UTR proudly presents fuzz-blasting garage rock 'n' roll giants The Datsuns — revving up for a six date tour of Aotearoa New Zealand in March 2026! Get tickets NOW via UTR and thedatsuns.com 🎸🔥

The lineup for Rhythm and Alps festival's 15th anniversary is already gigantic — headlined by Synthony, RUDIM3NTAL, Santigold + many more! Returning to Cardrona Valley in Wānaka from 29th to 31st December, get tickets via rhythmandalps.co.nz

Back together for a massively popular reunion tour, Minuit are triumphantly capping it all off with an encore show at The Loons in Ōhinehou Lyttelton on 1st November! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Best Electronic Artist Tūī winner @amamelia.bsky.social returns with joyously imaginative single 'The Floating Opera' via @sunreturn.bsky.social. The incredible animated vid by @simonmward.bsky.social stars an adventuresome (and hairy) touring trio, made with support from NZ On Air 🎵

Naarm-based Aotearoa alt-rock artist D.C. Maxwell ponders how to love in troubled times on new single 'Golden Light' + DIY rooftop dance vid. He's headlining Tāmaki's Double Whammy on 25th Oct with special guests Sulfate & Groopchat! Get tix NOW via UTR (incl. download code for 'Golden Light') 💗🌞

Erase Everything are welcoming their Glass Souls debut EP (Sunreturn) into the world with a nationwide tour! Experience the fuzzed-out meditations of new single 'Keajra' + get tickets NOW via UTR.

Rhian Sheehan and Arli Liberman are touring their new album of electronic excursions Traces (Loop) — joined onstage by Ed Zuccollo (Zuke) & Riki Pirihi (Riki Gooch) in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch! Tickets on sale from 25th September via loop.co.nz

Australian superstar songwriters Folk Bitch Trio are touring their debut album Now Would Be A Good Time, with special guest Georgia Knight this week in Aotearoa NZ! Playing in Auckland, Wellington & Lyttelton — get tickets now via moshtix.co.nz

US avant-pop artist John Maus will headline Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy & Te Whanganui-a-Tara's Meow in May 2026 — brought to you by Strange News & Banished Music! Banished presales from 24th September, subscribe at www.banishedmusic.com/subscribe

Avondale icon Tom Scott (Avantdale Bowling Club, Home Brew) is headlining Tāmaki Makaurau's The Civic on 1st November, toasting his forthcoming album ANITYA! Listen to his soulful new single 'gyal like you' + get tickets before they're all gone via Ticketmaster.

Dive into our Release Roundup & Playlist — Aotearoa highlights from Babe Martin, Maxine Funke, Mim Jensen, Yumi Zouma, Hail, Meteor!, Casual Healing, Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Paradox Princess, Riki Gooch (with huge band) & Jukebox Baby Records 🍌🕶

Soft Bait's Life Advice release tour hits Te Waipounamu this week — Friday at Ōtautahi's Darkroom with Wurld Series & Guideless + Saturday at Ōtepoti's The Crown with Shotgun Wedding & Vagina Dry! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Promising an early start and an early finish, it’s perfect for priming you for the night ahead, whether that be another show or an early night. For October, don’t miss performances from Finn Johansson, Living Perfection & Alphabethead! Tickets are available from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social

Cowboy Dan's long-awaited debut album Dreams That Feel Like Falling balances from-the-heart poetic reflections with power-pop / jangle rock oomph. Go catch them on tour this week & next with Echo Children (nearly all dates)! Get tickets via UTR 🤠

Aotearoa's gospel choir with a rock 'n' roll soul, Jubilation have invited Julia Deans, Bella Kalolo & Anika Moa to join them at Tāmaki Makaurau's iconic Hollywood Avondale on 23rd November! Get tickets NOW via UTR ✨

Mazbou Q shares a meticulously sliced 'n' diced vid for his 2025 APRA Silver Scroll finalist single 'TORQUE.' Catch the rap scientist at the Artists For Congo fundraiser next month at Double Whammy & Public Bar, with Jujulipps + more! Get tickets via UTR.

