Weta
Geographica (Double LP) [ Warner Music NZ / 2 LP - released 19/Feb/2021 ] Geographica is the debut album by critically acclaimed New Zealand rock band Weta. The album has been newly remastered by Steve James and is being released on vinyl for the very first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the... |
Yumi Zouma
Present Tense (LP) [ PIAS / LP - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Throughout their fourth LP, which follows 2020's acclaimed album Truth or Consequences, Yumi Zouma expand on their established dream pop sound with defiance and a palpable sense of urgency, drawing on collaboration to push the four-piece out of their... |
Crowded House
Dreamers Are Waiting (Blue Vinyl LP) [ EMI Music Australia / LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] 'Dreamers Are Waiting' is the first album in more than 10 years from this iconic band led by Neil Finn. Crowded House's timeless songs continue to resonate for new audiences and long-term listeners alike. Players on the album are Neil Finn,... |
Lorde
Pure Heroine (LP) [ Universal Music NZ / LP - released 15/Nov/2013 ] Lorde's music melds concentrated, sharp-eyed lyrics and multi-layered vocals with crisp, 2013 beatscapes. The decision to release her first EP, with plenty of mystery but no marketing or publicity, and just a simple, lifelike illustration, was... |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Daffodils (LP)
[ Mind Your Music / LP - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Daffodils is a heart-aching drama of a quintessential New Zealand marriage, told with iconic New Zealand music. Leaving her dying father's bedside, singer Maisie rushes to perform at an indie music gig in town. But as she sings the opening song,... |
Alien Weaponry
Tangaroa (LP) [ Napalm / 2 LP - released 5/Nov/2021 ] In the past few years, no emerging metal band has shaken up the international metal scene like Alien Weaponry - featuring 21-year-old Henry de Jong (drums), 19-year-old Lewis de Jong (guitars, vocals) and 21-year-old new bassist TÅ«ranga... |
Andrew Keoghan
Every Orchid Offering (LP) [ Rhythmethod LP / LP - released 29/Jul/2016 ] 'Every Orchard Offering' is a collection of 10 songs that seek to make sense of a peripatetic existence between New Zealand and New York, where Keoghan relocated in 2013. It's a series of personal vignettes about transience, sexuality, conceived... |
avoid!avoid
Particle and Wave (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Droning in from someplace else, krautrock-heavy avoid!avoid may be from someplace else, but you'll recognise their playing with members from the likes of The Subliminals, The Hasselhoff Experiment, White Swan Black Swan, and Fang. This six track... |
Bachelorette
Isolation Loops (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 7/Jun/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
Bad Hagrid
Bad Hagrid And The Planet Of The Androgynites (LP) [ Bad Hagrid / LP - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Alternative-Progressive-Regressive-Banana Brained-Ankle Sprained-Hipster Sister-SYNTH-Pop four-piece band Bad Hagrid are here to take you on a sonic journey to the synthetic planes. Bad Hagrid and The Planet Of The Androgynites takes you on a... |
The Bads
Losing Heroes (LP) [ The Bads LP / LP - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Created under the fiery skies of Waitakere, Aotearoa, The Bads is a vehicle for the musical escapades of Brett Adams and Dianne Swann. This 11-song album was recorded across the summer of 2016 with Ben Edwards at The Sitting Room Studios in... |
Ben Woods
Put (LP) [ LP - released 18/Oct/2019 ] With the release of his debut album PUT, Ben Woods establishes himself as the poster boy of a new, more personal phase of the 'Antipodean Gothic': a term, penned by the writer Jasmine Gallagher, which describes the dark output spilling from outsider... |
Boom! Boom! Deluxe
TeenageJuvenileDelinquentRocknRollHorrorBeachParty! (LP) [ Plan 9 Trash Records / LP - released 31/May/2019 ] Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl Boom! Boom! Deluxe serves up a mix of incredibly catchy original songs, authentic high energy '50s rock 'n' roll seasoned with a selection of surprising modern classics, all given a delightful retro twist. |
Builders
Beatin Hearts (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 26/Aug/2016 ] 'Beatin' Hearts', originally released in the 80's, is an absolutely unique brand of psychedelic rock from the classic New Zealand band, the Builders. Their music is a post-punk, often minimalistic garage rock psychedelia born on the art side of... |
Bunnies on ponies
Heat Death of the Universe (LP) [ Flying Out / LP - released 7/Nov/2014 ] Bunnies On Ponies are Samuel F. Scott on vocals and guitar, Tom Callwood on bass and vocals and Craig Terris on drums and vocals. They have made three albums together but this is the first where they have written together and recorded live as a three... |
The Cakekitchen
Time Flowing Backwards LP [ Dais Records / LP - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Mastered at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke (who would later remaster The Beatles catalogue), this debut full length would go on to solidify and promote the growing underground New Zealand rock scene and spawn a generation of devoted followers of... |
The Cakekitchen
Trouble Again In This Town (LP) [ Ally Records / LP - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The album was recorded on a portable 16 track that Graeme Jefferies transports from one end of the globe to the other. It retains touchstones to his past work but still sounds up to date and current at the same time. He utilises fragments of TEAC 4... |
The Cakekitchen
World Of Sand LP [ Dais Records / LP - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Multi-instrumentalist Graeme Jefferies is the name behind one of New Zealand's fabled underground counterculture icons. His mainstay project, The Cakekitchen, has its roots firmly grounded in the pages of 1980's New Zealand garage storybook which... |
The Chills
Snow Bound (LP) [ Fire Records / LP - released 14/Sep/2018 ] The latest postcard from The Chills' epic journey is an album about "consolidation, re-grouping, acceptance and mortality," claims the chief Chill. "Hopefully a kind of Carole King 'Tapestry' for ageing punks." Wow! Are rock bands allowed to grow... |
Jay Clarkson
Kindle (LP) [ Rose Hobart / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Rose Hobart is proud to announce the reissue of Jay Clarkson's 1999 masterpiece Kindle, available on vinyl for the first time. Clarkson is one of Aotearoa/New Zealand's most singular songwriters, with a history that includes membership of The... |