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
Tour News - HeavyFest - Australian Hard Rock Descends on Sydney & Brisbane Headlined by Blvd Of Eyes
Today, we bring the United States Of America to Australia with the announcement of a double pairing of America's finest musical exports, united in a charge Down Under of epic proportions.
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
Tour News - Dragon announced as fourth act for The Biggest Pub Gig In The World!
‘Rain’, ‘April Sun In Cuba’, ‘Are You Old Enough’ tunes we all know, tunes we all love and tunes we’ll all see live and in the flesh on Saturday 2 August at Spark Arena.
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
Tour News - The Others Way announce first lineup… with a twist
Tāmaki Makaurau’s iconic street festival is back, and bigger than ever in every way imaginable! Yes, the first line-up of 29 mind-boggling acts for The Others Way has dropped, and yes, Saturday 29 November across Karangahape Road just became unmissable.
Industry News - Aotearoa Music Awards announce 2025 Tui winners
Produced by Recorded Music NZ, the Aotearoa Music Awards tonight celebrated a standout group of Tūī winners at the Viaduct Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau, closing out Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Month with a bang.