New Zealand New Releases
New Zealand New Releases
Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 40 of 40
Chaos In The CBD
Midnight In Peckham (12") [ Rhythm Section International / 12in - released 28/Nov/2025 ] Rhythm Section International proudly presents it's 8th offering from local boys Chaos in the CBD. Born in New Zealand, but based in Peckham for the last few years (literally just around the corner from Henry Wu and Bradley Zero), these brothers have... |
Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords (Limited Green Vinyl LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Flight of the Conchords' 2008 self-titled debut album and 2009 follow-up are back on vinyl with these limited, coloured vinyl pressings! The self-titled album followed their six-track Grammy Award-winning CDEP The Distant Future. Produced by... |
Flight Of The Conchords
I Told You I Was Freaky (Limited Purple Vinyl LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Flight of the Conchords' 2008 self-titled debut album and 2009 follow-up are back on vinyl with these limited, coloured vinyl pressings! Judging from the range displayed on their second album, I Told You I Was Freaky, Flight of the Conchords have... |
Dick Move
Dream, Believe, Achieve [ Flying Nun Records & 1:12 Records / LP - released 14/Nov/2025 ] Aotearoa punk force Dick Move are renowned for their explosive live shows and blink-and-you'll-miss-it anthems, blending party-punk chaos with razor-sharp political bite. Their third studio album, Dream, Believe, Achieve, is classic Dick Move; 13... |
Dick Move
Dream, Believe, Achieve (Red Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun Records & 1:12 Records / LP - released 14/Nov/2025 ] Aotearoa punk force Dick Move are renowned for their explosive live shows and blink-and-you'll-miss-it anthems, blending party-punk chaos with razor-sharp political bite. Their third studio album, Dream, Believe, Achieve, is classic Dick Move; 13... |
Michael Norris
Rerenga [ Rattle Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2025 ] Composed between 2015 and 2022, this collection of orchestral and ensemble works is unified by a concern for colour and gesture, timbre and texture. It reflects the influence of textural and spectral composition, the modernist impulse to organise and... |
BENEE
Ur an Angel I'm Just Particles [ Republic / CD - released 7/Nov/2025 ] Multi-Platinum alt-pop visionary BENEE blends together dreamy melodies, dynamic instrumentation, experimental production, creative storytelling, and larger-than-life visuals to build a unique and irresistible world of her own. |
BENEE
Ur an Angel I'm Just Particles (LP) [ Republic / LP - released 7/Nov/2025 ] Multi-Platinum alt-pop visionary BENEE blends together dreamy melodies, dynamic instrumentation, experimental production, creative storytelling, and larger-than-life visuals to build a unique and irresistible world of her own. |
Theia
Girl, In A Savage World (Metallic Gold LP) [ LP - released 7/Nov/2025 ] Girl, In A Savage World is the stunning debut album by one of Aotearoa's most gifted songwriters, the enigmatic Theia. Those who have followed Christchurch-born, LA-based Theia's musical journey over the past five years, including the success of her... |
Jade String Quartet
Melencolia [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2025 ] String quartets have long been the preferred choice for composers seeking to express their most personal thoughts and expand their musical voice. For Anthony Ritchie, the string quartet medium is one of the most challenging in classical music,... |
The Bats
Corner Coming Up [ Flying Nun / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] New Zealand indie rock royals 11th full-length album. 'Corner Coming Up' strikes a very distinctive and familiar chord that exists in the fuzzy-loving hearts of fans all round the world. Throughout their 40 plus years of existence The Bats have... |
The Bats
Corner Coming Up (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 17/Oct/2025 ] New Zealand indie rock royals 11th full-length album. 'Corner Coming Up' strikes a very distinctive and familiar chord that exists in the fuzzy-loving hearts of fans all round the world. Throughout their 40 plus years of existence The Bats have... |
Hello Sailor
Hello Sailor The Album (30th Anniversary Edition Yellow Vinyl LP) [ Hello Sailor / Drops / LP - released 17/Oct/2025 ] Hello Sailor's The Album was recorded over a three month period at York Street Studios and released in 1994. It contains the number five hit New Tattoo, other singles Never Fade Away, Stuck on You and Raging With the Storm, live favourites Please... |
