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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 20th ft. underscores, Kelsey Lu, jhl, Jack Harlow, RAYE, boyracer, & 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. underscores ‘Innuendo (I Get U)’ Off the back…
Will McClean & Young Gho$t join forces for ‘Sippin’ On The Wine’, announce collab album
Pōneke-based artist Will McClean and UK-born, Pōneke-based artist and DJ Young Gho$t have joined forces for a new single, ‘Sippin’ On The Wine’, marking the first single from the rapper/producer’s forthcoming collaborative album, due for release in May. Bringing together two of the capital cities most renowned hip-hop lyricists and producers, ‘Sippin’ On The Wine’ is…
RAYE embodies resilience on latest single from new album, ‘Click Clack Symphony’
Following hit singles ‘Where Is My Husband!’ and ‘Nightingale Lane’, UK singer-songwriter RAYE has shared ‘Click Clack Symphony’, the latest single taken from the dynamic artists highly anticipated sophomore album, This Music May Contain Hope, due for release on March 27th. Featuring acclaimed composer Hans Zimmer, on ‘Click Clack Symphony’ RAYE’s transcendent vocals soar over…
underscores soundtracks liminal spaces on hyperactive third album, U
Off the back of singles ‘Tell Me (U Want It), ‘Music’ and ‘Do It’, US electronic-pop artist underscores has shared her third album, U, following fishmonger (2021) and Wallsocket (2023). Since the release of her debut album Wallsocket, underscores’ genre-defying artistry has become a key figure in the underground electronic-pop world, lending production and vocals…
6LACK announces new album Love Is The New Gangsta, drops lead single ‘Bird Flu’
Back with his first new solo music since 2024’s ‘F**k The Rap Game’, 6LACK has shared a new single, ‘Bird Flu’. The new release marks the lead single from the R&B maestro’s upcoming fourth album Love Is The New Gangsta, due for release on May 22nd, following-up his acclaimed 2023 record Since I Have A…
Nima Astria & Smurgy join forces as boyracer, drop high-charged debut single ‘God is The DJ’
Tāmaki Makaurau artists Nima Astria and Smurgy have both been carving out their own boundary-pushing spaces in Aotearoa’s underground experimental electronic world, and now the close collaborators have joined forces as a new producer/singer-songwriter duo side project, boyracer. Today, they’ve unveiling their debut single, ‘God is The DJ’, via the NYMPHO label. With additional production…
Kelsey Lu announces new album alongside moody lead single, ‘Running To Pain’
LA-based avant-garde artist Kelsey Lu has returned with new single, ‘Running to Pain’, the first offering from her long-awaited second album So Help Me God, due for release on June 12th following the artists acclaimed 2019 debut album Blood. Weaving her ethereal melodies with dark, moody textures, pulsing electronic production, and reverberating guitars, on ‘Running…
Amamelia shares final single from upcoming album, ‘(Listen To) The Sound Of The Wind’
Ahead of the release of her forthcoming album The Joy Of Living, due for release on April 17 via Sunreturn Records, Naarm-based Tāmaki Makaurau producer and songwriter Amamelia has shared the records final single, ‘(Listen To) The Sound Of The Wind’. The single arrives alongside the announcement of a homecoming Auckland album release show at Whammy Bar on…
Jack Harlow channels 90’s neo-soul on new album, Monica
Global rap superstar Jack Harlow has returned with Monica, the Louisville raised artists fourth studio album following 2023’s Jackman and 2025 Doja Cat collab ‘Just Us’. Where his quick-witted rap charm and lyrical intricacy shot him to fame in 2020 with breakout hit ‘What’s Poppin’, followed by huge hits like ‘First Class’ and ‘Lovin on Me’, on…
Arlo Parks shares latest club-rooted single from forthcoming album, ‘Get Go’
Off the back of singles ‘2SIDED’ and ‘Heaven’, acclaimed UK artist Arlo Parks has shared ‘Get Go’, the latest offering from her forthcoming album Ambiguous Desire, due for release on April 3rd following acclaimed 2023 album My Soft Machine. Lacing together rattling breakbeat percussion with her signature poetic lyricism and lush R&B melodies, ‘Get Go’ encapsulates…