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... |