
2009-11-11 11:40:25 // Mitchell Hall
// Idealog #24: now
Monique Rhodes doesn’t like Christmas albums—so she’s making one, with a who’s-who of Kiwi musicians.
2009-10-22 11:13:36 // Jason Smith
// Idealog #23: workshop
Making music is back in fashion. We import most of our kit, but the islands still strum Kiwi.
2009-09-15 09:31:34 // Su Yin Khoo
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A mini-documentary about Paul Mawhinney, owner of the world's largest record collection who is forced to sell it due to his poor health. According to Wikipedia, the offer is still open.
2009-09-11 10:02:11 // Matt Suddain
// Idealog #23: features
It’s 30 years since the release of the Sony Walkman. Matt Suddain tracks the evolution of portable music—and the complaints of those who wish it would go away.
2009-07-31 09:49:03 // Matt Cooney
// Idealog #22: features
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When guitarist Ben Fulton went electric, he found the only way to get the right sound was to make his own gadgets—and other guitarists agreed. But how do you turn a garage business into an international boutique brand? First, you find someone to share your dream—like Geoff Matthews.
2009-07-14 12:06:15 // Matt Cooney
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Jetstar should be grateful its aggrieved passengers aren't also country musos—unlike Dave Carroll, who is more than a tad annoyed at the way baggage handlers in Chicago handle guitars. The result: 2.5 million views on YouTube—and nearly 14,000 comments—in just a week.
2009-05-13 12:20:22 // Lauren Bartlett
// Idealog #21: workshop
If you too wondered about Neil Finn’s pie preferences, wonder no more—B>side has the scoop
2008-11-21 10:44:14 // Peter Griffin
// Idealog #18: features
The music biz is struggling, but Mikee Tucker is always ready to take a punt. His Loop label sells indie Kiwi music adorned with the labels of megabrands. He‘s packaged music with t-shirts, AA Memberships and broadband, bought rights to Aerosmith and Nirvana and opened an office in LA. Peter Griffin charts Loop’s hits and misses
2008-09-26 12:44:37 // Stephen Jewell
// Idealog #17: features
It’s the traditional path to rock stardom: land a contract, make a top ten hit, get an intro to your label’s HQ in London or LA. Pity that’s often the end of the road for Kiwi musicians. But a new group of Kiwi musos is blazing its own trail, and they don’t need a major label to get there. Stephen Jewell follows the indie OE. Plus play, Lady, play
2008-06-13 11:53:50 // Gena Tuffery & Kris Herbert
// Idealog #15: features
The line between creativity and commerce is more blurred than any time since Coca-Cola discovered Santa Claus. Idealog profiles two endeavours in the fastest-blurring industry of all: music.
2008-03-14 12:19:36 // Jake Pearce & Simon Young
// Idealog #14: features
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In 2006, Idealog introduced Generation C, the creative, connected generation that is remaking the way we buy, sell and communicate. Now Jake Pearce and Simon Young look at the impact Gen C is having on the music industry—and what it portends for the rest of us
2008-03-11 12:39:44 // Stephen Jewell
// Idealog #14: now
One British critic dubbed The Ruby Suns his pick “to make strange waves in 2008”—but first there’s an ocean to cross
2008-02-28 12:47:24 // Sally Blundell
// Idealog #14: features
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A mystery illness left Garth Murray’s memory shattered, his focus lost, his working days over. Help came from an unexpected quarter: his own dreams. Sally Blundell tacks Murray’s strange trip from sickbed to hi-fi innovator
2007-09-25 13:04:42 // Peter Griffin
// Idealog #11: features
Some hard touring and an inspired collaboration with Taika Waititi are building The Phoenix Foundation’s profile Stateside. The question is, can they make it pay?
2007-07-11 23:00:00 // Russell Brown
// Idealog #10: features
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Hollie Smith’s debut album is probably the most anticipated Kiwi release this year. Sassy, smart and local, good golly, could Miss Hollie go global? The first step: turn down iconic label Blue Note and pick a subsidiary instead. Russell Brown talks to Northcote’s next big thing
2006-10-26 01:00:00 // Sarah Heeringa
// Idealog #6: now
Kiwi musos take inspirational trips to India and Brazil. It’s a rewarding exercise for everyone involved
