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Chanel Beads Releases New Single ‘Dust In The Wind’ Taken From New Album, Your Day Will Come

Friday, 29 May 2026, 11:29 am | The Label

Your Day Will Come further expands Chanel Beads’ sound, with more original parts and players. More >>

Greg Mendez Release New Album, Beauty Land Out Now Via Dead Oceans

Friday, 29 May 2026, 11:14 am | The Label

These songs are self-effacing without self-pity, carefully constructed altars of imperfection channelled through pop melodies, shimmering but urgent guitars, and a voice that reaches for choir boy innocence. More >>

Office Dog Share New Single ‘Reins’

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 8:52 am | The Label

‘Reins’ is another highly anticipated track from the indie-rockers at their peak. It also arrives alongside a captivating found-footage video put together by friend of the band, East. More >>

Morning People Celebrates 10 Years With Rare Auckland Town Hall Takeover: Saturday 30 May

Thursday, 21 May 2026, 7:50 am | The Label

What began in 2016 as a slightly absurd proposition – dancing before work, sober, at sunrise – has since become one of Aotearoa’s most enduring independent event success stories. More >>

Grammy-winning Producer, DJ, And Filmmaker FLYING LOTUS Aotearoa Tour Update

Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 2:58 pm | The Label

His latest release, the seven-track EP Big Mama (March 2026), was produced entirely in New Zealand while Flying Lotus worked on his debut sci-fi thriller Ash. More >>

Who Shot Scott Shares New Garage Single 'Peaked In High School'

Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 9:24 am | The Label

Driven by blasting garage-inspired rhythms, heavy synth work and flashes of lush guitar reminiscent of late ’90s UK R&B, the track captures a new sense of authority from the artist. More >>

Jared Mattson And Ruban Nielson Announce Fear + Share New Single 'American Eagle'

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 9:42 am | The Label

FEAR was recorded in June 2024, the year Mattson and Nielson first met in person, having previously crossed paths online through being longtime admirers of each other’s music. More >>

Aldous Harding Shares New Song ‘Coats’, Final Single From Train On The Island - New Album Out This Friday

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 9:03 am | The Label

To celebrate Train On The Island, Harding’s first headline shows since 2023 will kick off during album release week. More >>

Aldous Harding Shares New Song ‘Coats’, Final Single From Train On The Island - New Album Out This Friday

Thursday, 7 May 2026, 8:30 am | The Label

To celebrate Train On The Island, Harding’s first headline shows since 2023 will kick off during album release week. More >>

ZOH AMBA Shares Title Track 'Eyes Full' From Her Matador Debut

Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 1:34 pm | The Label

Amba now shares the album’s pensive and darkly hypnotic title track, a song about what makes someone’s heart full and questioning why. More >>

The Sour: Wāhine Grunge-Punk Quartet Release Debut EP 'Daughters'

Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 9:38 am | The Label

Daughters captures the band’s love of heavy riffs, gritty hooks, and unapologetic attitude, while also celebrating friendship, whakapapa, and the power of wāhine making loud music together. More >>

Vera Ellen Releases New Album Heaven Knows What Time. Via Flying Nun Records

Monday, 4 May 2026, 3:08 pm | The Label

New single ‘Walking In Vegas’ joins previously released album tracks: the lush alt-pop of ‘Thaw’, the joyous anthem ‘Gayfever’, and the sophisti-pop Hemi Hemingway duet ‘When It’s Over’. More >>

Death Cab For Cutie Share 'Punching The Flowers' Single

Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 1:38 pm | The Label

I Built You A Tower, out this Winter, marks the band’s return to their independent roots after 20 years on Atlantic Records. More >>

Tāmaki Makaurau's HINA Announces Debut Album Descending Dreams

Friday, 24 April 2026, 2:05 pm | The Label

'Coucou!' the first single from Descending Dreams reached #13 on the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Singles, #6 on RadioScope Alt Chart, and #35 on RadioScope's Most Added Chart More >>

Office Dog Announce Sophomore Album, ‘Prime Corner’ + Share ‘Gold Things’ Single/Video

Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 8:31 am | The Label

Following their recent single ‘Front Row Seat’, the band today share their second single from the album, ‘Gold Things’. More >>

The Sour: Wāhine Grunge-Punk Quartet New Single 'Hex'

Monday, 20 April 2026, 8:21 am | The Label

Daughters captures the band’s love of heavy riffs, gritty hooks, and unapologetic attitude, while celebrating friendship, whakapapa, and the power of wāhine making loud music together. More >>

Nadia Reid Live Album With NZTrio On Saturday

Friday, 17 April 2026, 9:56 am | The Label

The album features ten tracks drawn from across Nadia's catalogue, with arrangements for violin, cello and piano by New Zealand composer Alex Taylor. More >>

Vera Ellen Shares New Single + Video 'Thaw'

Thursday, 16 April 2026, 10:09 am | The Label

Vera wrote the album during a two-week songwriting residency in Greytown, awarded through the NZ Pacific Studio Artist Residency Programme. More >>

Ōtautahi's CAITLIN Releases Indie Alternative EP Guardrails

Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 11:40 am | The Label

The EP, grounded in indie music sensibilities, emerged from long stretches of solitude, a process of writing and recording that left nothing in half-measures, with collaborators adding moments that accentuate her vision rather than alter it. More >>

My New Band Believe Release Self-Titled Debut Album

Monday, 13 April 2026, 9:44 am | The Label

Tomorrow sees the release of My New Band Believe’s boundary pushing debut studio album, and with ‘Kick Me’ they take the same daring approach to live performance. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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