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Skepta opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ on introspective latest The Fork and Knife single
Off the back of last months Chase & Status and Suggs collab ‘Innocent Smile’, Skepta has shared new single ‘Pandora’s…
Rabanne x Imani-J: Unlock The Night
In 2024, Rabanne introduced Million Gold For Her, a signature scent inspired by success that shines with confidence. Now, Million…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: October 30th ft. Lucy Gray, 9lives, TEEKS, Skepta, Smurgy, iKeda, & 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. Lucy Gray ‘BREAK’ Tāmaki Makaurau artist Lucy Gray has…
Aotearoa’s Lucy Gray drops disruptive, genre-bending new mixtape, Break It
Tāmaki Makaurau artist Lucy Gray has been carving out an eclectic path in Aotearoa’s sonic underground over the past few years, starting out with indie-pop adjacent projects like 2024 debut EP Whole Life Waiting, before pivoting firmly into the underground electronic-pop scene over the last year. Now, the digicore darling has unveiled their long-awaited mixtape,…
TEEKS embarks on a transformative cosmic journey on sophomore album, Lovers Comet
Aotearoa soul star TEEKS has unveiled his long-awaited sophomore album Lovers Comet, the follow-up to his acclaimed, award-winning 2021 debut album Something To Feel. Preceded by singles ‘My Boy’, ‘Overdose’, and ‘Narcotica’, the highly anticipated record finds teeks at his most creatively comfortable and uninhibited. Charged with lust and hopeless romanticism and exploring sexuality and…
Aotearoa’s Smurgy drops otherworldly debut album, ABSOLUTE
After carving out a distinct presence in Aotearoa’s sonic underground over the last few years with his solo work, collaborative production work, and work as one half of left-field electronic duo boyracer with Nima Astria, Tāmaki Makaurau-based, Ōtautahi-raised producer and experimental electronic-pop artist Smurgy has shared his long-awaited debut album, ABSOLUTE. Entirely produced by Smurgy,…
9lives recruits Lucy Bedroque, Kuru, Slayr, & more for latest EP, 9
9lives has returned with his first new music of the year, 9 EP, the Aotearoa underground electronic wizard’s first new music of the year following his December 2025 unity EP. The EP expands on the dark, alluring digicore world building of 9lives’ previous projects, bringing the artists iconic “you are now tuned into 9lives radio”…
West Auckland’s Double Parked return with grand latest single, ‘Never To Be Seen’
West Auckland post-surf rockers Double Parked have returned with ‘Never To Be Seen’, their first new single since the bands acclaimed March EP, Rosary. Inspired by a trip to the petrol station, ‘Never To Be Seen’ beautifully encapsulates the mundanity of everyday life and the feeling of not being enough. Departing from the heavier soundscapes…
Troy Kingi announces final instalment of 10 | 10 | 10 series, releases grand lead single ‘The Golden Gun’
Aotearoa sonic visionary Troy Kingi has announced Yort, Ignik Yort, marking the final album in his ambitious 10 | 10 | 10 album series, where the musician has released 10 albums across 10 different genres since 2016. Following his hip-hop focused 2025 album Night Lords, the new album is due for release on November 27th,…
iKeda shares new dark electro-pop double release, ‘For Me / Principle’
British electroclash artist iKeda released her breakout EP EP Bangs N Braces back in August, a 6-track club-pop project with production primarily from Belfast producer Tailitu. Now, she’s returned with a new double single release, ‘For Me / Principle’. The A and B-side release taps into contrasting moods to tell the tale of toxic attraction…
Nima Astria: The Ballad of ‘Sexybeat’ (Interview)
Born in Tāmaki Makaurau to Iranian parents who immigrated to Aotearoa just two months before her birth, Nima Astria’s childhood was soundtracked by C4 Select Live, Britney Spears, and video games like Big Little Planet and GTA – all influences that paved the way for the contemporary digicore, hyperpop, and underground rap that’s manifested her…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: ft. rede. & Adamn Killa, HALES, Doechii, A$AP Rocky, fakemink & Skepta, & 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. Doechii ‘CATWOMAN’ . Last week, Doechii returned with new…