Featured posts
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…
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…
Tom Scott announces self untitled tour, shares ANITYA album b-sides Demos and Voice Memos
Last year, after almost two decades of renowned projects including Home Brew, Avantdale Bowling Club, and more, revered Aotearoa musician Tom Scott embarked on his first ever solo album under his own name, ANITYA, which topped charts and became instantly critically acclaimed. Now, Scott has announced his self untitled tour, bringing the album to live…
Ty Dolla $ign drops new project, girl music vol. 1 ft. Leon Thomas, Brandy, & more
Over the past few years, R&B savant Ty Dolla $ign has been everywhere – from working alongside Kanye West on 2024 collab albums VULTURES 1 and 2, to releasing his 2025 solo album TYCOON, to his countless guest appearances on tracks from Leon Thomas, to Ravyn Lenae, to Cordae, and many more as the indisputable…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: March 6th ft. Denzel Curry, Hans. & hanbee, Jonny Chopps, 2charm, & 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. Denzel Curry ‘MUTT THAT BIH’ ft. 1900Rugrat…
Filipino-NZ artist Ray Leslie returns with grooving Afrobeats rap anthem, ‘SEWED PIECES’
Filipino-New Zealand artist Ray Leslie has returned with a new single, ‘SEWED PIECES’ featuring Beckah Amani, the rappers first new music since her 2024 EP Fantasy & Future. ‘SEWED PIECES’ intertwines rich Afrobeats rhythms and grooving house with a soothing R&B hook from Brisbane artist Beckah Amani and laidback rap verses from Leslie, crafting a…
Aotearoa rappers FERBY and KOMMI join forces for chilling reclamation anthem, ‘TAKE IT BACK’
Back with her first new music since 2025, Aotearoa rapper FERBY has dropped a new single, ‘TAKE IT BACK’, a collaboration with Lyttelton-based Māori nonbinary rapper KOMMI. Produced by FERBY and arriving alongside a black and white music video directed by Connor Pritchard, the tracks dark, eerie trap production is laced between hazy verses from…