Echomatica
Echomatica (LP) [ Dead Signal Records / LP - released 10/Oct/2025 ] Emerging from Auckland's thriving indie scene, Echomatica craft atmospheric soundscapes that fuse elements of alt-rock, dream pop, trip hop and shoegaze into something uniquely their own. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Portishead, Joy... |
Tom Scott
Anitya [ Years Gone By / CD - released 10/Oct/2025 ] ANITYA is the first solo album from Tom Scott (Avantdale Bowling Club, Home Brew) - one of the most acclaimed and era-defining New Zealand artists of his generation. |
Tom Scott
Anitya (LP) [ Years Gone By / LP - released 10/Oct/2025 ] ANITYA is the first solo album from Tom Scott (Avantdale Bowling Club, Home Brew) - one of the most acclaimed and era-defining New Zealand artists of his generation. Renowned for his storytelling and electrifying stage presence, Scott is second to... |
James Wylie
To Our Land [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 9/Oct/2025 ] In recent years, the world has witnessed a surge in pain, suffering, and systemic injustice inflicted by fellow humans in pursuit of power and monetary gain. Where I live, the people, their lands, and the cultures of the broader region are profoundly... |
Pumpkinhead
Sloth (30th Anniversary Edition Pumpkin Orange LP) [ Waxstar / LP - released 9/Oct/2025 ] Ōtautahi Christchurch grunge-funk-metal band Pumpkinhead celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic album Sloth with a remastered vinyl reissue featuring two bonus tracks - making it a must-have for their fans - and reforming for three... |
Hayden Chisholm & Philip Zoubek
As If the Stormy Years Had Passed: The Music of Gurdjieff Reimagined [ Rattle Records / CD - released 2/Oct/2025 ] Hayden has a book containing many markings and notes collected from "a bespectacled man's scribbles on a night in Central Asia". The lines have been straightened and the form polished, but the melodic essence of that encounter in Central Asia is... |
Pene Pati (tenor), Il Pomo d'Oro
Serenata A Napoli [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Pene Pati's glowing tenor voice, described by Le Monde as 'filled with sunshine', makes him the ideal interpreter of such roles as Rodolfo in La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Now, with Serenata a Napoli, he brings his distinctive warmth... |
Villainy
Dead Sight (LP) [ Villainy / 3 LP - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Villainy spent 2014 writing and recording Dead Sight with Shihad's Tom Larkin. The album ventures into a tone which is darker, heavier and groovier than its predecessor, capturing a well developed live energy and chemistry. |
Villainy
Mode. Set. Clear (LP) [ Villainy / 2 LP - released 26/Sep/2025 ] The VNZMA Best Rock Album for 2013 includes the hit singles Alligator Skin, Ammunition, Gather Yourselves, Another Time and The Answer. |
Alan Brown
Encircle [ Rattle Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2025 ] These contemplations and improvisations were partly inspired by an instrument called an Ondomo - a recreation by Naoyuki Omo of the Ondes Martenot, one of the earliest electronic instruments developed in 1928 by Maurice Martenot (Ondes Martenot... |
Aaradhna
Sweet Surrender [ SIAATNT MUSIC / CD - released 12/Sep/2025 ] After an eight-year creative journey, Aotearoa R&B artist Aaradhna is back with her most powerful and personal album to date, Sweet Surrender. Aaradhna steps fully into her artistic power, taking complete control of her music, from writing and... |
Aaradhna
Sweet Surrender (180g Clear LP) [ SIAATNT MUSIC / LP - released 12/Sep/2025 ] After an eight-year creative journey, Aotearoa R&B artist Aaradhna is back with her most powerful and personal album to date, Sweet Surrender. Aaradhna steps fully into her artistic power, taking complete control of her music, from writing and... |
Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman
Traces [ Loop / CD - released 12/Sep/2025 ] Rhian Sheehan has established himself as a multi-award-winning musician and screen composer over the past two decades and Arli Liberman has fast become one of NZ's most in-demand composers and musicians. The album is an instrumental journey,... |
Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman
Traces (LP) [ Loop / LP - released 12/Sep/2025 ] Rhian Sheehan has established himself as a multi-award-winning musician and screen composer over the past two decades and Arli Liberman has fast become one of NZ's most in-demand composers and musicians. The album is an instrumental journey,... |
