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Ski Mask the Slump God announces Auckland Show
HOT OFF THE PRESS!!! Off the back of the release of his highly-anticipated sophomore album, 11th Dimension, American rapper Ski…
Sailor Jerry x Tattoo Tales Episode 2: Lucky Lance
Tattoo Tales is a series acquainting us deeper with some of our favourite local artists through the intimate and personal…
Kehlani announces CRASH WORLD TOUR touching down in NZ in March 2025, with special guest JessB
Off the back of her acclaimed fourth album CRASH, released earlier this year, Kehlani has announced the highly anticipated CRASH WORLD TOUR, touching down in Auckland, New Zealand on March 23rd, 2025 at Spark Arena, featuring special guest JessB. The show announcement follows Kehlani’s last Aotearoa show for the R&B superstars Blue Water Road tour back in January 2023,…
Foley announce sophomore album, That’s Life, Baby!, with infatuating new single ‘Heartstrings’
Aotearoa-raised, now Sydney-based pop duo Foley have announced their forthcoming sophomore album, That’s Life, Baby!, due for release on February 28th, 2025, alongside a new single, ‘Heartstrings’. The new record follows up to the pair’s powerhouse pop on acclaimed 2023 debut album Crowd Pleaser, which secured them a nomination for Best Pop Artist at the…
Fazerdaze: Radical Self-Love & Rebuilding on Soft Power (Interview)
It’s only right that when I meet up with Amelia Murray, aka Fazerdaze two weeks before the release of her long-awaited sophomore album Soft Power, it’s in her ex-stomping ground of Tamaki Makaurau’s Morningside – the small-town Auckland suburb she named her internationally acclaimed 2017 debut album after. Fast forward seven years of critical acclaim,…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: November 15th ft. 070 Shake, BENEE, Fazerdaze, Denzel Curry, FKA twigs, A$AP Ferg, & 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. 070 Shake ‘Into Your Garden’ ft. JT Off…
Cordae reflects on life changes on the rappers third album, The Crossroads
Since departing from YBN collective back in 2020, Cordae has been carving out his own distinct identity as one of this generation’s most intricate and introspective wordsmiths. Following the rappers acclaimed 2019 debut album The Lost Boy, and 2022 sophomore album From A Birds Eye View, Cordae has dropped his long-awaited third album, The Crossroads….
070 Shake drops refreshing third studio album, Petrichor
Off the back of the albums lead single ‘Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues, and its endearing accompanying music video co-starring Lily-Rose Depp, enigmatic artist 070 Shake has dropped her third album, Petrichor, the follow-up to the New Jersey artists acclaimed 2022 album, You Can’t Kill Me. The 13 track album highlights Shake’s seamless ability…
FKA twigs drops third EUSEXUA single, industrial electronic track ‘Drums of Death’
First previewed at the start of the music video for ‘EUSEXUA’ and during her The Body is Art performance in collaboration with Swiss Sportswear brand On, FKA twigs has unveiled ‘Drums of Death’, the third single from the visionary UK multidisciplinary artists third album EUSEXUA, due for release on January 24th. Produced by close collaborator Koreless,…
Tāmaki Makaurau’s BENJAMIN shares new ode to wahine, ‘There For Me’
Off the back of his June collab project THE CURIOUS CASE OF BILL & SLIM with producer SR Mpofu, BENJAMIN of Tāmaki Makaurau hip-hop duo BENJAMIN & NWAK has dropped a new single, ‘There For Me’, the lead single from a forthcoming solo project. Enlisting frequent collaborator SR Mpofu for the tracks knocking boom bap production infused…
Aotearoa’s Rita Mae unveils sophomore EP, KISS THE SKY
Off the back of singles including ‘My Bad’, ‘Big Star’, ‘Poster Child’, and title track ‘Kiss The Sky’, Aotearoa indie-pop singer-songwriter Rita Mae has unveiled her new EP, KISS THE SKY, the artists second project following acclaimed 2023 debut EP Superfeeling. With many of the projects tracks written and recorded during writing sessions in LA…
BENEE reflects on the music industries competitive nature on new single, ‘Animal’
Off the back of reggae-tinged September track ‘Sad Boiii’ and the announcement of her set to support pop star Tate McRae’s upcoming European tour, Aotearoa’s BENEE has released her second single of the year, ‘Animal’. After teasing the new track during live performances during her recent opening sets for Wallows and Olivia Rodrigo, ‘Animal’ finds…