Today The Bats have shared their brand new video single Lucky Day. New Zealand indie rock royals, The Bats, have recently had their heads down recording new music and have also announced their 11th full-length album, Corner Coming Up, out on October 17th via Flying Nun Records.
The Ballad of Briar Grant is a slightly surreal mystery with a story about personal change. It’s an ambitious piece of writing with some vignettes of brilliance, delivered confidently by director Lia Kelly and a theatre team who know what they’re about. And it does have a real ballad.
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.
Exactly two years since their last visit, Suicidal Tendencies return in late 2025 with a series of firsts, which is not something often associated with a band well into their fifth decade!
Silver scroll nominee and APRA award winning song-writer Matt Langley announces the release of his new single, Would You Like To Be Friends?, released today.
Awning is Christian Dimick, originally based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, where Dimick was, not only making music, but also working part-time making coffee, toasting sandwiches, and studying Fine Art. All the while releasing songs on Bandcamp since 2023, before moving to Tamaki Makaurau and releasing the magnificent Gold Star EP in 2024.
Today, Bret McKenzie is sharing a new video for “Freak Out City,” the title track from his forthcoming sophomore album, out Friday, August 15th worldwide from Sub Pop.
Aila and Elisha Wildman are The Wildmans. Born in raised in Appalachia and educated at Berklee, the siblings have just released their new album, Longtime Friend. Here they are to tell us all about it.
Victoria Perry is a singer-songwriter based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) and her debut single release, Every Wish, and has already gained radio airplay in both New Zealand and Australia.
10cc brought their Ultimate Ultimate Hits Tour to Auckland last night and The 13th Floor’s Robin Kearns took to the ferry to find out if one original member makes a band. Chris Zwaagdyk provides photographic evidence.