Local supports have been revealed for Brazilian grindcore masters TEST's tour around the North Island Te Ika-a-Māui this June! Get tickets NOW via UTR 🎸🥁💥

"It went gold in the first week, so we did something right." Bleeders frontman Angelo Munro had a great chat with Lucy Beeler (Mercury Fèng) all about the upcoming As Sweet As Sin 20th anniversary vinyl LP release tour! Tickets are moving fast — get yours NOW via UTR or miss out 🔪

Aotearoa electronic pop stars Foley are back home from Sydney, touring their new Like an Actress EP in Christchurch, Auckland & Wellington this week! Get Chch & Akl tickets via UTR ✈️

Stars on the rise, Naarm post-punks HighSchool play at Whammy Bar in Tāmaki Makaurau this Sunday 10th May! Touring their hit self-titled debut album, get tickets NOW via UTR ✨

Noa Records present one last LEAO fundraiser show at Goblin in Tāmaki Makaurau before their UK / EU tour — this THURS with support from Yolanda F. Fagan & Hasji b2b WAIWHAI. plus woodfired pizzas by Matua! Secure your spot for this world-class gig by getting tickets via UTR 🍕🌏

Tāmaki Makaurau post-punks Prosa have put together a smashing bill for PROSAPALOOZA — at Double Whammy & Public Bar on Sunday 7th June (2pm start) 💥 Get tickets NOW via UTR.

PSY FI celebrates future-focused artists THIS SATURDAY 9th May at Massey University's Great Hall in Pōneke Wellington — ft. Micronism, The Golden Awesome, BIRDPARTY, Dream Chambers, DJ Martyn Pepperell, author Lee Hana & many more! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

Sounds of Tāmaki Makaurau is a new initiative championing the power of local music — a huge variety of events & projects brought to you by Auckland Council, happening in May aka NZ Music Month 🙌 Free live events, exhibitions & lots more!

Dive into our Release Roundup — Aotearoa highlights from Reb Fountain, Clear Path Ensemble, Hun Lynch, Junny, Household Spirits, Sheep, Dog & Wolf, PARK RD, We Will Ride Fast, Casual Healing, Adam McGrath, and the super stacked FULL FLOCKING FORCE fundraiser for Lebanon compilation 🥝 🎵

NZ Music Month / Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa starts today! Check out our selected rundown of this week's NZMM free live shows, exhibitions, initiatives plus more — including the NZ Music Month Summit this Saturday at The Tuning Fork in Tāmaki Makaurau 🥝 🎵

"Dedicated all the girls and the daughters", Tāmaki Makaurau grunge-punks The Sour get us amped with their hook-crammed debut Daughters EP. Catch them at at Whammy Bar & Pōneke's MOON this May (NZ Music Month)! Get tickets via UTR.

Vera Ellen's new album HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT TIME may be the multi-award-winning Aotearoa songwriter's finest to date — out today via Flying Nun Records 🙌 Experience the vid for dreamy new single 'walking in vegas' made with support from NZ On Air + head along to her just-announced release tour!

Congratulations Marlon Williams — winner of the 2026 Taite Music Prize for Te Whare Tīwekaweka! Read our rundown of last night's awards at Tāmaki's NZ International Convention Centre, presented by Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) 🏆

"With Office Dog it's much more about experimenting and just having fun and making music with my friends." Kane Strang talked all things Office Dog with interviewer Lucia Taylor, ahead of this Saturday's UK / EU tour fundraiser show at Whammy Bar in Tāmaki Makaurau! Get tickets quick via UTR.

