21/06/2026
With more than two decades of evolution behind them, and just a year on from the last album, ‘Asphodels’, The Veils return in June 2026 with their eighth long player, ‘Fragile World’. Dasha Koryagina spoke with Finn ...
23/04/2026
Mostly school teachers, hailing from a variety of southern hemisphere backgrounds, and aged around the 40 mark, The Mentalist Collective are a musically eclectic Ōtepoti songwriter five-piece, with roots going back almost ...
04/02/2026
Yumi Zouma are in promotion mode for their January 2026 LP, ‘No Love Lost to Kindness’, the alt rock act’s fifth album, and ninth release overall. Yumi Zouma have been in existence for over a decade and are famously ...
18/12/2025
Nurtured as an artist in a small urban township, 25-year old country pop artist Jenni Smith is now a uni-graduated singer-songwriter who happily embraces the girl-next-door image with her straightforward, and fun, songwriting. ...
11/12/2025
Having not long settled into the Pōneke scene as a four-piece, alt-rock outfit Dropper released a striking debut album titled ‘Be a Little Kinder’ in November 2025. The album’s propulsive opening track and focus single Anchor sets ...
27/09/2019
Recorded Music NZ has announced the 2019 NZ Music Awards finalists, with alternative music artists to the fore. Heading the pack are indie-pop band The Beths, who released their debut album 'Future Me Hates Me' in 2018, ...
22/08/2019
The five songs left in the running to win the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll Award were announced today, with pop, hip hop, alt-folk and jazz all in the mix. There’s a strong ring of the ABCs of songwriting about the shortlist ...
12/10/2018
The 2018 Artisan Awards finalists have been announced this week, the part of the annual NZ Music Awards that recognises the creative talents behind the scenes of the top local records of the past year. Five Tui awards ...
05/04/2018
APRA AMCOS NZ has announced the participants of SongHubs 2018 - a professional songwriting workshop to be held at Auckland's Roundhead Studios this month. Out of 150 applications, producer and curator of the SongHubs ...
18/09/2017
Last Friday, the 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards took place in Hastings. The biggest winner of the night was artist Maisey Rika, who cleaned up with four wins. Rika's awards included Best Traditional Maori Album ...