Julia Deans
Modern Fables (LP) [ Julia Deans / Drops / LP - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Julia Deans made her mark on the New Zealand music scene as Fur Patrol's charismatic and charming frontwoman. |
Pickle Darling
Bots [ Father / Daughter / CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Pickle Darling has always existed just outside of the periphery. In a heightened time of fast music, algorithmic consumption and rapid virality, Lukas Mayo (they/them) has remained focused on the album. Their discography is a reflection of their... |
Pickle Darling
Bots (Limited Edition Shockwave Swirl LP) [ Father / Daughter / LP - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Pickle Darling has always existed just outside of the periphery. In a heightened time of fast music, algorithmic consumption and rapid virality, Lukas Mayo (they/them) has remained focused on the album. Their discography is a reflection of their... |
Balu Brigada
Portal [ Warner Music Australia / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Portal is the debut full-length album from Balu Brigada, the genre-blurring groove-pop duo made up of New Zealand brothers Henry and Pierre Beasely. Written, produced, and recorded entirely by the pair over three years in cities across the globe -... |
The Beths
Straight Line Was A Lie [ Anti- / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Straight Line Was A Lie is the first new music the New Zealand indie rockers have released since their 2022 album, Expert In A Dying Field, and their first release on their new label ANTI-. Following the success of Expert In A Dying Field, The... |
The Beths
Straight Line Was A Lie (Clean Slate Clear LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Straight Line Was A Lie is the first new music the New Zealand indie rockers have released since their 2022 album, Expert In A Dying Field, and their first release on their new label ANTI-. Following the success of Expert In A Dying Field, The... |
Pearly*
Not So Sweet (Glow In The Dark Vinyl LP) [ Leather Jacket Records, Pinacolada Records, Flying Nun Records / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Pearly's music is largely guitar driven alt-rock with influences from Ōtepoti's current noisy scene mixed in with its own tendencies, with songs full of contrasting space and simplicity with explosive pay-offs. |
Dick Move
Fuck It (7") [ 1:12 Records / Flying Nun Records / 7in - released 22/Aug/2025 ] High octane Aotearoa punks Dick Move stride back into 2025 with a fierce new punk rock battle cry 'Fuck It'; a swaggering, strident punk rock anthem clocking in at just over 2 minutes. The new single is a raw rejection of misogyny, control, and... |
Don McGlashan & Anita Clark
Take It To The Bridge [ Doncorp / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Don McGlashan's first live album. Don won fame with the iconic groups The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn and Blam Blam Blam, and has continued to fly high with four acclaimed solo albums - Bright November Morning was his first number 1 album. At... |
Don McGlashan
Take It To The Bridge (LP) [ Doncorp / LP - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Don McGlashan's first live album. Don won fame with the iconic groups The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn and Blam Blam Blam, and has continued to fly high with four acclaimed solo albums - Bright November Morning was his first number 1 album. At... |
Kora
Fifth Season (LP) [ Kora/Drops / LP - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Kora returns with their long-awaited Fifth Season album, a bold new chapter from Aotearoa's masters of bass-heavy groove. Blending dub, rock and funk, the album channels their signature deep sound while pushing into fresh new territory. The album is... |
Minuit
The 88 (LP) [ Doll House Records / 2 LP - released 22/Aug/2025 ] No-one could have predicted the success of The 88, the first album from Minuit (minwee), or how warmly it would be received. Equally no-one could have predicted that the band would return to the live arena a decade after their final fling or consider... |
Team Dynamite
Shepherds Delight (LP) [ LP - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Shepherds Delight is Tāmaki Makaurau hip-hop trio Team Dynamite's explosive debut album - a piece of Aotearoa music history available on vinyl for the first time. Team Dynamite formed in the late 2000s after aspiring teenage MCs Lucky Lance and... |
