NZ Music News
Nominations Open for the MMF Music Managers Awards 2013
Nominations for the MMF Music Managers Awards are now open. Non-MMF members can be nominated in any category but any finalists will be required to pay an entry fee, which automatically gives them a 12-month membership to the MMF... More
New Zealand at South By Southwest
The South By Southwest Music & Media Festival held in Austin, Texas, will this year be held between Friday 8 and Sunday 17 March... More
Bernie Griffen Announces Tour
Bernie Griffen will be setting out on a tour supporting his album Everything So Far later this month. Accompanying Bernie on his jaunt will be Kirsten Warner... More
Tahuna Breaks Album Release Tour
Tahuna Breaks have taken a four year hiatus, but now they're making a welcome return with their third album called Shadow Light - and they'll be playing an album release tour, to boot... More
Entries Open for Battle of the Bands
Entries are now open for the Battle of the Bands 2013 National Championship - this year's edition of New Zealand's largest and longest running R18 band contest... More
Preview of Mark Vanilau's Wildcard-Winning 'Giant of the Sea'
Mark Vanilau stepped into the spotlight on theaudience.co.nz with his first single 'Giant of the Sea' last August. After less than six months we're thrilled to deliver an exclusive preview of his emotionally charged single and video... More
Mt Eden Announce 2 NZ Dates
Dubstep heavyweights Mt Eden have scheduled two live shows in New Zealand next month - one in Wellington and the other in Christchurch - after a year-long absence from the local scene... More
Aaradhna Signs US Record Deal
As a result of Aaradhna's single Wake Up gaining platinum sales, the young kiwi artist has now been offered and signed a multi-album deal with Republic Records in the USA... More
Vorn on South Island Tour
Vorn is working on his seventh studio album and will be touring the South Island this month to preview some of the new songs... More
So So Modern Transpacific Tour
So So Modern have announced their Transpacific Tour 2013, which will see the band playing in Australia, Japan, China and Southeast Asia. Before heading overseas, So So Modern will also pull a succession of kiwi dates... More
Midge Marsden to Perform in Blockhouse Bay Beach Reserve
Renowned kiwi blues musician Midge Marsden will be putting on a special performance for Aucklanders on Friday 15 February... More
Louis Baker Winner of the Recording Prize on theaudience.co.nz
Louis Baker could be described as one of NZ music's up and coming talents with a very successful 2012 behind him. It also looks like 2013 will be no exception, beginning with the success of a #1 placing on music... More
Popstrangers Album Release Tour
Popstrangers will be releasing their long-awaited album Antipodes on Friday 22 February, distributed by the kind folk at Rhythmethod... More
Great North Takes Folk Tui
Auckland alt-country act Great North have taken out the Tui for Best Folk Album 2013, in recognition of their second record Halves... More
Entries Open for Best Country Music Album and Best Pacific Music Album
Entries are now open for Best Country Music Album 2013. Eligible are all kiwi country musicians who released records between 1 January and 31 December 2012... More
Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing Announce New Album and Tour
Auckland band Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing were recently signed to MUZAI Records and it has just been announced that the band will be releasing their second album, Eeling, next month... More
New MakingTracks Web Site
NZ On Air have launched a brand new web site for the organisation's funding scheme, MakingTracks, designed to make the application process much more simple for aspiring artists... More
Delaney Davidson, Marlon Williams and Tami Neilson on the road
Alt-country musicians Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams (creators of Amplifier's Album of the Year 2012, called Sad But True) will be heading out on tour his March, along with fellow APRA and New Zealand Music Awards finalist Tami Neilson... More
Sounds of Summer in Devonport
Tuborg Sounds of Summer is returning from 2013, scheduled to be held at the Masonic Tavern in Devonport, Auckland, on Saturday 16 February... More
Mihirangi in Eco-Music Celebration
The Voices of Sacred Earth Eco-Festival will take place in Auckland's Kawai Purapura Retreat Centre in Albany from 8 to 10 February... More
Bailterspace to Play Wellington and Auckland Shows
Bailterspace will be playing in Wellington's San Francisco Bathhouse on Friday 1 February, following their show at St Jerome's Laneway Festival in Auckland this Monday just gone, and having released their first album in 13 years, Strobosphere, in 2012... More
Laneway Festival Map & Timetable
With less than a week to go to 2013's St Jerome Laneway Festival, held in Auckland's Silo Park, it's time to start scheming out your movements on the day - Monday 28 January, Auckland Anniversary Day... More
Sunken Seas Australian Tour
Sunken Seas released their acclaimed debut album Null Hour in 2012. After their outstanding performance at New Zealand's Chronophonium, the Wellington post-rockers are now ready to treat Australia to a tour this February. TOUR DATES... More
Flip Grater Summer Tour
Singer, songwriter and author, Flip Grater, will be playing around New Zealand this summer, with the idea of fundraising enough money to finish her next album... More
Delaney Davidson National Tour
If you cottoned on to Amplifier's Album of the Year 2012, Sad But True by Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams, you'll be especially interested to know that Davidson is heading out on tour around the country later this month... More
