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Mallrat announces Light Hit My Face Like A Straight Right NZ tour with RIIKI REID
Off the back of her February sophomore album Light hit my face like a straight right, and sold out headline…
Central Cee announces CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS world tour coming to Auckland, NZ this June
Off the back of his debut album CAN’T RUSH GREATNESS, superstar UK rapper Central Cee has announced his CAN’T RUSH…
WHO SHOT SCOTT explores panic attacks and therapy on raw single, ‘PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD’
Back with his first new music of the year, Aotearoa artist and producer WHO SHOT SCOTT has shared his latest single and music video, ‘PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD’. A punk-tinged purge exploring panic attacks and therapy, ‘PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD’ pairs woozy synths with thumping drums set against WSS’s raw vocal delivery and cathartic lyricism,…
NYC electropop duo Fcukers announce Kennneth Blume produced debut album, Ö, drop latest single
Off the back of a breakout year in 2025 which saw the NYC electropop duo grace New Zealand stages twice, both at Laneway and Rhythm & Vines festival, Fcukers have announced their debut album, Ö, due for release on March 27th via Ninja Tune. The news lands alongside the release of the pairs first new music…
Jane Remover: The Infinite Evolutions of a Genre Mover (Interview)
They say that success is the best revenge, and Jane Remover’s 2025 album. Revengeseekerz, easily became the digicore disrupters biggest, boldest, and most critically acclaimed record to date upon its release in April last year. After securing cult favourite status in the underground rap/EDM Soundcloud community in the early 2020’s with the sub genre spawning…
Robyn announces ninth album, Sexistential, with playful new pair of singles
Following her return with November hit single ‘Dopamine’, Swedish pop icon Robyn has announced her ninth studio album, Sexistential. Due for release on 27th March, the announcement lands alongside a pair of new singles, ‘Talk To Me’, and the albums title track, ‘Sexistential’. Set to feature nine deeply playful pop songs that tie back to her era-defining Body…
SXMPRA embraces raw nu-metal with new pair of singles, ‘BLEED // MOLOTOV’
Kicking off the new year with a new double single release, New Zealand’s cult-favourite underground rapper SXMPRA has shared ‘BLEED // MOLOTOV’, picking back up where the artists last pair of November singles ‘DREAD // ANIMAL’ left off. Where ‘DREAD // ANIMAL’ opened a new musical chapter offering multidimensional layers of emotional depth to SXMPRA’s…
London’s Wesley Joseph recruits Danny Brown for new single, announces debut album Forever Ends Someday
London rapper, singer-songwriter, producer and director Wesley Joseph has announced his long-awaited debut album, Forever Ends Someday. Due for release on April 10th, the announcement arrives alongside latest single, ‘Peace Of Mind’, featuring Danny Brown. Accompanied by a striking self-directed music video, ‘Peace Of Mind’ opens with a high-octane rap intro before pivoting into introspective…
IDK enlists Pusha T for raw new KAYTRANADA produced collab, ‘LiFE 4 A LiFE’
London-born, Maryland-raised rapper IDK has dropped ‘LiFE 4 A LiFE’ featuring rap legend Pusha T, the latest single taken from the artists forthcoming mixtape, Even The Devil Smiles, due for release on January 23rd. With KAYTRANADA’s crisp, knocking production setting the scene for both rappers razor-sharp rhymes, ‘LiFE 4 A LiFE’ is a raw and…
Doechii and SZA close the year with reflective collab, ‘girl, get up.’
Ending a breakout year for the books including her Grammy win for Best Rap Album, Doechii has surprise released a new single, SZA collab ‘girl, get up.’. The track marks the last song in Doechii’s “Swamp Sessions” series, where she challenged herself to write a song in an hour, following other Swamp Sessions tracks ‘Nissan…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: December 12th ft. 21 Savage, Ice Spice & Tokischa, Diggy Dupé & choicevaughan, & more
SNIFFERS SCOOP is a weekly recap of some of our favourite international and local New Zealand new music releases from the past week, updated every Friday. Sniff it out before others do, and find all of our weekly selects on our SNIFFERS SCOOP Spotify playlist. 1. Diggy Dupé & choicevaughan ‘Big Dawgs Eat’ Off…
21 Savage drops fourth studio album, What Happened to the Streets?
Atlanta trap legend 21 Savage has dropped What Happened to the Streets?, the rappers fourth studio album following 2024’s american dreams. As its title suggests, the 14 track album finds 21 Savage doing what he does best, offering raw tales of the streets with his gritty tone and graphic lyrical imagery, featuring guest appearances from artists…