This Saturday April 16 it is one of MusicHype's favourite holidays; INTERNATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY. With the music industry starting to move down a different path and many music stores calling it a day, it's great to see musicians and independent record stores around paying tribute to an old staple of music culture. Read the full post

Well the sun is shining, there's a spring in our step and we've also got The Flaming Lips on the go! We're also feeling pretty generous... Today we've got two MusicHype NZ Indie Mixtape LPs to give away for Free Friday in exchange for 250 MusicHype notes. How about them apples? Read the full post

Look at our shiny NZ Indie Mixtape LP in the window of Slow Boat Records in Wellington!We're so proud of our clear blue LP, sitting right there next to the amazing Sola Rosa album.Right now we're putting together a special Christmas pack - so if you're thinking of getting your friend one of our LPs for Xmas hang on until 1 December, for... Read the full post

Hurrah - the Vinyl Club at the Southern Cross was a great success!The lovely Laura and Alana (wo)manned our MusicHy.pe table with our shiny blue LPs and 1GB USB mixtapes.It was a bustling afternoon and thanks to all the lovely folks we met who supported our artists! Read the full post

Just a reminder, like you didn't already know, the Wellington vinyl fair is on tomorrow at the Southern Cross! And what you might not know is that we'll be there! That's right some crew from MusicHy.pe will be manning a table and showing off our beautiful blue vinyl. Fresh vinyl full of NZ indie's!Come and say hi! We're very friendly and we'd love... Read the full post

Weezer have just announced via their Twitter that they have signed to independent label Epitaph Records (currently battling it out in our Influential Record Labels poll) for their next record. The album, titled "Hurley" will be out on September 14th. Epitaph Records is an indie label famous for their punk artists, such as Rancid, NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Social Distortion and Refused. Read the full post

Well, this is a cool idea. The folks at HAPPY bar, in Wellington, are asking vinyl fans to spin their favourite records the last Friday of every month. We like! Maybe we'll organise a MusicHy.pe session. Email bookings.happy@gmail.com if you want to spin, spin, spin. Read the full post