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Ten random iTunes songs

Posted Fri 17 Apr 2009 4:03PM NZST
At Yahoo!Xtra we love a bit of Friday fun and what better way to see in the weekend by cranking the tunes up and transporting ourselves to a musical world far away from our cubicles. Around this time on a Friday afternoon I chuck my iTunes on rand More »
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The Y!X Interview: Peter Hume from Evermore

Posted Tue 7 Apr 2009 5:18PM NZST
Evermore's new album Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show doesn't just mark a departure from their uber-successful rock/pop sound that brought them hits such as 'Running' and 'Light Surrounding You'. It also doubles as a concept album; the Hume b More »
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Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show - Evermore

Posted Tue 7 Apr 2009 11:41AM NZST
Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show is the third album from Feilding's Hume brothers, better known as pop/rock/alt band Evermore. It's been almost three years since last long player, the hit-laded Real Life, was released.But it has been worth th More »
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Exclusive interview with rock legends U2

Posted Mon 6 Apr 2009 9:49AM NZST
No Line On The Horizon is U2's first studio album in almost five years, and what a belter it is. Gone are the seemingly single-driven albums of the past decade, and we're back to classic U2 - the Unforgettable Fire, Achtung Baby, Zooropa- U2 of ol More »
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Depeche Mode - the boys from Basildon are back

Posted Wed 1 Apr 2009 2:04PM NZDT
Few bands which have emerged from the New Wave movement of the 1980s have had such an enduring presence or influence as Depeche Mode. The Dave Gahan fronted band have endured more than their fair share of troubles over the years, none more so than More »
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A Facebook fad - but this is a good one. . .

Posted Tue 24 Mar 2009 1:52PM NZDT
Every other day on Facebook it seems some new meme is launched that suddenly takes over my homepage. Usually I ignore them and pray for the day when everyone gets bored and gets back to letting my know how drunk they got on the weekend. But the l More »
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U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Posted Wed 4 Mar 2009 2:29PM NZDT
Every month on Yahoo!Xtra Music there's an Artist of the Month feature. During the month I'll be reviewing albums, putting up polls, linking to videos etc. This month it's the turn of U2, whose new album "No Line On The Horizon" was launched More »
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It's time for a movie/music mash-up

Posted Wed 11 Feb 2009 12:03PM NZDT
The awards season is in full swing and, with the Grammys just past and the Oscars just around the corner, I thought it was time for a film and music mash-up. Movie soundtracks are at times awesome, other times distracting. Some are original and s More »
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A fitting end to a fantastic day

Posted Sat 17 Jan 2009 2:49AM NZDT
What a day it's been. Well, when I say day, it's more like 21.5 hours since I got out of bed, but why split hairs? But you know what? I wouldn't change it one bit, and I'm already looking forward to Big Day Out 2010. As a BDO virgin I didn't q More »
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Passion, power and proselytising

Posted Fri 16 Jan 2009 7:50PM NZDT
Wow. Highlight of the day so far was Serj Tankian. The System Of A Down frontman has not long finished his 55-minute set on the Orange Stage and it was everything I expected from the man who co-founded the political activist organisation Axis of More »
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