Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 120 days.
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... |
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 (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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
Rob Thorne, Karl Sölve Steven
Black Coast Vanishings [ Rattle Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2024 ] Music adapted from the television series "Black Coast Vanishings", composed and performed by Karl Sölve Steven and Rob Thorne. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Volume 1 K. 281 in B flat and K. 576 in D Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) [ Atoll Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2024 ] In 1989, Sharon Joy Vogan embarked on a project with RNZ Concert to record all eighteen of Mozart's piano sonatas, and his Fantasias. Sharon completed 14 recordings and those presented here are drawn from that historical collection made available... |
HORO / HOLMES / FISHER / WILLIAMS / PSATHAS / ROYAL / AUDAIN / BOWATER / YOUNG / CASTRO-ROBINSON / RITCHIE / HAMILTON
Suite Aotearoa Sharon Joy Vogan (piano), Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro) [ Atoll / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] This album is a beautiful complete listen, an imaginative sequence of Aotearoa magic in the form of 12 short commissions from a fine selection of composers. "Suite Aotearoa" is one of the first albums to combine concert Steinway piano and Taonga Puoro. |
JANET JENNINGS / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Somi Kim in her debut solo album gives sparkling performances of two compositions inspired by visual art - the great 19th century work by Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition", which remains a challenge to pianists 150 years later, is preceded by... |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Leviation Somi Kim (piano) [ Atoll / 2 CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] John Psathas - 4 modern concertos, spectacularly recorded in a production supervised by the composer. Psathas presents four new compositions, for marimba, tenor sax and percussion, with an emphasis on rhythm and colour. This is genre defying modern... |
Various Artists
20 Solid Gold Kiwi Hits Volume One 1963-1971 [ Frenzy / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] The first in an ongoing series of classic Kiwi compilations at a nice price! |
Various Artists
20 Solid Gold Kiwi Hits Volume Two 1964-1971 [ Frenzy / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] The first in an ongoing series of classic Kiwi compilations at a nice price! |
Various Artists
Let Me Take You Down Under - A Celebration Of Kiwi Artists Covering The Songs Of The Beatles Vol 2 [ Frenzy / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] 'LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN...UNDER' Vol 2 is another celebration of Kiwi artists performing the songs of The Beatles. Contrasting interpretations run rampant on this exciting 25 track collection which features many of our top artists from the last 60... |
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... |
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 | 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... |