Category: new zealand

Folk, New Music, New Release, new zealand, Video

MARLON WILLIAMS announces new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka

Aotearoa/NZ songwriter Marlon Williams returns with his first new single since the release of his album My Boy in 2022. The first taste of his Māori language album Te Whare Tīwekaweka (Pre-order) is the single ‘Aua Atu Rā‘, a beautiful and elegant Maori folk sound combining languid vocals and breezy strumming. “Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori” goes the Māori whakatauki … Continue reading MARLON WILLIAMS announces new album Te Whare Tīwekaweka

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Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, new zealand, Post-Punk, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Ringlets – New Life

Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa / Auckland, NZ band Ringlets have a new 7″ and digital single out via Leather Jacket Records and Flying Nun Records. It follows the band’s excellent debut, self-titled album of last year. ‘New Life‘ jitters and jerks like a lost Parquet Courts single, all twitchy nerve ends before the verse smooths out the cracks with Leith Towers’ melodic lead vocal and chugging … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Ringlets – New Life

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Indie Rock, New Music, new zealand, Post-Punk, Stream

AOTEAROA’S FAMILY BAND RELEASE POST PUNK/NOISE ROCK SINGLE AHEAD OF NEW EP

Formed in 2023 while all three members were flatting together in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Aotearoa/NZ, Family Band take influence from Chicago noise rock and late 00’s Trans-Tasman post-punk.  Today they share ‘Large Dirt Piles’, the first single from their debut EP The Dog Box (out digitally on April 30 via Sunreturn). It’s a minimal, repetitive and visceral slab of post punk, rock deconstruction that brings to mind Big Black, Die! Die! Die!, METZ and some of the … Continue reading AOTEAROA’S FAMILY BAND RELEASE POST PUNK/NOISE ROCK SINGLE AHEAD OF NEW EP

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Electronica, Experimental, New Music, new zealand, Post-Punk, Reggae / Dub, Stream

HALLELUJAH PICASSOS RELEASE AGILE AND POLYRHYTHMIC NEW SINGLE ‘TAX THE RICH’

Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Hallelujah Picassos continue to impress with their renewed activity and renaissance in recent years. Always a band to ignore genre limitations, they’ve explored hardcore, reggae, dub, indie rock, rockabilly and electronic styles – always with intriguing results. If you’re new to the band, make sure you head back and check out the Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland band’s brilliant 18 song retrospective compilation Rewind The Hateman … Continue reading HALLELUJAH PICASSOS RELEASE AGILE AND POLYRHYTHMIC NEW SINGLE ‘TAX THE RICH’

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Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, new zealand, Post-Punk, Post-Rock / Instrumental, rock, Video

AOTEAROA TRIO OFFICE DOG RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘GLEAM’ ON FLYING NUN

 Tāmaki Makaurau-based band Office Dog share their new single ‘Gleam’, the latest unveiling from their forthcoming debut album Spiel (Flying Nun Records, Sept 15th), plus the song’s music video directed and edited by Sophie Black, and shot by Pepe de Hoyos.  Another sonic gem of a song, it follows Kane Strang, Mitchell Innes and Rassani Tolovaa’s excellent first release ‘Hand In Hand’, a more reflective post-rock sounding song. ‘Gleam’ dives further … Continue reading AOTEAROA TRIO OFFICE DOG RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘GLEAM’ ON FLYING NUN

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Album Covers, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, new zealand, Post-Punk, rock, shoegaze, Video

SWALLOW THE RAT RELEASE HEAVY SHOEGAZE/POST-PUNK SINGLE TERRA NULLIUS

Straight off the bat there’s a big nod to Bailterspace on this new track from Auckland, Aotearoa/NZ trio Swallow The Rat. Killer sound! There’s sonic weight and tectonic shifts in the way the guitar buzz and swing with a heavy MBV sway or Swervedriver if they were more indebted to post-punk. It’s noisy, woozy and rock solid. Vocals are barked, giving it a Girls Against … Continue reading SWALLOW THE RAT RELEASE HEAVY SHOEGAZE/POST-PUNK SINGLE TERRA NULLIUS

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Album Covers, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, new zealand, Punk, Video

AOTEAROA GROUP DICK MOVE RELEASE NEW PUNK SINGLE

Taken from Dick Move‘s forthcoming new LP Wet, set for release on 6th October through 1:12 Records, ‘Small Man, Big Tweet’ is another brisk and bristling single from the Auckland group. Straight out of the gate the guitars buzz and fuzz, gloriously accompanied and interrupted by primitive drums and Frances Carter’s righteous yelp and snarl. The new album was produced by Peter Ruddell (Wax Chattels, Sulfate) and … Continue reading AOTEAROA GROUP DICK MOVE RELEASE NEW PUNK SINGLE

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Interviews, new zealand

INTERVIEW: Martin Phillipps of The Chills

This is the full transcription of the interview with Martin Phillipps that appeared in The Brag and Beat magazines… How long has it been since you last played in Australia? It’s been at least 15 years, quite a while. I can’t remember if we played there on the Sunburnt tour – I don’t think so. It’s certainly a while back. I chatted to David Kilgour … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Martin Phillipps of The Chills

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