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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: Feb 20th ft. Thundercat & Mac Miller, Imani-J, James Blake, Miss Kaninna, & 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. Thundercat ‘She Knows Too Much’ ft. Mac…
Aotearoa’s Imani-J affirms self worth on new Afropop single, ‘something special’
Last year, seventeen year old breakout Haitian-New Zealand artist Imani-J released her debut EP EXPECTATIONS, establishing herself as a star on the rise both in Aotearoa and beyond with her dynamic Afropop approaches. Now, the singer-songwriter has returned with her first new music of the year, releasing latest single ‘something special’. Soothing, percussive Afrobeat rhythms…
Aotearoa’s Silas Futura returns with surreal soul single and music video, ‘The Fall’
Back with his first new music in four years, Tāmaki-based artist Silas Futura has shared a new single, ‘The Fall’ , the first offering taken from the musicians new album Life Begins After Despair, due for release on March 4th. Written, produced and performed by Silas entirely, ‘The Fall’ blends smooth falsetto’s and sharp rap…
Aotearoa’s Amamelia announces new album alongside radiant latest single, ‘Theme From Living’
Amamelia, the Aotearoa Music Award winning musical project of Naarm-based Tāmaki Makaurau producer and songwriter Amelia Berry, has announced her new album The Joy Of Living. Due for release on April 17 via Sunreturn Records, today she’s shared the records latest single, ‘Theme From Living’. Featuring vocals from an array of artists from Aotearoa’s underground music scene, Amamelia enlists Carla Camilleri ((cc)tv),…
Thundercat enlists the late, great Mac Miller for vibrant new collab, ‘She Knows Too Much’
Thundercat and Mac Millers relationship spanned years of friendship, mutual inspiration, and collaboration, having worked together on countless tracks over the years and jamming together for Mac Miller’s beloved Tiny Desk Concert performance in 2018. Now, following the announcement of Thundercat’s upcoming new album Distracted due for release on April 3rd, and the recent announcement…
Naarm artist Miss Kaninna shares assertive homage to her people with new single, ‘MOB TIES’
Back with her first new music since 2025’s ‘BACKSTREETS’, Naarm/Melbourne Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali artist Miss Kaninna has dropped her first new music of the year, ‘MOB TIES’, arriving ahead of her upcoming headline performance at Aotearoa’s Splore festival this weekend. Co-produced by Miss Kaninna, 18YOMAN (Lil Nas X, Kid Cudi, Sampa The Great, Rico Nasty), and Ethan…
DC Maxwell announces new album The Singer, alongside bittersweet latest single ‘Funeral Suit’
Naarm-based Aotearoa artist DC Maxwell has announced his forthcoming album, The Singer, due for independant release on May 22nd, alongside revealing the albums latest single, ‘Funeral Suit’. The new record marks the follow-up to the singer-songwriters acclaimed 2023 debut album Lone Rider, a record rooted in alt-country, while The Singer finds DC Maxwell returning full circle to…
Danny L Harle builds a whimsical electronic-pop world on Cerulean, ft. PinkPantheress, Caroline Polachek, Oklou, & more
Acclaimed for his innovative contributions to pop as the producer behind hits from Caroline Polachek, Dua Lipa, and many more, British electronic genre-bender and PC Music affiliate Danny L Harle has shared his latest album, Cerulean. Cerulean’s 13 tracks embark on a surreal, dreamy voyage of otherworldly electronic pop, with Harle’s whimsical sound design spanning a…
James Blake shares haunting second single from new album, ‘I Had A Dream She Took My Hand’
Following the announcement of his upcoming album Trying Times with the release of January’s lead single ‘Death Of Love, James Blake has shared the records second single ‘I Had A Dream She Took My Hand’, ahead of the albums release on March 13th. Arriving alongside another live performance video directed by Harrison & Adair, ‘I…
Frost Children and Ninajirachi join forces for new rework, ‘Sisters’
American electronic-pop duo Frost Children have joined forces with Australian EDM force Ninajirachi for new track ‘Sisters’, marking the artists second collab following Frost Children’s recent remix of Ninajirachi’s cult favourite record I LOVE MY COMPUTER’s album highlight, ‘F*ck My Computer’. A reimagining of the title track of Frost Children’s 2025 album SISTER, ‘Sisters’ expands…