Crowded House
Gravity Stairs (LP) [ BMG / LP - due 31/May/2024 ] Crowded House's eighth studio album. It's the act of climbing those figurative "gravity stairs," inspired by a heavy stone staircase near where Neil Finn vacations that he likens to his mindset as a creator. "It's a metaphor for getting a little... |
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... |
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... |
Jordan Rakei
The Loop (LP) [ Decca / 2 LP - due 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... |
Albi & The Wolves
Light After Dark (LP) [ Triple A Records / LP - released 1/Dec/2023 ] On their new album, Light After Dark, three-piece Aotearoa indie folk stars Albi & The Wolves add horns, strings and drums for a bigger sound. Chris Dent (the proud albino front man Albi), Pascal Roggen and Micheal Young are still at the centre here... |
Aldous Harding
Warm Chris (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 25/Mar/2022 ] An artist of rare calibre, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity. The artist has announced details of Warm Chris a new studio album, the follow-up to 2019's acclaimed Designer. For Warm Chris, the Aotearoa New... |
Avantdale Bowling Club
Live At The Powerstation (LP) [ Young Gifted & Broke / LP - released 15/May/2020 ] Recorded at Avantdale Bowling Club's sold out headline date at Auckland's iconic Powerstation in August 2019 - the album includes extended live versions of four tracks from his self-titled debut album - awarded the 2019 Taite Music Prize and Album of... |
Avantdale Bowling Club
Trees (LP) [ Years Gone By Records / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Four years on from the award-winning (Album of the Year, Best Hip Hop Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards 2019, Taite Music Prize 2019) debut by Avantdale Bowling Club, Tom Scott has announced the release of TREES on 7 October. Produced by Christoph... |
Ballon D'Essai
"Woot!" is the Word (Limited Blue Vinyl LP w/ Comic & Sticker) [ Leather Jacket Records / Flying Nun / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Leather Jacket Records, in association with Flying Nun Records are proud to present Ballon D'Essai' - "Woot!" is the Word; the band's classic hits remastered and back on vinyl for the first time in 40 years. Teenage Music and Comix from the early... |
The Bend
We Disappear (LP & 10") [ Armchair Records / 2 LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] After thirty 'odd' years, The Bend (Fane Flaws, Tony Backhouse and Peter Dasent- all ex-Crocodiles) present We Disappear, an album of songs written from selected poems by legendary NZ poet Sam Hunt. This strange project began in 1987 with iconic... |
The Beths
Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 (Double Gatefold LP) [ Carpark / 2 LP - released 1/Oct/2021 ] NZ Exclusive, 180g Translucent Light Blue Vinyl. In March 2020, everything seemed on track for another huge year for The Beths. Home after an 18-month northern hemisphere tour, they had just finished recording sophomore album Jump Rope Gazers and... |
The Beths
Expert In A Dying Field (Aotearoa / Australia Exclusive Limited Edition Deluxe Double Blue/Green Marbled LP) [ Carpark Records / 2 LP - released 15/Sep/2023 ] In September 2022, The Beths released their third studio album, Expert In A Dying Field, following two award-winning albums, Future Me Hates Me and Jump Rope Gazers, and their live album, Auckland, New Zealand, 2020. One year later, the band release... |
The Beths
Expert In A Dying Field (Deluxe LP) [ Ivy League Records / LP - released 16/Sep/2022 ] On The Beths' third studio album, Expert In A Dying Field, Elizabeth Stokes' songwriting places her somewhere between being a novelist and a documentarian. The songs are autobiographical, but they're also character sketches of relationships and, more... |
The Black Seeds
Love & Fire (LP) [ The Black Seeds / LP - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Yellow vinyl, custom dye cut outer jacket with full printed inner sleeve includes download code. |
The Chills
Brave Words - Expanded and Remastered (Double LP) [ Flying Nun Records / 2 LP - released 13/Oct/2023 ] The Chills' legendary debut 'Brave Words (Expanded and Remastered)' will be released on double vinyl, and is due out on 13th October via Flying Nun Records and Fire Records. Remixed and remastered using multi-track tape masters donated by Flying Nun... |
The Chills
Brave Words - Expanded and Remastered (Limited Edition Coloured Double LP) [ Flying Nun Records / 2 LP - released 13/Oct/2023 ] The Chills' legendary debut 'Brave Words (Expanded and Remastered)' will be released on double vinyl, and is due out on 13th October via Flying Nun Records and Fire Records. |
The Chills
Kaleidoscope World (Limited Edition Double Blue Vinyl LP) [ Fire / 2 LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Chills reissue their celebrated early singles compilation, this 24-track expanded version of Kaleidoscope World gathers together tracks from the 'Dunedin Double' compilation, live recordings, Doledrums' single and the band's seminal 'Pink Frost'.... |
The Chills
Scatterbrain (LP) [ Fire / LP - released 1/May/2021 ] New studio album from the Dunedin songsmiths helmed by the enigmatic Martin Phillipps with artwork by Trees' David Costa. Dunedin's finest, The Chills release their seventh studio album 'Scatterbrain', a glorious self-examination of Martin... |
Cimeron
46 Years (LP) [ Zodiac / LP - released 30/Jul/2023 ] Rising from the embers of Auckland band Hot Ash, Cimeron started work on their debut album at Stebbing Recording Studios in 1977 with Rob Aickin and Ian Morris on production duties. Due to circumstances outside of the band's control, production was... |
Crowded House
Dreamers Are Waiting (Limited Edition Blue/Black Coloured 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,... |