Mermaidens
Look Me In The Eye (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Look Me In The Eye sees Mermaidens scale new territory, fearlessly pushing sonic boundaries and producing a body of work as severe and progressive as it is vibrant and exhilarating. At the heart of the record lies the thematic exploration of female... |
Milly Tabak & The Milltones
Honest Woman (LP) [ LP - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Milly Tabak takes a big step forward with her second record, Honest Woman - a deeply personal follow up to her critically acclaimed debut album. A storyteller in the Americana tradition, Honest Woman sees Tabak draw inspiration from her own life... |
Moses Mackay
Grace (LP) [ Momoose Productions Ltd / LP - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Moses of SOL3 MIO - NZ's most beloved highest selling classical trio - releases his debut solo album. The album is classically influenced but is a soulful dedication to his grandmother with the album titled - Grace. Recorded in LA at Furaha... |
Mousey
Lemon Law (LP) [ Winegum Records / LP - released 15/Apr/2022 ] Mousey's 2019 debut full-length album. Lemon Law includes 'Extreme Highs', 'Take Me To Harley Street', 'If You Really Loved Me', 'A Lifelong Pursuit' and 'With No You'. "There are so many different aspects sonically to this album," says Mousey.... |
Mousey
My Friends (LP) [ Winegum Records / LP - released 11/Mar/2022 ] "Why isn't this Christchurch indie-pop artist huge already? Sarena Close is clearly a solid songwriter with range, depth, and a great voice to boot." - RNZ My Friends is the follow-up to 2019's Silver Scroll nominated debut album Lemon Law.... |
Myele Manzanza
Crisis & Opportunity Vol. 4: Meditations (LP) [ DeepMatter / LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Over the past two years, the first three instalments of his lauded 'Crisis & Opportunity' record series saw Myele garner praise from Mary Anne Hobbs, Cerys Matthews, Jamie Cullum, Huey Morgan, The Guardian, Complex, Jazz FM, Lefto, Worldwide FM,... |
Myele Manzanza
A Love Requited (LP) [ First Word Records / LP - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Produced with award winning Australian bassist & long time musical collaborator Ross McHenryand featuring a plethora of New Zealand and Australia's finest young instrumentalists, 'A Love Requited' is as much a musical journey as it is an attempt to... |
Na Noise
Open The Door / Dance With Me (7") [ Holiday Records / 7in - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Na Noise are the Thelma and Louise of modern DIY guitar based music. The long-time collaborators Hariet Ellis and Yolanda Fagan (both having worked together on BOZO, Vincent H.L, Echo Ohs and Thee Crockettes) have a rascally take on traditional song... |
Na Noise
Waiting For You (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Na Noise are the Thelma and Louise of modern DIY guitar based music. The long-time collaborators Hariet Ellis and Yolanda Fagan (both having worked together on BOZO, Vincent H.L, Echo Ohs and Thee Crockettes) have a rascally take on traditional song... |
Nadia Reid
Preservation (5th Anniversary Edition LP) [ Slowtime / LP - released 1/Jul/2022 ] In light of its 5th loop around the sun Nadia Reid is pleased to announce a long-awaited repress of her Taite Prize and Silver Scroll nominated album, Preservation. The pressing is on heavy-weight traditional black vinyl and include un-seen photo... |
The Naked And Famous
Recover (Red Vinyl LP) [ Universal Music / 2 LP - released 24/Jul/2020 ] NZ indie pop progenitors The Naked and Famous return with Recover. Featuring singles 'Bury Us', 'Come As You Are and 'Sunseeker'. Re-formed as a duo (founding members Alisa Xayalith and Thom Powers), Recover reasserts the group as one of modern... |
Negative Nancies
Heatwave (LP) [ Occultation / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Negative Nancies exist in their own universe. The songs evolve organically through rehearsal room experimentation. Amid the art-punk chaos an irrepressible undercurrent of pop melodicism and moments of eerie psychedelic calm shine through the... |
Newmatics
Newmatics (LP) [ Furtive / LP ] Newmatics came out of a fertile post-punk early-80s Auckland music scene that also spawned Blam Blam Blam and the Screaming Meemees. Taking their cues from ska, r'n'b and soul, they were a fearsome live act - but managed to release only nine songs... |
Nocturnal Projections
Inmates In Images (LP) [ Dais / LP - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Formed in Stratford in 1981, Nocturnal Projections was the explosive project of legendary and prolific brothers Graeme and Peter Jefferies (who would later form This Kind of Punishment before launching their solo careers), who along with friends... |
The Nomad
Infinite II (LP) [ Nomad Audio & Video / 2 LP - released 29/Apr/2024 ] Sounds so nice, rewind selector, come and play it twice. Following on from the highly successful sold out double vinyl release 'Infinite'. The next instalment 'Infinite II' is about to hit the decks with a blazing handpicked 16 track selection... |
Odyssey
Rock & Roll's Alright!! (Black Vinyl LP) [ Frenzy / LP - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Formed in Christchurch in 1973 by guitarist Ronnie Harris & drummer Jeff Stribling, Odyssey absorbed the BIG teenage beat of the time infusing it with their own Kiwi DIY attitude. What their garden city predecessors Chants R&B were to savage R&B,... |
Office Dog
Spiel (Limited Edition Clear LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Introducing Office Dog, hailing from Ōtepoti/Dunedin and residing in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. The trio, led by Kane Strang on guitar/vocals, alongside Rassani Tolovaa on bass and Mitchell Innes on drums, present their debut album Spiel. Assembling... |
Office Dog
Spiel (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Introducing Office Dog, hailing from Ōtepoti/Dunedin and residing in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. The trio, led by Kane Strang on guitar/vocals, alongside Rassani Tolovaa on bass and Mitchell Innes on drums, present their debut album Spiel. Assembling... |
Peter Jefferies
Last Ticket Home (LP) [ Grapefruit Records / LP - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Grapefruit releases Jefferies' latest, which leaves the station early in his career when "The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World" left off and takes us on a guided tour of a fascinating side street via rare singles, both released and unreleased,... |
P.H.F.
New Metal (LP) [ Danger Collective Records / LP - released 13/Nov/2020 ] P.H.F.'s release schedule has been prolific as ever in 2020. His career spanning Anthology compilation & killer singles 'Good Girl' and 'Sorry'. But it's been a minute since we've heard a full blown studio album from iconoclastic Tāmaki songwriter... |