Digital Life: Music articles

May is New Zealand Music Month, so what better time to discover some great new Kiwi music. We asked our twitter followers and Facebook fans what their favorite New Zealand tunes were. Here are a few that they came back with, along with a few of the Orcon staff favourites.

Hollie Smith has just released a new album, Humour and the Misfortune of Others, and is touring the country. She has very kindly given us a double pass to each of her Auckland and Wellington shows to give away, along with 5 copies of her new album. Read on to find out how to win.

I've never been a fan of singing games - probably because I can't sing. I got bored of SingStar real quick, but having three daughters and a wife, singing games are popular in my house. I somehow missed out on the original Lips - not that I lost any sleep over missing out - but when Lips: Number One Hits arrived, I was curious enough to see how this SingStar clone stacked up.

Ra was a last minute addition to the band, at the insistence of Iggy Pop himself. Who are we to argue with the godfather of punk? Read on to find out what Ra's experience playing with Iggy live via Orcon broadband was like.

Ben Jurisich was our wrestling mask wearing, behind the head playing lead guitarist. Find out what it was like for him to re-record 'The Passenger' with Iggy Pop via Orcon broadband.