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Arthur Ahbez Shares New Single 'Sister' Listen + New Album Arthur Ahbez & The Flaming Ahbez Out November 8th

Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 12:10 pm | The Label

In 2013, Arthur released his debut self-recorded and self-produced album Gold. A cozy mix of soft firelight folk and psychedelia, Gold quickly gained a tight-knit following of fans from all over the world. More >>

The Linda Lindas Release New Album No Obligation

Monday, 14 October 2024, 11:14 am | The Label

The album’s singles 'All In My Head,' 'Yo Me Estreso,' 'No Obligation' and the recently released 'Nothing Would Change' make it clear that The Linda Lindas are here to defy expectations and challenge norms. More >>

Current Joys Releases New Album 'East My Love'

Friday, 11 October 2024, 10:24 am | The Label

East My Love, the resplendent, country-tinged 12th album by Current Joys, feels familiar. It’s meant to: the 12 songs contained within dive deep into the rich folklore of the American West to tell time-worn tales of love and trauma, heartbreak and spiritual ... More >>

Nadia Reid Announces Her New Album Enter Now Brightness Releases February 7th, 2025 On Slow Time Records In Aotearoa

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 2:53 pm | The Label

Enter Now Brightness is a record of poise and great beauty, the sound of a cellular shift, of pain giving way to tenderness and joy. More >>

Moana & The Tribe Announce ONO Six Songs, Six Nations, One Voice To Be Released Via Black Pearl Ltd

Thursday, 10 October 2024, 2:41 pm | The Label

The Maori lyrics written by Te Manahau Scotty Morrison are inspired by traditional karakia (incantations) and pay homage to “people power”, relationships and language. More >>

Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana Out Friday, Nov 22nd

Monday, 7 October 2024, 4:27 am | The Label

Mahashmashana features 8 songs across 50 minutes and includes the singles “I Guess Time Makes Fools of Us All,” “She Cleans Up,” “Screamland,” and “Josh Tillman and The Accidental Dose.” The latter two were mixed by BJ Burton. More >>

Becky And The Birds Share New Song 'I Made My Baby Cry'

Sunday, 6 October 2024, 12:18 am | The Label

Meshing delicate keys and stirring strings with a soaring choir of the songwriter’s own pitched, layered, and manipulated vocals, the huge-sounding self-made symphony highlights her effortless command of the studio. More >>

Indie's Hidden Treasure: Greg Mendez Signs To Dead Oceans

Saturday, 5 October 2024, 11:45 pm | The Label

It’s a four song arc, a spectral passageway, one brief & fluid body of work that hangs together from the mournful opening of 'Mountain Dew Hell' to the pitched-up vocals on 'Pain Meds,' a tiny song floundering in the enormity of grief. More >>

Arthur Ahbez Shares New Single + Video 'A Simple Medication'

Saturday, 5 October 2024, 11:21 pm | The Label

Combine a New Zealand-born songwriter with a goulash of 1960s music inspirations and a marijuana cigarette, slow-roast, and then compost him since 1987. The result? Distinctly tangible, folk-laden rock and roll. More >>

The Hard Quartet Release Their Eponymous Debut Album

Friday, 4 October 2024, 3:20 pm | The Label

The Hard Quartet starts touring in October and will play in Australia, USA, Europe and everywhere else possible through 2025 and beyond. It’s a full-on rocking band. More >>

Current Joys Share New Single 'Lullaby For The Lost'

Thursday, 3 October 2024, 4:12 am | The Label

East My Love, the resplendent, country-tinged 12th album by Current Joys, feels familiar. It’s meant to: the 12 songs contained within dive deep into the rich folklore of the American West to tell time-worn tales of love and trauma, heartbreak and spiritual ... More >>

Fat Freddy’s Drop 'SLO MO' Album Tour

Thursday, 3 October 2024, 3:39 am | The Label

The SLO MO Tour hits in January & February, playing Brewtown in Upper Hutt, Lilyworld at Go Media Stadium in Auckland, a double-hitter at Neudorf Vineyards in Upper Moutere, Tomoana Showgrounds in Hastings and Electric Avenue in Christchurch. More >>

Black Midi's Own Geordie Greep Shares New Single + Live Video 'Blues'

Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 1:12 pm | The Label

Greep’s story is pretty damning throughout, a revenger’s tale full of acidic put downs: “You sit in the park and work on your sonnets / You talk about yourself in the past tense”. More >>

Bartees Strange Announces New Album

Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 12:06 pm | The Label

Strange began Horror at his home studio with an eye toward production. A session with Yves and Lawrence Rothman (Yves Tumor, Lady Gaga) provided a rhythmic and sonic backbone for chunks of the record. More >>

Enigmatic Irish Musician Maria Somerville Returns Today With Her First New Single In Three Years, ‘Projections’

Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 2:54 pm | The Label

The other-worldly, swirling single is a marked progression from her self-released 2019 debut LP, All My People. More >>

Everything Is Recorded Releases 'Porcupine Tattoo' The New Single Featuring Noah Cyrus And Bill Callahan

Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 2:45 pm | The Label

The collaboration came together while Russell was hosting sessions for a forthcoming Everything Is Recorded album, one set to build on previous acclaimed releases including 2018’s eponymous, Mercury Prize-nominated debut album. More >>

Mustafa Releases Debut Album Dunya Out Now Via Jagjaguwar

Monday, 30 September 2024, 1:09 pm | The Label

The album marks his first full-length project following his 2021 project When Smoke Rises, which was acclaimed by the likes of the New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and more. More >>

Peggy Gou Drops 2 Two Exclusive Remixes

Friday, 27 September 2024, 12:00 pm | The Label

The I Hear You - Bonus Tracks Edition compiles previously available remixes from Koreless, Jex Opolis and the ‘Nanadub’ version of her billion plus streaming hit single ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’ alongside exclusive new remixes from two of ... More >>

Womb Share Brand New Single 'One Is Always Heading Somewhere'

Thursday, 26 September 2024, 2:03 pm | The Label

‘One Is Always Heading Somewhere’ is a delicate stream of consciousness from the brains of Aotearoa’s Womb. More >>

Womad Aotearoa Announces First Line-Up Of Artists To Perform At The 2025 Festival

Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 10:08 am | The Label

In anticipation of the full 2025 festival line-up, WOMAD Aotearoa is excited to reveal the first artists confirmed for the event and in true WOMAD style, there’s some incredible international names, alongside some outstanding local talent.  More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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