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11/12/2025

NewTracks New Artist: Dropper

Having not long settled into the Pōneke scene as a four-piece, alt-rock outfit Dropper released a striking debut album ...

08/12/2025

Formed in 2023, Christchurch rock three-piece The Rainfall identify Blink-182 and Foo Fighters among inspirations for their ...

01/12/2025

2025 has been a productive year for richly-voiced Tāmaki Makaurau pop artist Lottie, with four singles released ...

24/11/2025

Hailing from the bush and black sand beaches of west Tāmaki Makaurau, Double Parked is a community – as the band like ...

07/11/2025

The name will take many Kiwi readers back to 2021, and the NZ Popstars TV series that saw Christabel Williams announced as ...

15/10/2025

Described by indie label Papaiti Records as a 'wilted-pop Wellington five-piece' centred around main songwriter Miles Sutton, Welcomer's Bandcamp ...

29/09/2025

It takes time to become a cowboy, and the gentle, rolling ‘aotearoa americana’ songs of US-raised, but these days Wellington-based, ...

17/09/2025

She's been releasing music since age 14, and less than a year ago 19-year old Niamh Crooks independently released her debut ...

26/08/2025

In the years since her 2020 single, Small Ache, the musical output of Iris Zhang has been only occasional, but noteworthy ...