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 20 of 44
Anna Coddington
Te Whakamiha (LP) [ Loop / LP - released 28/Jun/2024 ] One of Aotearoa's most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Anna Coddington (Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa), returns with her new album, Te Whakamiha. The title is a translation of the name of Coddington's band, The Appreciations (Jol Mulholland, Mike Hall... |
Bruce Russell & Luke Wood (Eds.)
A Record Could Be Your Whole World Book [ Ilam Press / Book - released 1/Jun/2024 ] This is a book about records considered 'in themselves'. It is not about musicians, or music, or design, or music history - though all those things are considered at various points. |
Devilskin
Surfacing (12") [ Devilskin / 12in - released 3/May/2024 ] A collection of three brand new tracks and three long-time live favourites, with SURFACING the band come up for air to celebrate the last decade by making a mark in the sand to take stock of the successes achieved and incredible experiences shared... |
Devilskin
Surfacing (EP) [ Devilskin / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] A collection of three brand new tracks and three long-time live favourites, with SURFACING the band come up for air to celebrate the last decade by making a mark in the sand to take stock of the successes achieved and incredible experiences shared... |
Earth Tongue
Great Haunting [ In The Red / CD - released 14/Jun/2024 ] Earth Tongue is a heavy psych rock two-piece from Wellington, New Zealand. Guitarist Gussie Larkin is a master of the fuzz-smothered riff, and along with Ezra Simons' off-kilter drumming, they've been sending punters into transcendental states since... |
Earth Tongue
Great Haunting (Green & Black Splatter Vinyl LP) [ In The Red / LP - released 14/Jun/2024 ] Earth Tongue is a heavy psych rock two-piece from Wellington, New Zealand. Guitarist Gussie Larkin is a master of the fuzz-smothered riff, and along with Ezra Simons' off-kilter drumming, they've been sending punters into transcendental states since... |
French For Rabbits
In the End I Won't Be Coming Home [ Triple AAA Records / CD - released 28/Jun/2024 ] Te Whanganui-a-Tara's 'dream pop' luminaries French For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home, backed with their debut EP, Claimed by the Sea. Both were recorded at The Surgery in... |
French For Rabbits
In the End I Won't Be Coming Home (CDEP) [ Triple AAA Records / CD - released 28/Jun/2024 ] Te Whanganui-a-Tara's 'dream pop' luminaries French For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home. On the EP French For Rabbits are joined by classic ensemble The Black Quartet who weave their... |
French For Rabbits
In the End I Won't Be Coming Home | Claimed by the Sea (LP) [ Triple AAA Records / LP - released 28/Jun/2024 ] 140g Translucent Sea Green Vinyl. Te Whanganui-a-Tara's 'dream pop' luminaries French For Rabbits mark just over a decade of releases with their new EP, In the End I Won't Be Coming Home, backed with their debut EP, Claimed by the Sea. Both... |
The Fuzzy Robes
Midday Prayers (LP) [ Winegum Records / LP - released 29/Mar/2024 ] The Fuzzy Robes return with their sophomore effort Midday Prayers, a natural continuation of the group's psychedelic approach to adapting the New Zealand Prayer Book, He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa for the modern ear. Midday Prayers follows their... |
Georgia Lines
The Rose Of Jericho (LP) [ Nahla and Nala / LP - released 7/Jun/2024 ] THE ROSE OF JERICHO is an astounding debut that further cements Georgia Lines' reputation as an artist with an undeniable talent for capturing vulnerability through songwriting. Magic, nostalgic charm, musical depth and an incredible vulnerability is... |
Instigators
The Best of Instigators - Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982 (Limited LP) [ Ripper Records / Leather Jacket Records / LP - released 29/Mar/2024 ] White Vinyl with obi-strip, photo insert, and Ripper Records Slipmat. Instigators won Auckland's Battle of the Bands in 1981 and released two seminal ska/punk singles on Ripper Records - Not Really Bad with producer Don McGlashan, and Hope She's... |
Instigators
The Best of Instigators - Auckland Ska Punk 1981-1982 (LP) [ Ripper Records / Leather Jacket Records / LP - released 29/Mar/2024 ] Black Vinyl with obi-strip and photo insert. Instigators won Auckland's Battle of the Bands in 1981 and released two seminal ska/punk singles on Ripper Records - Not Really Bad with producer Don McGlashan, and Hope She's Alright with producer Steve... |
JessB
Feels Like Home (LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Feels Like Home is JessB's debut. The 12-track album embodies the essence of home not being defined as a place, but instead, being where the heart is. "FEELS LIKE HOME can mean so many different things. I think it's about feeling at home with... |
Jordan Rakei
The Loop (Indie Green Vinyl LP) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 10/May/2024 ] Grammy-award nominated Jordan Rakei is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter who, over soon-to-be-five studio albums, has been on a wide-ranging journey that explores the outer reaches of his inner psyche, traversing... |
Jordan Rakei
The Loop (LP) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 10/May/2024 ] Grammy-award nominated Jordan Rakei is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter who, over soon-to-be-five studio albums, has been on a wide-ranging journey that explores the outer reaches of his inner psyche, traversing... |
Jordan Rakei
The Loop [ Decca / CD - released 10/May/2024 ] Grammy-award nominated Jordan Rakei is a renowned multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, and songwriter who, over soon-to-be-five studio albums, has been on a wide-ranging journey that explores the outer reaches of his inner psyche, traversing... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love (5th Anniversary Edition Blue Vinyl LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "Singer-songwriter" The single most used hyphenate in music? Probably, and New Zealand's Marlon Williams nailed the first part of that descriptor at an early age. He's quite simply got one of the most extraordinary, effortlessly distinctive voices of... |
LIGETI / YSAYE / CRUMB / XU TANG / LODGE / GINASTERA / DUSAPIN
Solitary Fables Matthias Balzat (cello) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] "This album evokes a period when the world was ushered into an era of regulated isolation. As a musician, I embraced this phase as an opportunity to refelect on artistic identity, the intimate connection with one's instrument, and a profound... |
Mel Parsons
Sabotage [ Cape Road / CD - released 7/Jun/2024 ] SABOTAGE is Lyttelton-based Mel Parsons' sixth album. Recorded in Lyttleton at Basement Studio and co-written and co-produced with Josh Logan, sees a contemplative Parsons skillfully weaving together a tapestry of ethereal and hypnotic... |
