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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…
FKA twigs expands Eusexua’s rave into the afters with new album, Afterglow
In January FKA twigs released her third studio album, Eusexua, a critically acclaimed record rooted in euphoric dance world building, which this week received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album. Now, FKA twigs has unveiled her second album in the space of one year, Eusexua Afterglow, initially conceived as a deluxe edition of Eusexua before evolving…
And$um pays tribute to beloved late rapper Lui Mill with intimate collab, ‘What Do You Want From Me’
Ōtautahi / Christchurch hip-hop artist and producer And$um has shared new single ‘What Do You Want From Me’, a deeply personal posthumous collaboration with the artists close friend and longtime collaborator Lui Mill, following the beloved Christchurch rappers tragic passing in 2024. Originally recorded during sessions for And$um and Lui Mill’s 2023 collab album The…
David Dallas joins forces with Oddisee for soulful collab, ‘Midas’
Back with his first new music since 2024 project Vida, New Zealand hip-hop veteran David Dallas has joined forces with celebrated Sudanese-American rapper/producer Oddisee for their new collaborative single, ‘Midas’. Referencing the mythical King Midas of Phrygia, on ‘Midas’ Dallas’ raw raps reflect on life’s daily challenges and the tumultuous climate of the world around him,…
Paige shares new EP paigesspace, alongside bittersweet single ‘why do we wanna be in love?’
Off the back of a recent tour in Korea, where her 2020 EP always growing received a platinum certification, Aotearoa pop singer-songwriter Paige has shared her latest EP paigesspace, alongside its final single, ‘why do we wanna be in love?’. Arriving with a lofi vlog style visualiser filmed during her travels in Japan, ‘why do…
Theia: The Double Life & Duality of Wahine (Interview)
Theia is the embodiment of the duality of wahine. Born Em-Haley Walker, The LA-based, Ōtautahi / Christchurch raised singer-songwriter (Waikato, Ngaati Tiipaa, Ngaati Aaamaru) has just shared her long-awaited debut album, Girl, In A Savage World. The record lands almost a decade after she first begun her musical journey with debut hit single ‘Roam’ back…
Foley explore soft and tough love on new single, ‘Honey’
Hot on the heels of their recent Asia tour, Sydney-based Aotearoa indie-pop darlings Foley have shared ‘Honey’, their second single of the year following ‘Suckerpunch’. Written with Max Jacobs and Nico Scali from the Australian alternative-pop trio Loretta, with Max and Nico (Loretta, Hp Boyz, RAGEFLOWER) also lending production, ‘Honey’ is a sweet acoustic guitar lead…
Charli xcx returns with Wuthering Heights soundtrack offering, ‘House’ ft. The Velvet Underground’s John Cale
Charli xcx is back with her first new music since the phenomenon that was the BRAT era. Since BRAT catapulted her from a cult favourite into a Grammy winning pop powerhouse, Charli has been focusing on the film world, taking acting roles in upcoming films including The Gallerist, The Moment (of which she’s also is…
How a Tiny NZ Town Took Over Billboard Charts, ft. SephGotTheWaves, Geovocals, Reach High Eli, & Sickdrumz (Interview)
Woodville’s a place most people only stop in for a pie. It could be the poster for small-town NZ, boasting a population under 1700 and a community as tight as the singular street that runs through it. Woodville’s completely isolated, tucked between farmland and rolling hills—thirty minutes from Palmerston North—one of New Zealand’s most notorious…
MELODOWNZ reunites with Coops for laidback collab, ‘Same as Before’
MELODOWNZ has reunited with Coops for his latest single, ‘Same As Before’, the Aotearoa MC’s second collab with the underground UK rapper following their 2018 hit ‘Infinite’. The NZ / UK crossover finds MELODOWNZ trading laidback, quick-witted bars with North London rapper Coops over soulful keys and hard-hitting 808 drums from MOKOMOKAI producer Ghos. “Can’t…
JT shares x-rated summer anthem, ‘Girls Gone Wild’
Back with her second solo single of the year following ‘Ran Out’, JT has shared ‘Girls Gone Wild’, a summer anthem for the girls from the former City Girls rapper. Titled after the 1997 adult entertainment franchise, ‘Girls Gone Wild’ is an x-rated club banger oozing confident, sexy, baddie energy, full of audacious attitude and…