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Enter To Win: The Kirin Ichiban Listening Room Curated By Gilles Peterson lands in Auckland
Global vinyl DJ and Acid Jazz Records label founder Gilles Peterson is bringing his OG selector expertise to Auckland, New…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…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: March 13th ft. James Blake, Tom Scott, Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE, Robyn, & 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. Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, & Surf Gang ‘Minty //…
James Blake holds onto hope in an uncertain world on latest album, Trying Times
Off the back of singles ‘Death of Love’ and ‘I Had a Dream She Took my Hand’, James Blake has shared his new album, Trying Times. The album marks the aacclaimed British singer-songwriter/producers seventh solo studio album following 2023’s Playing Robots into Heaven and his 2024 Lil Yachty collab project Bad Cameo, and the musicians…
Beabadoobee & The Marías join forces for dreamy duet, ‘All I Did Was Dream Of You’
British-Filipina indie darling Beabadoobee has joined forces with LA alt-pop band The Marías for a new collab, ‘All I Did Was Dream Of You’, the singer-songwriter’s first new music since her acclaimed 2024 album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves. Enlisting the mesmerising melodies of The Marías frontwoman María Zardoya for a dreamy duet, on ‘All…
Niuean-Aotearoa shares sincere second single from debut EP, ‘HONESTLY’
Off the back of last months ‘FILA’, the lead single and title track of the Niuean-Aotearoa artists forthcoming debut EP, Tyrun has shared the projects second single, ‘HONESTLY’. With smooth, acoustic guitar rooted production from Tāmaki Makaurau R&B artist JARNA, ‘HONESTLY’ is a transparent declaration of sincerity and vulnerability from Tyrun, weaving English and Niuean language…
Kurdish-NZ artist Kovan joins forces with Lewis LV for disco-soul groover, ‘Jerry Krug’
Kurdish-New Zealand, now LA-based artist Kovan and Auckland-based artist Lewis LV have joined forces for a new collab, ‘Jerry Krug’, marking the lead single from the pairs forthcoming collab EP, The Heartbreak of a Salaryman. Pivoting from hip-hop into retro 70’s disco-soul rhythms, ‘Jerry Krug’ is a smooth slice of nostalgia from Kovan. Finding the pair…
MELODOWNZ returns to raw rap roots with latest release, ‘LUV THE WORLD’ ft. BIGGS 685
Aotearoa MC MELODOWNZ has shared a new single, ‘LUV THE WORLD’ featuring BIGGS 685, the rappers second release of the year following ‘WEST AUCKLAND SHAWTY’. Recruiting Australian-Samoan rapper BIGGs 685 for the hook over slick, hard-knocking boom-bap production from YGB’s Haz Beats, ‘LUV THE WORLD’ finds MELODOWNZ returning to the traditional old-school hip-hop essence that…
Robyn shares latest Sexistential single, reimagining 2002 track ‘Blow My Mind’
Ahead of the release of her forthcoming album Sexistential, due for release on March 27th, Swedish pop icon Robyn has shared ‘Blow My Mind’, the albums latest single following ‘Dopamine’, ‘Talk To Me’, and the albums title track, ‘Sexistential’. Produced by Klas Åhlund, ‘Blow My Mind’ is a pulsating, synth-pop reimagining of the track of the…
Thundercat and WILLOW join forces for hypnotic duet, ‘Thunderwave’
Ahead of the release of his anticipated new album Distracted, due for release on April 3rd, funk virtuoso Thundercat has shared the albums third single, WILLOW collab ‘Thunderwave’, following Lil Yachty and Flying Lotus collab ‘I Did This To Myself’ and posthumous Mac Miller collab ‘She Knows Too Much’. Arriving with a mesmerising live performance…
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, & SURF GANG join forces for ‘Minty // Earth’, announce collab album
After years of their worlds colliding as longtime friends and collaborators, acclaimed underground hip-hop veterans Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are joining forces for a joint double album POMPEII // UTILITY with NYC producer collective SURF GANG, due for release on April 3rd via 10k/Tan Cressida/SURF GANG Records. Alongside the album announcement, Earl, MIKE, and SURF GANG have dropped the albums lead…
Channel Tres shares dazzling dance floor remedy, ‘Medicine’
Back with his first new music of the year, Compton electronic producer/sing-songwriter Channel Tres has shared new single, ‘Medicine’. A dazzling dance floor remedy intertwining elements of disco, house, and, soul, ‘Medicine’ loops a radiant sample of legendary house music diva Crystal Waters’ 1994 hit ‘100% Pure Love’, overlayed with Tres’ sultry vocal tone speaking…