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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…
Aotearoa’s Hyan embodies NZ summer with new EP, BOARD SHORTS
Aotearoa producer and DJ force Hyan has shared a new two-track EP, BOARD SHORTS, the artists second EP following 2025’s WE MUSN’T, and a handful of singles released via the artists and his close friends independent record label Community Service Records. Continuing to push forward the “NZG” movement, a new localised subgenre inspired by UK…
Don Toliver drops high-charged new record, OCTANE
Following 2024 album HARDSTONE PSYCHO, Houston rap star Don Toliver has dropped a new album, OCTANE, marking the melodic-rap forces fifth studio album. A high-charged, exhilarating adrenaline-rush, OCTANE’s title references Toliver’s passion for racing and car culture, resulting in a record made to be blasted while cruising in the fast lane. Five albums in, Toliver’s distinctive…
SNIFFERS SCOOP: Jan 30th ft. Thundercat, Muroki, Ninajirachi & horsegiirL, Takatapunani & Coco Solid, & 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 ‘I Did This To Myself’ ft. Lil…
Thundercat announces new album alongside down bad Lil Yachty collab, ‘I Did This To Myself’
Six years on from his last album, 2020’s It Is What It Is, Thundercat has announced his fifth studio album, Distracted, due for release April 3rd via Brainfeeder. The new album features contributions from A$AP Rocky, WILLOW, Tame Impala, Channel Tres, a previously unreleased collaboration with late clos friend Mac Miller, and today Thundercat has…
Takatapunani and Coco Solid team up for ballroom club banger, ‘FILTHY BASS’
Back with her second single following 2025’s eruptive ballroom ode debut ‘Perfect Ten’, rising Aotearoa rapper Takatapunani (the project of Asher McCarten of House of Coven) has shared a new track, ‘FILTHY BASS’ featuring acclaimed musician, writer, artist, and independant label Kuini Qontrol founder Coco Solid. Produced by Big Fat Raro and written by TAKATAPUNANI, Coco Solid and Big…
Ninajirachi recruits horsegiirL for euphoric new remix of ILMC track, ‘Delete’
Off the back of a colossal breakout year in 2025 where she received critical acclaim, countless awards, and global accolades for her boundary-pushing debut album I Love My Computer, Australia’s EDM innovator Ninajirachi has shared a new official remix of ‘Delete’, from renowned DJ, writer, producer icon horsegiirL. The new remix is the latest in a string…
Muroki embarks on a nomadic journey with long-awaited debut album, Amber Skies
Kenyan-New Zealand artist Muroki has released Amber Skies, the musicians long-awaited debut album, after establishing himself as one of the most distinctive, genre-defying voices in Aotearoa and beyond with celebrated EP’s including Dawn, Heading East, and Timezones. Over 12 tracks with production from Djeisan Suskov and Josh Fountain of LEISURE and Justyn Pilbrow, the album…
Double Parked overcome darkness on latest single, ‘Lighthouse’
Off the back of a huge set at Rhythm & Vines festival and recent singles ‘Necklace’ and ‘Buttercup’, West Auckland post-surf rockers Double Parked have kicked off the year with another new single, ‘Lighthouse’. With their last two singles, ‘Necklace’ and ‘Buttercup’ rooted in the raw depths of mental health, the band’s latest material unpacks…
Aotearoa pop artist Lottie reveals intimate debut EP, For What It’s Worth
After introducing herself last year with singles including ‘Gimme’, ‘Last To Admit’, ‘covered in stone’, ‘calling her baby’, and ‘Not Right Now’, rising Aotearoa artist Lottie has unveiled her debut EP, For What It’s Worth, alongside latest single ‘Selfish Girl’. On For What It’s Worth, Lottie chronicles a candid conversation navigating love, loss, and learnings, with…
KNEECAP announce new album FENIAN alongside confronting new single, ‘Liars Tale’
KNEECAP, the Irish hip-hop trio made up of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí, have announced their forthcoming album, FENIAN. Due for release on April 24th, the news lands alongside the release of a new single, ‘Liars Tale’, the groups first new music of the year following November’s Sub Focus collab ‘No Comment’. A confronting tale…