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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…
Vince Staples shares punk-influenced new single and music video, ‘Blackberry Marmalade’
Back with his first new music since 2024 album Dark Times, Vince Staples has shared a new single and music video, ‘Blackberry Marmalade’. Built around stomping drums and heavy guitars, the politically-charged track finds Staples addressing gun violence over aggressive post-punk influenced production. The track lands alongside an explicit Bradley J. Calder co-directed accompanying music…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: April 24th ft. Kehlani, JT, Genesis Owusu, Will McClean & Young Gho$t, & more
SNIFFERS SCOOP is a weekly recap of some of our favourite international and local New Zealand new music releases from the past week, updated every Friday. Sniff it out before others do, and find all of our weekly selects on our SNIFFERS SCOOP Spotify playlist. 1. Kehlani ‘Anotha Luva’ ft. Lil Wayne Even before…
Kehlani’s self-titled fifth album is a love letter to timeless R&B
Even before its release, Kehlani’s highly anticipated, self-titled fifth album had already made its mark on R&B history. The records 2025 hit lead single ‘Folded’ took out two Grammy Awards for both Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song, becoming the R&B star’s biggest track to date over a decade into her career. Following up…
Aotearoa’s HINA announces debut album, shares soothing single ‘South Pacific Sun’
Off the back of her return in March with ‘Coucou!’, Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist HINA has announced her anticipated debut album, Descending Dreams. Due for release on July 31st, today she shares the records second single, ‘South Pacific Sun’. Opening with the soothing sound of ocean waves recorded at the artists local beach, ‘South Pacific…
LEISURE announce Welcome To The Mood Special Edition, share soothing new single ‘Ride It Out’
Off the back of the renowned collective’s September 2025 fifth album Welcome To The Mood, Aotearoa supergroup LEISURE have announced the forthcoming Special Edition of the album, due for release on May 29th. Offering four brand new tracks on the new deluxe version, today LEISURE have unveiled the projects latest offering, ‘Ride It Out’. Layered…
Aotearoa’s Will McClean & Young Gho$t reunite for new single, ‘No Giving Up’
New Zealand hip-hop artists and producers Will McClean & Young Gho$t team up again for their second collaborative single, ‘No Giving Up’. Following the flamenco-inspired ‘Sippin On The Wine’, the release sees the pair spitting clean rhymes over a laidback, jazz-inspired beat. Full of soulful chops and knocking drums, the track sees the duo contemplating…
NZ producer Frau Knotz releases new remix EP, shares Keanu Raves remix of ‘Left Eye Lunar’
Off the back of her August 2025 sophomore EP Digital Plastic Surgery, New Plymouth, New Zealand-based producer and vocalist Frau Knotz has shared Digital Plastic Surgery: Special Edition EP, a two-track project reimagining the original EP with reworks from Amamelia and Keanu Raves. Following Amamelia’s nostalgic 90’s rave rendition of ‘Victory Dance on ZR3’, today a…
Chinese New Zealand artist dān dān shares confessional new single, ‘(cookie) crumble’
Back with her second single of the year following ‘songs about u’, Tāmaki Makaurau-based Chinese New Zealand singer-songwriter dān dān has shared a new single, ‘(cookie) crumble’. A chilling account of an unravelling relationship, ‘(cookie) crumble’ intertwines dān dān’s hauntingly beautiful vocals and self-reflective songwriting with sparse, tranquil instrumentation. Confessional and cathartic, her melancholic songwriting depicts…
Genesis Owusu shares high-spirited latest single, ‘LIFE KEEPS GOING’
After stomping into the year with February single ‘STAMPEDE’, Ghanaian-Australian musical shapeshifter Genesis Owusu has shared ‘LIFE KEEPS GOING’, the latest single from his upcoming album REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, due for release on May 15th. Surging with dynamic drum and bass rhythms, on ‘LIFE KEEPS GOING’ Owusu contemplates the passage of time and unpredictable phases…
JT drops assertive latest single, ‘Numb’
Off the back of a huge run of singles last year and a Coachella appearance where she debuted a collab with Little Simz during the British rappers set, JT continues to push her music into alternative territory with the release of a new single, ‘Numb’. Expanding outside of traditional hip-hop production and embracing forward-looking electronic…