It had been just over two years since I first stumbled across Grentperez on a late-night TikTok scroll, his voice lilting through my phone speaker like a small kindness in the middle of the week.
With Everybody Scream, Florence Welch doesn’t simply release a new album; she casts a spell.
After a seven-year hiatus, the fearless Neko Case returns with Neon Grey Midnight Green, perhaps her most fully realized and ambitious album yet.
Mallrat returned to Auckland for a stop at The Tuning Fork for her Light Hits My Face Like A Straight Right tour, bringing her signature mix of dance-pop sparkle, lo-fi charm, and carefree charisma to a packed house.
Adam Hattaway and the Haunters return with Hot Variety, a stripped-back, emotionally resonant collection that distills their genre-hopping journey from indie rock to country soul into one of their most immediate records yet.
Tyler, The Creator, Lil Yachty and Paris Texas…three acts, one night, and enough energy to feel like a festival in itself.
In a genre-defying spectacle, Mānuka Phuel Full Metal Orchestra brought the raw energy of rock and metal to Spark Arena—elevated by the grandeur of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. With a 29-piece symphony, a full rock band, and a lineup of New Zealand’s finest vocalists, the night delivered an unforgettable blend of power, precision, and passion. […]
The 13th Floor’s Azrie Azizi caught his favourite band, Fazerdaze, at the Takapuna Winter Lights Festival last night. Here are his words and photos.
Southland’s own Lachie Hayes returns with his long-awaited sophomore album Subsatellite, released today—and it’s clear from the first track that the alt-country-blues troubadour has leveled up: in storytelling, in sound, and in soul.
Auckland was in full chaos mode. Rain poured down on a Wednesday at the final days of NZ music month, and just up the road from Auckland Town Hall, a surprise Lorde pop-up gig had fans scrambling to find the right queue. But inside the Town Hall, something entirely different was unfolding — a night […]