Music First x Darklight are welcoming NYC's Musclecars back to Tāmaki Makaurau for Resonate 03 — a multimedia club event also featuring Bbyfacekilla & Music First DJs at Okahu in Mission Bay! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Ōtautahi's Yurt Party are celebrating their carnivalesque new single 'Ding Dong Swing' at @spaceacademy.bsky.social! Nab tickets via UTR for Yurt Party For Families, an all ages midday rager this Saturday 🥳

Ocean Alley explore the many layered dimensions of love on their new album Love Balloon 🎈 Watch the vid for 'Drenched' + don't miss the Australian superstars headlining Auckland's Spark Arena on 27th Feb, with special guests Skegss & Don West! Get tickets via Ticketmaster.

Tom Scott's 'gyal like you' is an emotionally bruised ode to "someone who holds you down even when you don’t feel worthy of their support" — from his upcoming album ANITYA. Headlining Tāmaki Makaurau's The Civic on 1st Nov! Tickets are selling fast, nab yours before it's too late via Ticketmaster.

Beastwars unveil the official vid for their blistering new single 'Levitate' — an Antipodean gothic hallucination made with support from NZ On Air. They've also just announced all-killer NZ supports for their The Ship // The Sea album release tour! Get tickets via UTR & beastwarsband.com 🤘

US alt-rock mavericks King Missile / Dog Fly Religion's John S. Hall & Dogbowl of 'Detachable Penis' fame (plus much more) are touring in Aotearoa NZ next month! Get tickets now via UTR 🙌

Big Thief's new album Double Infinity is shaped by friendship, infused with a warm, celebratory glow throughout — out now via 4AD.

Community Garden are hosting Uruguayan electronic innovator Lila Tirando a Violeta (Hyperdub, N.A.A.F.I) at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar on 4th October, with fern & DJ Kristen Stewart! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Hallelujah Picassos kick up a dubby ruckus in their vid for new single 'All Systems Go', officially out Thursday! True champions of Tāmaki Makaurau's sonic underground, don't miss Hallelujah Picassos at Tone Fest 2025 — get tickets via UTR.

UTR proudly presents Doubleslack!! — A Fundraiser For Newzician Magazine featuring Half/Angel, Awning and Oscar Dowling, this Friday at Akl's Double Whammy! Brought to you by VMorg and The Slack Agency, support these local heroes & get tickets NOW via UTR 🎵

Naarm-based provocateur D.C. Maxwell has announced his first hometown event in two years, promising "the show of the century" at Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy on 25th October — with Sulfate & Groopchat! Get tickets NOW via UTR, each ticket includes a download code for his upcoming new single 🙏

Pluto are reuniting to toast the 20th anniversary of their classic Pipeline Under the Ocean — at Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy on 8th November, with support from Arahi! Preorder the new remastered double LP edition featuring bonus tracks + get tickets NOW via UTR.

UTR proudly presents Scotland's greatest rock 'n' roll band Lord Rochester — playing a massive twelve date tour of Aotearoa New Zealand this October! Get tickets NOW via UTR 🎸💥

Dive into our Release Roundup & Playlist — new / recent Aotearoa highlights from LEISURE, P.H.F, Echomatica, Brandon De La Cruz, Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman, Demon Sluice, DAHTM, Postnatal Abortion, Drop Zone and IVY 💎

Dougfest will be back for a monster-stacked third edition at Kirikiriroa's Last Place Bar — hosting fifteen acts over two evenings this coming Labour Weekend! Get festival passes / individual night tickets NOW via UTR 🎸💥

Tāmaki Makaurau's mighty Soft Bait are playing a launch party for their new album Life Advice (Flying Nun) at Double Whammy this Saturday — with Sulfate, Stud Finder & Donk Dobbo! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

UTR proudly presents Aussie garage-punks Drunk Mums, touring Aotearoa NZ nationwide this October — their first local headline shows in seven years! Get tickets NOW via UTR 🎸 💥

Tickets are on sale NOW via UTR for Canadian technical death metal masters Archspire — "the fastest band on earth" blasting Pōneke's Valhalla & Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy in February!

