12/11/2025
From the glossy electropop of 2016 breakout single Roam to the sharp-edged hyperpop of ‘99% Angel’ EP, to the soft, organic reo Māori of her side project TE KAAHU, Em-Haley Walker’s artistry has evolved considerably ...
31/10/2025
In mid-October developing Ōtautahi-based dark pop artist Myah Eve released Layers, a haunting piano ballad that comes from a space where hurt and healing meet. The live music video that followed a few weeks after further ...
26/08/2025
In the years since her 2020 single, Small Ache, the musical output of Iris Zhang has been only occasional, but noteworthy for the excellence of production and delicacy of her songwriting. Supported through the New Music ...
24/06/2025
Brooke x Starce are independent artists coming for the Aotearoa dance music scene, full throttle. These South Auckland twins form an unstoppable creative duo. From dancing, to lyricism, to beat production, to mixing, to planning, ...
18/02/2025
After three years of daily streaming Christchurch artist Veryhandsomebilly Twitched himself off. Not entirely as it turns out but Billy Mills, the artist who goes by that bodacious handle, is now a budding singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist, ...
10/05/2019
Few people have contributed to or intersected with the New Zealand music industry in as many ways as Malcolm Black. It is with great sadness that we hear of his death in Auckland on Friday, May 10. He was 58. Malcolm had ...
04/09/2017
Over the weekend, the finals for the 2017 Pacifica Beats and Rockquest high school band competitions took place in Auckland. The winner of Pacifica Beats' Best Band Award is Jubilee (pictured) from Aorere College in ...
28/04/2017
Musician Aly Cook's TV show Kiwi Country will be hitting UK and European airwaves on May 2. Picked up by UK's Keep it Country TV Channel, Cook will be promoting Kiwi country artists and landscapes. It will then be available ...
01/05/2016
Happy Music Month 2016! As every year New Zealand will be celebrating local music countrywide, which means special events in venues, schools, libraries, parks and in the media. According to the NZ Music Commission there'll ...