NZ Music News
The Bads Unable To Join Tour With Her Make Believe Band
21.1.11 [press release] Her Make Believe Band and The Bads regret to announce that due to a family illness, The Bads are unable to take part in their planned joint tour this February. Her Make Believe Band will still play... More
Kora Returning To Opononi And Butlers Reef
20.1.11 [press release] Taking a break from the studio for a couple of summer shows, Kora are returning to Opononi and Butlers Reef this February... More
GrassRoots Festival Second Announcement
20.1.11 [press release] In a summer that has seen more international and local talent perform for New Zealand than ever before, the inaugural GrassRoots Festival closes our Summer 2011 with a must-see two-day line-up on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24... More
Renee-Louise Carafice To Open For Sufjan Stevens
19.1.2011 [press release] Bird Army Records in Association with Asthmatic Kitty and Rushmore are proud to confirm Renee-Louise Carafice as the official opening act for Sufjan Stevens' New Zealand tour... More
Laneway Timetable Released
19.1.11 The timetable and map for St Jerome's Laneway Festival 2011 have now both been released, with the event now less than two weeks away. You can download the timetable HERE... More
Kora Replaces Black Keys In BDO Line-Up
19.1.11 [press release] The Black Keys have cancelled their Australasian tour, including all 2011 Big Day Out events, due to exhaustion. But fear not! Tried-and-true New Zealand group Kora have boldly stepped into their place... More
VIP Tickets To Raggamuffin Available
19.1.11 [press release] Our friends at the Raggamuffin Festival are running an exciting offer!... More
London-Based Kiwi Makes NZ Debut
17.1.11 [press release] It's surprising that Jayson Norris' album Freedom Twenty Eight is his first offering to New Zealand listeners, considering the London-based Kiwi has successfully released two albums overseas and regularly sells out shows internationally... More
Win A Corporate Box At The BDO
17.1.11 [press release] Another welcome announcement from our mates at the Big Day Out! Those sneaky buggers have been keeping something special up their sleeve. It's a bloody corporate box for 10 people. Their ultimate prize... More
Jim Beam Homegrown Band Search Returns
17.1.11 [press release] Jim Beam Homegrown returns to Wellington on 5 March with an incredible line-up and an amazing opportunity for an up-and-coming band to not only play the festival, but also launch themselves into the New Zealand music scene... More
See Kody and Bic Side Of Stage At BDO!
In case you thought the Big Day Out couldn't get any more exciting, those good folks over there have given us a double pass to see Kody & Bic's debut performance from the side of stage!... More
Sora Shima Announces South Island Tour
14.1.11 [press release] The skies will darken over the South Island as Hamilton instrumental overlords Sora Shima briefly descend from their shoegaze-alt-rock cloud island in February... More
Shapeshifter To Headline Sacred Hill Summer Festival
13.1.11 [press release] Shapeshifter presents the first ever SACRED HILL Summer Festival with Shapeshifter, Kora, The Black Seeds, Ladi6, DowntownBrown and more!... More
Her Make Believe Band Announces Summer Tour
13.1.11 [press release] Her Make Believe Band and The Bads are very excited to announce their joint New Zealand tour in February 2011. Designed with a 'show' in mind, there will be sets from each band, as well as various... More
Folk Tui Finalists Announced
13.1.11 [press release] Artists hailing from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch have been announced as the four finalists for New Zealand's Best Folk Album of 2010. The winner will be announced on Sunday 30 January 2011 at the Auckland Folk Festival... More
47 Diamantes Announces Three Shows
13.1.11 [press release] Electro-punk-pop-disco band 47 Diamantes (Gemma Syme on vox, Kelvin Neal on music-making duties) have been rocking parties for the last year and decided mid-2010 to settle down and make a banging EP... More
Fredericks Brown Announces Two Shows
12.1.11 [press release] Sending their sweet sound home again, Kiwi trio Fredericks Brown are set to release their debut EP, Out Of The Rain on 1 February, from New York, with love... More
Jakob To Support Tool In Australia
12.1.11 Turns of phrase to describe Jakob, hailing from Hawkes Bay... The sound of the underwater mainstream symphonic resonant landscapes. Valleys of complex harmonics, never cynical, always moody, often dark, always uplifting, laid-back and mellow... More
Blue Blood Announces Album Release Tour
12.1.11 [press release] Blue Blood forge forth with an innovatively powerful take on psychedelic rock. The music oozes groove and flows effortlessly from lucid soaring solos into fluid, ebbing chorus. Blue Blood deliver their modern re-incarnation of classic rock with... More
Made In China & Osmium Announce Tour
12.1.11 [press release] This summer, two of the Deep South's finest rock acts join forces to bring seismic grooves to the nation. Dunedin heavy rock juggernauts Made In China and Invercargill riff merchants Osmium are playing ten shows across NZ... More
Big Day Out Mobile App Released
12.1.11 [press release] Our friends at the Big Day Out have yet another exciting announcement to make!... More
Mamaku Project Announces Summer Tour
12.1.11 The Mamaku is a tall tree-fern native to the islands of Aotearoa. Its generous umbrella of fronds offers lush green shade and balance. Each frond begins as a koru, unfurling hope and creativity... More
Big Day Out Map Released
11.1.11 [press release] Hot off the press from our friends at the Big Day Out! The Big Day Out today released its all new singing and dancing map of Mt Smart stadium, which is available HERE... More
The Puddle Announces North Island Tour
11.1.11 New Zealand psych-pop pioneers The Puddle, a revolving line-up of musicians assembled around the unstable core of George D. Henderson, have been around in one form or another since 1984. Three albums and a 7" single on Flying Nun... More
An Emerald City Announces Album Release Tour
11.1.11 [press release] Returning home to New Zealand to tour and release their second album The Fourth in Summer 2011, Berlin-based band An Emerald City's sound has evolved and grown since the release of their debut Circa Scaria in 2009... More
