Various Artists
Kono Toru | 003 (LP) [ Loop / LP - released 17/Dec/2021 ] Kono Toru | 003 is a compilation with the focus on celebrating the use of te reo Māori in waiata and everyday life. Kono Toru | 003 features tracks presented in te reo for the first time. Created with the support of APRA, Creative NZ, Te Māngai... |
Various Artists
True Colours, New Colours - The Songs Of Split Enz (Limited Edition LP) [ Warner Australia / LP - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Hot pink coloured vinyl! True Colours, the most commercially successful album of New Zealand group Split Enz's career, celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier in the year. To commemorate the milestone, the... |
Various Artists
Wild Things: Social End Products of the World Unite - 16 Kiwi Freakbeat Nuggets From 1966 to 1968 (LP) [ Vostok / LP - released 25/May/2018 ] Limited Edition! In mid 1966 John Harris of The Bluestars penned NZ's first punk single Social End Product released by Allied International in September that year. Now considered the holy grail of NZ freakbeat and sixties punk, the single is... |
The Veils
...And Out Of The Void Came Love (Limited Edition Transparent LP) [ Banished From The Universe / 2 LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] It's been seven strange years since The Veils' last studio album. Since then Finn Andrews has toured the world twice over, appeared in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return, made an acclaimed solo album, broken his wrist on stage, and had a... |
Vera Ellen
It's Your Birthday (Black LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Flying Nun Records' latest signing, Vera Ellen, is a Wellington/Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist and wildly prolific songwriter, who some may recognise from LA band Girl Friday (Hardly Art), or grungy NZ 4-piece Maple Syrup. This 2021... |
Vera Ellen
It's Your Birthday (Orange LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Flying Nun Records' latest signing, Vera Ellen, is a Wellington/Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist and wildly prolific songwriter, who some may recognise from LA band Girl Friday (Hardly Art), or grungy NZ 4-piece Maple Syrup. This 2021... |
Vietnam
This Quiet Room (LP) [ Vietnam / LP - released 28/Jan/2022 ] This Quiet Room is the final, definitive statement from New Zealand post-punk/ new wave/dark indie band Vietnam, who formed at high school in Wainuiomata some forty years ago. Initially active from 1981-85, and reforming in 2017 to celebrate the... |
Vincent H.L.
Golden Sun (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 23/Jun/2023 ] "Moving at his own speed to whittle his latest solo creation, Golden Sun is the first new bunch of tunes from Vincent H.L (Magic Factory, Teen Wolf, Whipping Cats) since the Tāmaki Makaurau artist's accurately titled 2018 debut album Weird... |
Voom
Hello, Are You There? (Pink Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] This 15th anniversary reissue of Hello, Are You There? contains 17 short, sharp slices of life; the 16 remastered album tracks, plus bonus track 'Jimmy's Boner', that fans of the band will recognise from live performances. The album swings from... |
Vorsen / John Halvorsen
A World On Fire (Black Vinyl LP) [ Leather Jacket / LP - released 12/Sep/2023 ] From the mind of John Halvorsen (The Gordons, Skeptics, Bailter Space) comes A World on Fire, capturing three decades of solo material released for the very first time. Influenced by retro-futurist science fiction themes and the flashpoint of... |
Vorsen / John Halvorsen
A World On Fire (Limited Red & Black Marble Vinyl LP) [ Leather Jacket / LP - released 12/Sep/2023 ] From the mind of John Halvorsen (The Gordons, Skeptics, Bailter Space) comes A World on Fire, capturing three decades of solo material released for the very first time. Influenced by retro-futurist science fiction themes and the flashpoint of... |
Water
Supa (LP) [ Flying Out / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Prepare yourself for a sonic janglestorm with kiwi supergroup Water's forthcoming album Supa; a project of luscious, mood-heavy soundscapes for your brain and your anxious heart. Recorded, mixed and mastered with Stephan Marr (Doprah, Kane Strang),... |
Wax Chattels
Clot (Blue Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Baby blue coloured vinyl. Wax Chattels announce their cathartic sophomore album, Clot. After a knock-out entrée with 2018's self-titled LP, the anticipation that surrounds Clot is immense. Much like Wax Chattels, the writing process for Clot took... |
Wax Chattels
Wax Chattels (Ltd Edition White LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 18/May/2018 ] Guitarless Guitar Music. This is the self-imposed one-line descrip- tion chosen by Auckland, New Zealand's Wax Chattels. The keyboard, bass and drums trio don't have a guitar player, but their overwhelming sound and energy create an atmosphere akin... |
Weta
Geographica (Double LP) [ Warner Music NZ / 2 LP - released 19/Feb/2021 ] Geographica is the debut album by critically acclaimed New Zealand rock band Weta. The album has been newly remastered by Steve James and is being released on vinyl for the very first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the... |
Bunnies on ponies
Heat Death of the Universe (LP) [ Flying Out / LP - released 7/Nov/2014 ] Bunnies On Ponies are Samuel F. Scott on vocals and guitar, Tom Callwood on bass and vocals and Craig Terris on drums and vocals. They have made three albums together but this is the first where they have written together and recorded live as a three... |
Jay Clarkson
Kindle (LP) [ Rose Hobart / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Rose Hobart is proud to announce the reissue of Jay Clarkson's 1999 masterpiece Kindle, available on vinyl for the first time. Clarkson is one of Aotearoa/New Zealand's most singular songwriters, with a history that includes membership of The... |
Echo Ohs
Wild Weeds (12") [ 1:12 Records / 12in - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Echo Ohs are an Auckland three piece, recognised as key players in the thriving garage psych scene centred around legendary k'rd dive bar / venue 'Whammy Bar'. Formed in 2011 by Yolanda Fagan (bass / vocals) and Guy Forks (guitar), their sound is... |
The Echo Ohs
Hot Pockets (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 8/Sep/2018 ] Spooky and thematic. The Echo Ohs are an Auckland [NZ] three piece playing dusty spaghetti-surf. Steeped in lurid garage and post punk influences, theirs is a lurching and writhing cauldron of cowboy psych and/or beach zombie. Hot Pockets is the... |
Gaytime
In Their Prime (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Back in 2010 "knucklehead" punk duo Gaytime gathered a small but devoted following on the Auckland scene before guitarist/vocalist Josh Jugum departed for the UK, forcing the bandmates into a long-distance relationship. But before leaving he and... |