UK post-punk superstars bar italia's new album Some Like It Hot is out next month + they're hitting Aotearoa in November for headline dates at Tāmaki Makaurau's Hollywood Avondale & Pōneke's Meow! Get tickets NOW via banishedmusic.com 🔥

Aotearoa noise-rock powerhouses High Dependency Unit (HDU) are back — touring nationwide this November 🙌 Joined by Zamrock pioneers W.I.T.C.H (We Intend To Cause Havoc) in Wgtn + playing Akl's The Others Way Festival! Get tickets via banishedmusic.com

Artists For Congo is a fundraiser for HDE Hope for Development and Empowerment at Tāmaki's Double Whammy & Public Bar on 24th October — ft. Jujulipps, Mazbou Q & more, brought to you by Artists For Others! Get tickets now via UTR.

PollyHill and Samara Alofa invite you to enter Club Uranus at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar this Saturday — an interstellar release party for AQUARIES: Age of Uranus (@sunreturn.bsky.social) starring BBYFACEKILLA, Caru, HALFQUEEN, MOKOTRON (live) & DJ Snakelegs! Get tickets NOW via UTR ✨

Tāmaki jangle-rockers Cowboy Dan's debut album Dreams That Feel Like Falling is out this Friday + their release tour starts Saturday at 605 Morningside w/ Echo Children & guests! Get tickets NOW via UTR 🤠

Canada's Archspire have been branded "the fastest band on earth" + will be blasting NZ gig-goers at Pōneke's Valhalla & Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy this February! Tickets on sale via UTR from 16th September 🤘💥

Julia Jacklin's group Phantastic Ferniture are heading to Aotearoa New Zealand for a triple date summer tour + tickets are on sale NOW! Get Auckland & Christchurch tickets via UTR / Wgtn tickets via phanfern.com 🪑 🪴 🎉

Shayne P. Carter has just announced a very special tour of the South Island — playing solo sets in Nelson, Blenheim, Chch, Ōamaru, Invercargill, Hokitika and of course Dunedin this spring. Performing at Akl's Double Whammy this Saturday w/ Louisa Nicklin & Jim Nothing! Get tickets via UTR.

Ōtautahi's mega-heavy psych-rockers S.E.I.S.M.I.C have announced a launch tour for their upcoming album Ologism! Hit play on superfuzzed new single 'Magic Seagull' + get tickets via UTR.

Julia Jacklin's group Phantastic Ferniture are touring Aotearoa NZ this summer just before Xmas — bringing their Dare to Fern in Love Tour to Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch, brought to you by 100% Good! Tickets on sale from 9am, Monday 15th September 🙌

Southland alt-country / blues-rock maverick Lachie Hayes is venturing up north for a spring tour — celebrating his new album Subsatellite, produced by Delaney Davidson 🙌 Playing this October in Auckland, Hamilton, Helensville & Leigh + TONIGHT in Dunedin! Get tickets via UTR.

One of the most influential punk groups of any era, Dead Kennedys — East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, Ron “Skip” Greer and Steve Wilson — hit Aotearoa NZ next week! Supported by Death Chemist at Akl's The Powerstation and The Flash Harrys at Wgtn's Meow Nui, get tickets NOW via sbmpresents.com 💥

Sydney post-punk-rap crew Shady Nasty have been hailed by Fred again.. as "literally my favourite band in the world right now" — don't miss them this Friday at Wgtn's Valhalla + Saturday at Akl's Whammy Bar! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Grassroots music venues are essential to the health of our music industry, and more importantly to the wellbeing of our communities. In @theconversation.com this morning, Massey's Dave Carter (et al) sets out both a definition of the problem and a range of international solutions.

Pōneke post-punks goya's Home Turf album release tour with EUG reaches its triumphant conclusion this week — Friday at Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar with Crook, plus Saturday at Kirikiriroa's Last Place! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Big congratulations to 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Award & Maioha Award finalists Marlon Williams, Fazerdaze, There’s A Tuesday, JessB, Mazbou Q, Dillastrate, and MĀ 🏆