New Zealand-born, Los Angeles-based artist Alisa Xayalith has announced SLOW CRUSH, her debut solo full-length album due April 4, 2025, via Nettwerk. To celebrate the announcement, she gives us another glimpse into her diary with the new single, ‘What The Hell Do We Do Now?’
Some songs feel less written and more unearthed, whispered into the world by the ether. Reb Fountain’s latest single, “Nothing Like,” is precisely that: a love song brimming with a luminous pop sensibility, tinged with the depth of introspection.
Heather Maloney‘s latest album, Exploding Star, is a masterclass in intimate and evocative storytelling, wrapped in rich, modern folk soundscapes.
Lilly Hiatt is about to release Forever, her first new album in four years and also the first since she moved and got married. That’s a lot of change and its reflected in the songs that make up Forever.
Frontier Touring are delighted to welcome one of the hottest names in music, GRAMMY winner Billy Strings, announcing his debut shows down under in July with four arena dates in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland.
Chaos In The CBD have shared the atmospheric lead single, Love Language, featuring fellow New Zealander Nathan Haines on Saxophone. It’s an undeniable standout moment on the album – moody, ethereal, and naturally soothing.
TOTO have announced plans to bring their global DOGZ OF OZ tour with special guest CHRISTOPHER CROSS to New Zealand in 2025. The three-city tour will take place in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch this April.
New Zealand’s – via South Africa – own Chelsea Jade is making her highly anticipated return voyage to Aotearoa for a special one-off headline show at Auckland’s fabled new haunt Double Whammy, the night before her prime time spot at Wellington’s Cubadupa.
Early James has just released Medium Raw, a collection of emotional blues-rockers produced by The Black Keys Dan Auerbach, recorded at Buddy’s Honky Chateau and sitting atop the US Blues Album Chart.
There are links between Ōtautahi act Moider Mother and Tamaki Makaurau group Grecco Romank, google reveals all, though where Demons of Noon fits in is a little more mysterious. But on a wet and windy (but warm) rahoroi night all toru groups performed to an unostentatious-sized crowd in a oubliette-like space on Karangahape Rd.