Best New Zealand Music of the Week: June 10th-June 16th
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Stay up to date with all the standout tracks released last week with Rolling Stone AU/NZ’s weekly roundup
Shakira Went Through Hell. Now She’s Living Her Best Life
Posted in: Music FeaturesShe faced challenges that could have knocked another artist down — but that’s never been her style. How a one-of-one superstar got back on top.
Song You Need to Know: Reiki Ruawai, ‘In Time’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe soulful Raglan-based R&B artist pays homage to the classic sounds of Motown
How Hollie Smith Maintained Her Love of Music Over Three Decades
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe evergreen singer-songwriter gets candid about creativity ahead of an art exhibition and intimate New Zealand tour
Sex After SA: Why RedHook’s Emmy Mack Wrote a Kinky Metal Song About Oral Sex
Posted in: Music FeaturesRead Mack's powerful essay about RedHook and Alpha Wolf's new collaboration 'Cannibal', which arrives this Friday
All These Years Later, Deerhoof Still Crave the ‘Human Connection’ of Live Music
Posted in: Music FeaturesRolling Stone AU/NZ catches up with the enduring experimental band's drummer Greg Saunier to discuss their Australian tour and Vivid Sydney appearance
Here’s How John Cale Stays on the Cutting Edge at 82
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe art-rock icon on his new album, Andy Warhol’s sense of humor, collaborating with difficult people, and listening to hip-hop
How Heroin Addiction Almost Crippled Blondie at Their Commercial Peak
Posted in: Music FeaturesIn 'Under a Rock: A Memoir,' the group's guitarist, Chris Stein, looks back on the New Wave trailblazers' highs and lows with cameos from H.R. Giger and John Lennon, and an appearance on 'SNL'
‘A Revolution Waiting to Happen’: What Made The Saints so Great
Posted in: Music FeaturesRead Dave Faulkner's 2020 reflection on what made The Saints one of the most important bands of their era
Eric Nam on Why Australians Love South Korea
Posted in: Music Features"We love food, we love to drink. We love to go out, and things are open forever," Eric Nam says
