New Music & Video Release - The Vendettas release ‘This Time Around' - 8th August 2025
Artist Name - The Vendettas
Release Name - This Time Around
Release Date - 8th August 2025
Genre - Rock, Power-Pop, High-Energy
Label - Golden Robot
New Music - Gordi launches 'Like Plasticine' - 8th August 2025
Artist Name - Gordi
Release Name - Like Plasticine
Release Date - 8th August 2025
Genre - Indie-Pop, Synth-Pop, Alternative
Label - Mushroom Music
New Music 2025 - The Temper Trap return with their first new music in nine years - Thursday 14th August 2025
Artist Name - The Temper Trap
Release Name - Lucky Dimes
Release Date - Thurday 14th 2025
Genre - New Music 2025 Indie-Rock Rock
Label - Mushroom Music
New Music & Video Release - People of the Sun unleash explosive debut album - June 2025
Artist Name: People of the Sun
Release Name - People of the Sun
Release Date - 27th June 2025
Genre - Psychedelic Rock
Label - Independent
Concert Review - Mel Parsons - Auckland - 6th June 2025
Review By: Faith Hamblyn
Artist/Band: Mel Parsons
Venue/City: Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 6th June 2025
Live Photos - Mel Parsons - Auckland - 6th June 2025
Photos By: Ginny Cocks
Artist/Band: Mel Parsons
Venue/City: Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 6th June 2025
New Music & Video Release - Electronic pioneer Kadyn Webster puts his distinct mark on Dick Johnson’s dancefloor banger,‘In My Arms’
Artist Name: Dick Johnson & The Peacekeepers (Remix by Kadyn Webster)
Release Name - In My Arms
Release Date - 6th June 2025
Genre - Electronic
New Music Release - Bakers Eddy shine on rollicking new EP I’m Doing Better - June 2025
Artist Name: Bakers Eddy
Release Name - I’m Doing Better
Release Date - 6th June 2025
Genre - Punk
Label - Ivy League Records
New Music & Video Release - Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie drop contemporary country-pop single 1988 - June 2025
Artist Name: Courtnay & The Unholy Reverie
Release Name - 1988
Release Date - 6th June 2025
Genre - Country Pop
Label - Independent
Concert Review - Teeks - Auckland - 5th June 2025
Review By: co writers James Brown & Faith Hamblyn
Artist/Band: Teeks
Venue/City: Great Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 5th June 2025
New Music & Video Release - Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman release ambient single ‘Sentio’ - June 2025
Artist Name: Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman
Release Name - Sentio
Release Date - 4th June 2025
Genre - Instrumental, Cinematic
New Music & Video Release - Award-winning Tahitian composer Teiva Viaris shares debut single ‘Hī Rau E’
Artist Name: Teiva Viaris
Release Name - Hī Rau E
Release Date - 4th June 2025
Genre - Indie, Folk
Label - Independent
Concert Review - Chelsea Wolfe - Auckland - 30th May 2025
Review By: Sarah Kidd
Artist/Band: Chelsea Wolfe Supported by APHIR
Venue/City: Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 30th May 2025
New Music & Video Release - Award-winning T. G. Shand steps back into the spotlight with the hypnotic ‘The Deadpan Break’
Artist Name: T. G. Shand
Release Name - The Deadpan Break
Release Date - 30th May 2025
Genre - Alternative, Indie, Shoegaze
Label - Cusp Limited, DRM NZ
New Music & Video Release - Psycroptic Australian Metal Legends drop new single, sign To Metal Blade Records
Artist Name: Psycroptic
Release Name - Architects of Extinction
Release Date - 29th May 2025
Genre - Metal, Death Metal
Label - Metal Blade Records
New Music & Video Release - BABYMETAL And Slaughter To Prevail Drop Collab Track 'Song 3'
Artist Name: BABYMETAL, Slaughter to Prevail
Release Name - Song 3
Release Date - 29th May 2025
Genre - Metal
Label - UMG Recordings, Inc.
Concert Review - Train - Auckland - 28th May 2025
Review By: Sarah Kidd
Artist/Band: Train Supported by Mel Parsons
Venue/City: Great Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Wednesday 28th May 2025
New Music & Video Release - Yellowcard Announce Their First Album In Almost A Decade: Better Days - coming this October
Artist Name: Yellowcard
Release Name - Better Days
Release Date - 10th October 2025
Genre - Pop Punk, Alt Rock
Label - Better Noise Music
Live Photos - Train - Auckland - 28th May 2025
Photos By: Ginny Cocks
Artist/Band: Train Supported by Mel Parsons
Venue/City: Great Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Wednesday 28th May 2025
Concert Review - The Bitter Brothers - Auckland - 25th May 2025
Review By: Leza E
Artist/Band: The Bitter Brothers
Venue/City: Barebones Folk Club, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Sunday 25th May 2025