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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…
Slayyyter shares latest unhinged rave anthem, ‘Old Technology’
Back with another banger single adding to the acclaimed rollout of her forthcoming album Wor$t Girl in America, due for release on March 27, pop provocateur Slayyyter has dropped the albums latest offering, ‘Old Technology’. Meshing electronic-pop and punk-rock, ‘Old Technology’ is another hedonistic, unhinged rave anthem oozing reverb, gritty guitar riffs, and frenetic vocal drama,…
Foley share addictive new EP, Like An Actress
Sydney-based Aotearoa pop duo Foley have unveiled their latest EP, Like An Actress, the group’s first new project since 2025’s acclaimed sophomore album, That’s Life, Baby!. Written by Foley (Ash Wallace and Gabe Everett) alongside longtime producer Josh Naley (AKA Wells*), as its title suggests, Like An Actress is made up of 5 addictive anthems transporting listeners to the euphoria of a cinematic, rom-com-ready…
WHO SHOT SCOTT announces debut album HAIRY with funk-infused latest single, ‘BAD GIRLS’
Iraqi-New Zealand hip-hop disruptor WHO SHOT SCOTT has dropped latest single, ‘BAD GIRLS’, alongside announcing his highly anticipated debut album HAIRY, set for release on the June 5th. In the same cathartic vein as previous singles ‘PROBLEMS IN MY HEAD’, ‘LFTBU’, and ‘FRENCH FEVER’, on ‘BAD GIRLS’ WHO SHOT SCOTT revisits a vulnerable version of…
Genesis Owusu returns with commanding call to action, ‘STAMPEDE’
Back with his first new release of the year following 2025 singles ‘PIRATE RADIO’ and ‘DEATH CULT ZOMBIE’, Ghanaian-Australian rap-punk disruptor Genesis Owusu has returned with new single and music video, ‘STAMPEDE’. An earth-shaking, high-octane call to action colliding punchy drums and jolting guitar riffs with spirited songwriting rallying against right wing propaganda, ‘STAMPEDE’ speaks to community…
Baby Keem returns with sophomore album, CA$INO
Since the release of his acclaimed 2021 debut album The Melodic Blue album almost five years ago, Baby Keem has only offered us a couple of releases, joining forces as a supergroup with his cousin Kendrick Lamar in 2023 for ‘The Hillbillies’, and lending his looped vocal samples for an appearance on Fred again..’s ‘leavemealone’. Now, the…
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…