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Skepta opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ on introspective latest The Fork and Knife single
Off the back of last months Chase & Status and Suggs collab ‘Innocent Smile’, Skepta has shared new single ‘Pandora’s…
Rabanne x Imani-J: Unlock The Night
In 2024, Rabanne introduced Million Gold For Her, a signature scent inspired by success that shines with confidence. Now, Million…
Yaeji returns with high-charged dancefloor healing anthem, ‘ddr’
Back with her first new music since 2025’s underscores and Aliyah’s Interlude collab ‘booboo2’, Korean-American producer and DJ Yaeji has shared a new single, ‘ddr’. Title after the cult favourite arcade dance video game series Dance Dance Revolution, ‘ddr’ is a high-charged dose of dancefloor healing, arriving alongside a vibrant Giseong Jun-directed music video. “i…
PANIA returns with infatuating single ‘Heaven Can Wait’, announces new EP Miss Romantic
Sydney-based Māori R&B artist PANIA has returned with new single ‘Heaven Can Wait’, her first new single since 2025’s Coming 2 Terms EP and the lead single from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming EP Miss Romantic, due for release in February 2027. Arriving alongside a radiant music video encapsulating the track’s vintage R&B and 90’s rom-com aesthetics,…
Aotearoa’s Damiasharko shares moody dream-pop double single, ‘Here With Me / No Sound’
Emerging Te Whanganui-a-Tara musician Damiasharko has shared ‘Here With Me / No Sound’, the second offering from her forthcoming debut album Dear Reader, following the release of lead double single release ‘Unrest / Headlight Gold’. The haunting pair of songs explore the bitter loneliness of big city nights, captured with fuzzy, reverberating guitar distortion set…
Furo 4404: Cultural & Sonic Versatility on Big 40 Not The Little One (Interview)
19-year-old Zimbabwean-Kiwi artist Furo 4404 has released his album, Big 40 Not The Little One. Blending personal reflection with ambition, the album explores self-discovery, growth and the process of finding your place in the world. The project is a declaration of arrival and a statement about stepping into the person he is becoming. Big 40…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: October 30th ft. Lucy Gray, 9lives, TEEKS, Skepta, Smurgy, iKeda, & 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. Lucy Gray ‘BREAK’ Tāmaki Makaurau artist Lucy Gray has…
Aotearoa’s Lucy Gray drops disruptive, genre-bending new mixtape, Break It
Tāmaki Makaurau artist Lucy Gray has been carving out an eclectic path in Aotearoa’s sonic underground over the past few years, starting out with indie-pop adjacent projects like 2024 debut EP Whole Life Waiting, before pivoting firmly into the underground electronic-pop scene over the last year. Now, the digicore darling has unveiled their long-awaited mixtape,…
TEEKS embarks on a transformative cosmic journey on sophomore album, Lovers Comet
Aotearoa soul star TEEKS has unveiled his long-awaited sophomore album Lovers Comet, the follow-up to his acclaimed, award-winning 2021 debut album Something To Feel. Preceded by singles ‘My Boy’, ‘Overdose’, and ‘Narcotica’, the highly anticipated record finds teeks at his most creatively comfortable and uninhibited. Charged with lust and hopeless romanticism and exploring sexuality and…
Aotearoa’s Smurgy drops otherworldly debut album, ABSOLUTE
After carving out a distinct presence in Aotearoa’s sonic underground over the last few years with his solo work, collaborative production work, and work as one half of left-field electronic duo boyracer with Nima Astria, Tāmaki Makaurau-based, Ōtautahi-raised producer and experimental electronic-pop artist Smurgy has shared his long-awaited debut album, ABSOLUTE. Entirely produced by Smurgy,…
9lives recruits Lucy Bedroque, Kuru, Slayr, & more for latest EP, 9
9lives has returned with his first new music of the year, 9 EP, the Aotearoa underground electronic wizard’s first new music of the year following his December 2025 unity EP. The EP expands on the dark, alluring digicore world building of 9lives’ previous projects, bringing the artists iconic “you are now tuned into 9lives radio”…
West Auckland’s Double Parked return with grand latest single, ‘Never To Be Seen’
West Auckland post-surf rockers Double Parked have returned with ‘Never To Be Seen’, their first new single since the bands acclaimed March EP, Rosary. Inspired by a trip to the petrol station, ‘Never To Be Seen’ beautifully encapsulates the mundanity of everyday life and the feeling of not being enough. Departing from the heavier soundscapes…