Hans Pucket reemerge with boisterous new single 'G.Y.S.S.' + vid directed by Callum Devlin (The Weed Easters) 📸

Southern rising songwriting star Just Janie is touring her debut album 'Mythology Of The Girls' with band in May (NZ Music Month)! Also performing solo with Mim Jensen in Ōtepoti Dunedin, get tickets for selected dates via UTR ✨

Los Angeles jazz-funk-soul-fusion visionary, Thundercat is touring his new album Distracted in Aotearoa NZ — playing at Auckland's The Powerstation & Wellington's Meow Nui in May! Get tickets NOW 🐈

West Auckland punk legends Bleeders are back — launching a 20th anniversary vinyl LP edition of their chart-smashing debut album As Sweet As Sin + ON TOUR nationwide this June! Get tickets now via UTR 🔪

The knock-your-socks-off full lineup for Strange Universe: Winter 2026 has been revealed — including new headliners The Circling Sun & all-star local guests for every show! Brought to you by Banished Music & Strange News, get tickets at banishedmusic.com ✨

Two of Tāmaki's best, Elliot & Vincent and Emmanuelle will be rocking Whammy Bar this Friday 1st May (NZ Music Month)! Get tickets before they run out via UTR.

PSY FI celebrates future-focused artists at Massey University's Great Hall in Te Whanganui-a-Tara on 9th May — ft. Micronism, The Golden Awesome, BIRDPARTY, Dream Chambers, DJ Martyn Pepperell & more. Opening with a book launch for Lee Hana's sci-fi collection Descendants! Get tickets via UTR.

The 2026 Official NZ Music Month Summit is THIS SATURDAY 2nd May — a full day programme of guest panel speakers sharing their personal experiences & expert insights, at Akl's The Tuning Fork! RSVP via moshtix.co.nz for free tickets (all-ages) 🥝 🎵

Exploding Rainbow Orchestra bring you The Jukebox of Joy at Akl's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on 12th July 🌈 💥 Starring a whopping 40+ piece band with Elizabeth Stokes (The Beths), Princess Chelsea, Diggy Dupé, Priya Sami, Grecco Romank, Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins), Dominic Hoey + many more!

Dive into our Release Roundup — Aotearoa highlights from Hun Lynch, Mainard Larkin, Frau Knotz x Keanu Raves, Reb Fountain, The Beths, HINA, The Veils, Hominid, Esteem Engine and Hori Holocaust / EndoplasmicRectomyosis 🚴

Friday 8 May, 8PM @ Audio Foundation @undertheradarnz.bsky.social $15 / Door sales $20 / Unwaged $10 Members Free

Delaney Davidson shares a beautifully surreal vid for his punchy new mutant disco single 'Baby Heavyweight' — co-directed by Martin Sagadin & made with support from NZ On Air. Don't miss Davidson's album release tour with band! Early birds are on sale NOW via UTR & banishedmusic.com 🥊 👶

Taite Music Prize finalist Jazmine Mary is playing their only headline show of the year in Tāmaki Makaurau at Whammy Bar on 3rd June — a fundraiser to help get the whole band over to Naarm's RISING festival. Joined by special guest Evie Bamford! Strictly limited tickets via UTR.

Living Perfection's new anthem 'Late To The Disco' is a very catchy ode to the transformative powers of club music — out via @sunreturn.bsky.social ✨ Don't miss his single release party at Akl's Cupid Bar on 1st May (NZ Music Month) w/ Studfinder & Finn Johansson! Get tickets via UTR.

"Transformation comes in many forms." Fables opened up about the ideas & feelings behind every song on her new debut album Change Is A Slow Moving Beast (Home Alone Music) 🙌 Catch Fables this week in Dunedin, Queenstown and Lyttelton with special guest Mali Mali! Get tickets via UTR.

California punk legends Strung Out return to NZ this September — saluting the 30th anniversary of Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington & Christchurch! Get tickets NOW via UTR 💥

Aotearoa extreme metal masters Ulcerate are touring their latest album Cutting the Throat of God nationwide with Vicissitude — hitting Akl's Double Whammy this Saturday 25th April + Wgtn's San Fran on 2nd May! Get Akl tickets via UTR.

Rising songwriting star Beth Torrance and The Garden Party perform at Whammy Bar in Tāmaki Makaurau THIS FRIDAY — with special guests Neither Do I (duo) ☆ Get tickets now via UTR.

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Benny Salvador with Carlotta & Christoph El Truento will be sizzling up Double Whammy in Tāmaki Makaurau this Friday night! Dress to dance + get tickets NOW via UTR 🦒

Punks For Palestine Fundraiser Pōneke is this Saturday at Thistle Hall — ft. Marrowspawn, Maced, Departure Party & Starving Millions! Proceeds will go to Emily Writes Palestine cause, get tickets via UTR (all-ages, no alcohol).

