NZ Music News
Beastwars Blood Becomes Fire Tour
Two years ago Wellington sonic soothsayers Beastwars changed the meaning of heavy music in New Zealand with their self titled debut album... More
Musical Talent on Show at UoA Graduation Gala Concert
Rising stars from The University of Auckland's School of Music will take to the stage next month for the 7th annual Graduation Gala Concerto Competition at the Auckland Town Hall... More
Local Support Bands on Six60's Tour Announced
Six60's Hamilton show on Saturday April 13 at The Founders Theatre has now sold out. This is the sixth show in the band's 10 date nationwide Tour to sell out... More
The Ruby Suns Announce New Zealand Tour
The Ruby Suns released their latest album, Christopher, at the beginning of the year and followed that up with pretty full-on European and American tours. The band are back in New Zealand and have just announced a series of April... More
The Bats + Snapper Reissues For Record Store Day
Flying Nun Records and Captured Tracks are pleased to announce re-issues of the Snapper EP and The Bats - By Night EP for Record Store Day... More
Christoph El Truento Produces a #1 on theaudience.co.nz
Christoph El Truento is a 24 year old from Auckland, New Zealand, and the first producer/beatmaker to secure NZ On Air Wildcard Making Tracks funding from theaudience.co.nz... More
Luke Thompson & Lydia Cole Tour
Luke Thompson and Lydia Cole are teaming up for an extensive tour of the homeland this April. The pair will take the road from Kerikeri to Dunedin, modern day troubadours visiting 11 intimate venues along the way - inns, sheds... More
Six60's Wellington Show Sells Out
Six60's Wellington show this Friday, April 5 at the St James Theatre has now sold out. This is the fifth show in the band's 10 date nationwide tour to sell out... More
MakingTracks March Funding Round
NZ On Air are very pleased to announce the funding decisions for March 2013. There were 134 eligible applications. Each of the 134 songs was listened to by each of our eight panelists... More
Real Groovy Record Store Day Celebrations
Real Groovy - New Zealand's foremost record store for over thirty years - again celebrates Record Store Day with in-store performances, exclusive local and international vinyl releases, guest DJs and other activities. Doors open at 9.00am... More
Decortica and New Way Home Announce North Island Tour
This May sees two of New Zealand's sonic visionaries, Decortica and New Way Home take their unique blend of polished alternative rock and metal around the North Island on a nine-stop tour... More
Welsh Singing Legend Bryn Terfel Tours with the NZSO
"He can roar - with pain, with pleasure, with fierce indignation, filling the hall with full, strong tone. But he can also coo and purr at an extreme pianissimo, making a sound that stays audible only because there is so... More
2013 Jazz Tui Award Winner Announcement
Nathan Haines has taken out the Tui for best Jazz Album 2013 with his eighth recording, The Poet's Embrace... More
bStreet 2013 Announced
95bFM is pleased as punch to announce this years' edition of bSTREET - K'ROAD -THURSDAY 2nd MAY 2013!... More
Matt Langley Album Release Tour
Matt Langley will release his second album Virginia Avenue on 3 May and will also be heading out on tour in support of it. TOUR DATES" Friday 3 May Chicks Hotel, Dunedin with The Shifting Sands... More
The Gunslingers' Ball Tour Dates
The Gunslingers' Ball is hitting the road in April and May, with an amazing collection of acts made up of Bernie Griffen and the Grifters, The Broadsides, John the Baptist, Tami Neilson, and D Burmester and the Blinds. TOUR DATES:... More
Greg Johnson and Jan Hellriegel Announce Four-Date Tour
Greg Johnson and Jan Hellriegel will be heading off on a four-date tour this Friday. The gigs will also feature appearances by Lisa Crawley, Ben King and Kurt Shanks, with Wayne Bell and Mark Hughes making some contributions too... More
2013 Pacific Music Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2013 Pacific Music Awards have been announced and the winners will be selected at an event celebrating and honouring Pacific music and artists at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre on 30 May... More
Tiki Taane and Jayson Norris Announce Acoustic Tour
Local legends Tiki Taane and Jayson Norris have teamed up for a nationwide acoustic tour... More
Six60 Add Two More Shows
Six60 has announced another two sell out shows - Napier & Christchurch just weeks after the announcement of their Australasian Tour late last month... More
Lunch Date with the NZSO
"If music be the food of lunch, play on!" Tune out of work and tune into a relaxing set menu with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in NZSO Lunch Date... More
Mark Vanilau, Warren Maxwell and Louis Baker to Perform in Christchurch
Mark Vanilau, the Christchurch artist who won a Wildcard Making Tracks funding round on theaudience.co.nz and was recently featured on Coldplay's web site, will be performing in the Garden City next month as part the Cavell Leitch New Zealand Jazz... More
God Bows to Math Announce New Zealand and Australian Tour Dates
Auckland's god bows to math are going to take their "dissonance, complex structures and punky mess" (4ZZZfm) on the road in both New Zealand and Australia over the next few weeks... More
Beastwars Announce Tour
Two years on from their internationally acclaimed self-titled debut, Beastwars return on 19th April 2013 releasing Blood Becomes Fire with a very special Record Store Day performance at Real Groovy records in Auckland on April 20th. The sludge metal four-piece... More
Victoria Girling-Butcher Farewell Show
Dave Dobbyn, Andrew Keoghan, Ben King, Dianne Swann and Rodney Fisher will guest with Victoria Girling-Butcher at Paddington Live on Saturday 9 March in her last NZ concert before she heads to Europe to live. Wayne Bell, Mark Hughes, Ross... More
