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Conor Lochrie

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Deputy Editor at Rolling Stone AU/NZ and Vinyl Media // conor.lochrie@vinyl.media

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Conor Lochrie’s Biography

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Scottish journalist currently based in Christchurch. Deputy Editor at Vinyl Media (Rolling Stone AU/NZ, Variety AU/NZ, Tone Deaf, The Music Network).

Previously a freelancer covering music, cinema, and travel. Bylines include The Line of Best Fit, Exclaim!, Euphoria, Our Culture Mag, and Clash.

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Making Music, Making Ends Meet with Marthouse Records

Making Music, Making Ends Meet with Marthouse Records

Dougal Shaw, who is preparing for a farewell party for Marthouse Records, tells us about the ups and downs of…

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Why Are Some of New Zealand's Best Artists Joining New Streaming Platform Lume?

Why Are Some of New Zealand's Best Artists Joining New Streaming Platform Lume?

It's backed by investors including Lorde and Substack's co-founder. The country's best artists are flocking t…

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New Zealand Music Saved Neck of the Woods. What Now?

New Zealand Music Saved Neck of the Woods. What Now?

Neck of the Woods has been given a future after an incredible week of community action. But where does the in…

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Making Music, Making Ends Meet: Katie Noonan

Making Music, Making Ends Meet: Katie Noonan

Katie Noonan chats to Rolling Stone AU/NZ for Making Music, Making Ends Meet, a series focused on musicians d…

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Rolling Stone Launches 'Making Music, Making Ends Meet' Series

Rolling Stone Launches 'Making Music, Making Ends Meet' Series

We're launching a new series, Making Music, Making Ends Meet, as Australians and Kiwis face up to a worsening…

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Future of Music 2026: Meet the Aotearoa and Australian Acts

Future of Music 2026: Meet the Aotearoa and Australian Acts

Our annual Future of Music list returns with another crop of exciting Aotearoa and Australian acts ready for …

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Fonotī Pati Umaga Achieved Stardom in the 1980s. But His Legacy Extends Beyond Music

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After achieving fame in New Zealand in the ’80s as part of the Holidaymakers, Pati went on to become an advocate for disability awareness Supplied This feature is part of a series on New Zealand cinema. If you’re a Kiwi of a certain vintage, you definitely know “Sweet Lovers”, one of the biggest songs of the ’80s. The chart-topping hit came from the Holidaymakers, whose cover of Bill Withers’ “We Could Be Sweet Lovers” connected in a big way with New Zealand listeners.
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'My Humble Friend' Explores the Life of Fonotī Pati Umaga

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1 hour ago PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian jury convicted the British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly on Friday of assaulting a fan following a music performance two years ago, but did not find him guilty of allegations that he raped and choked her. The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real …
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‘She Was My Origin Story’: A New Documentary Looks at Motherhood and Mental Illness

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This feature is part of a series on New Zealand cinema. Never mind separating the art from the artist, how does one separate their mother from mythos? That’s a vital question documentarian Gwen Isaac is asking in her brilliant new film, Be Merry. “I always knew my mother was, as writer Arundhati Roy describes it, my shelter and my storm,” she says. The ’80s were a vastly different time in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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