Tāmaki rap star Diggy Dupé has put together a full live band for the BROWN VELVET tour — hitting Double Whammy on 23rd May & Te Whanganui-a-Tara's Meow on 6th June! Get Whammy tickets via UTR 💥

Office Dog announce their second album Prime Corner (Flying Nun Records) with triumphant new single 'Gold Things' + live vid made with support from NZ On Air 🙌 Head along to their UK & EU tour fundraiser at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar on 2nd May! Get tickets via UTR.

'Baby Heavyweight' is the seriously grooving mutant disco title track to Delaney Davidson's forthcoming new album, co-produced by Mark Perkins. Do not miss the Lyttelton icon with his amazing band touring nationwide! Presale from 23rd April / General sale from 24th April via banishedmusic.com

Dive into our Release Roundup — Aotearoa highlights from Vera Ellen, MELODOWNZ, Mazbou Q, VSS Club, Keepsakes, TEMPORARY DISRUPTION, Porcelain, Gareth Thomas and Data Animal 📸

Aotearoa spellbinders HEAVY CHEST and O & The Mo are playing a double headline show this Thursday at the historic Auckland Unitarian Church + teaming up with Serebii at Raglan's The Yard Cafe & Venue this Friday! Get tickets via UTR ✨

Courtney Barnett is touring her acclaimed new album Creature of Habit in Aotearoa NZ this spring — hitting Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Pōneke Wellington, Ōtautahi Christchurch and Kirikiriroa Hamilton! Get tickets NOW via livenation.co.nz

Paraíso is a dreamy new three track collection from Noa Records in-house Moana-fi soul band SANGUINE — the trio of David Feauai-Afaese, Navakatoa Tekela-Pule & Rāhana Tito-Taylor✨ Noa Records Presents: LEAO / Greatsouth / Motte / E.T.NO.HOME this Sunday at Tāmaki's Double Whammy! Get tix via UTR.

David Kilgour & Robert Scott played seven songs by The Clean at Pearl Diver earlier this month, at the Dunedin launch event for Richard Langston's new oral history of the legendary Flying Nun group — out now via Auckland University Press. Check out a gallery of snaps by photographer Ethan Montañer📸

US hardcore champions Haywire 617 are playing a double-punch pair of Aotearoa NZ dates with special guests — at Whammy Bar in Tāmaki Makaurau on 16th June & Last Place in Kirikiriroa on 17th June! Get tickets NOW via UTR 💥

Tāmaki noise-punks Crook present a poetical & pitiless view of our current hellscape era on their debut album Murderous Intent. Head along to their official launch tour starting in May (NZ Music Month)! Get tickets via UTR 🔪

Aotearoa electronic pop stars Foley are returning home this May (NZ Music Month) — touring their new Like an Actress EP in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch! Get tickets via UTR & laylo.com/foley/m/aotearoa2026

The Sour blast out our Monday cobwebs with hook powered new sonic jinx 'Hex' + are playing debut EP release shows in Tāmaki Makaurau & Te Whanganui-a-Tara during NZ Music Month! Get tickets via UTR 🪄

The theme for The 2026 Official NZ Music Month Summit is Our Sounds, Our Spaces 🎵 Special guest panelists share their experiences & insights, at Akl's The Tuning Fork in on 2nd May — brought to you by Music Managers Forum Aotearoa & NZ Music Commission! RSVP via moshtix.co.nz (free, all-ages) 👈

Welcomer make an auspicious return with a pileup of exciting Friday announcements. Welcomer's long-awaited debut album Calendars will be out on 12th June, they're touring nationwide for the first time + have unveiled luminous new single 'Magazine Clippings' ft. Lontalius! Get tickets now via UTR 🙌

"All I could hope for is that my music can be a friend to somebody. Because it's my best friend." Ōtautahi rising star Mim Jensen sat down with Rose Muollo‑Gray for a chat all about her new The Muse EP! Catch Jensen on tour with band in May (NZ Music Month) — get tickets via UTR.