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Herriot Row
Lesser Stars (LP) [ Carpathian Records / LP - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Lesser Stars is the debut album from Herriot Row, the new musical moniker of Auckland singer-songwriter Simon Comber. The album was recorded in San Francisco with revered analogue producer John Vanderslice, known for his work with the Mountain Goats... |
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Home Brew
Home Brew (11th Anniversary Edition Double Gatefold LP) [ Years Gone By / 2 LP - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Auckland hip hop act Home Brew successfully both transfixed and shocked parts of New Zealand. Their classic debut album - perhaps the most anticipated and positively received local release of 2012 - has become synonymous with hip hop in Aotearoa and... |
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Hun Lynch
Sycophant (LP) [ Noa Records/Drops / LP - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Sycophant is the first offering of recorded music from the polymathic Tāmaki artist Hun Lynch. Recorded almost entirely at her house on a bedroom setup, Hun wrote, played and produced almost every element on the album (with the exception of one drum... |
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Ian Morris
A And B The C Of D (Limited Edition LP) [ LP - released 6/Nov/2020 ] The family of New Zealand Music icon Ian Morris announce the posthumous release of a and b the c of d, a solo record completed before his death a decade ago. Best known as a founding member of Th' Dudes and as his solo alter ego Tex Pistol, Morris... |
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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... |
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Ivy
Hush (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 13/Feb/2026 ] Ōtepoti-based alt-rock quintet IVY have quickly become a standout presence in Dunedin's music scene. Their sound reflects a clear sense of artistic growth, earning them respect among listeners and peers alike. Blending dark, atmospheric textures... |
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Jamie & The Numbers
You Don't Love Me (LP & Flexi 7") [ Superfly Funk & Soul / LP - released 29/Oct/2021 ] |
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Jed Parsons
Midnight Feast (Limited Edition LP) [ LP - released 13/Jul/2018 ] The release of Jed Parsons' debut album, Midnight Feast, marks the arrival of one of New Zealand's most intriguing new talents and shines a light on Parsons' knack for combining clever lyricism with irresistible melodies and infectious hooks. |
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Jenny Mitchell
Tug Of War (LP) [ Cooking Vinyl / LP - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Tug Of War is New Zealand singer/songwriter Jenny Mitchell's new album. . |
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Jenny Morris
Shiver (30th Anniversary Edition Limited Edition White Vinyl) [ Warner Music Australia / LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] On 24 July 1989, New Zealand singer Jenny Morris released Shiver, the most commercially successful album of her solo career. Featuring singles including 'Saved Me' (a favourite of Prince, who Morris would support on European tour dates in 1990), 'She... |
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Jon Toogood
Last Of The Lonely Gods (LP) [ Warner Music / LP - released 11/Oct/2024 ] Beloved New Zealand Music Hall of Fame inductee, Jon Toogood, has announced his debut solo album 'Last Of The Lonely Gods'. Jon Toogood has spent 30 years at the forefront of Aotearoa's music scene, writing, singing, performing, mentoring,... |
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Jonathan Bree
After The Curtains Close (Limited Red LP) [ Lil Chief / LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] 'After The Curtains Close' sees Jonathan Bree's trademark orchestral pop take a few unexpected turns into the experimental and sometimes kitschy territory populated by some of his French heroes of the 1960s. The end result is an album that retains... |
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Jordan Rakei
Origin (Limited Edition Clear Vinyl LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Soulful, intimate and expansive all at once, Jordan Rakei's third album, Origin cuts straight to the point, in every sense of the word. The melodies are brighter, the sound is bigger and the vision behind it more finely tuned. Switching up from... |
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Jordan Rakei
Origin (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Soulful, intimate and expansive all at once, Jordan Rakei's third album, Origin cuts straight to the point, in every sense of the word. The melodies are brighter, the sound is bigger and the vision behind it more finely tuned. Switching up from... |
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Jordan Rakei
Wallflower (2LP Gatefold) [ Ninja Tune / 2 LP - released 22/Sep/2017 ] A phenomenal talent, Jordan Rakei is a 25 year old New Zealand born and London based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer whose distinct take on Soul captures a sonic and emotional awareness many artists spend their entire careers... |
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Julien Dyne
Glimpse Remixes (LP) [ Wonderful Noise / 12in - released 26/Oct/2012 ] |
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Just Janie
Mythology Of Girls (LP) [ Just Janie / LP - released 19/Jun/2026 ] Just Janie is entering a new era with her debut album Mythology of the Girls. A reaction to nostalgia through a modern lens, the album pays homage to the folk scene of the late sixties and early seventies and deconstructs the rose-tinted perspective... |
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Kane Strang
Blue Cheese (LP) [ Ba Da Bing Records / LP - released 26/Feb/2016 ] Kane Strang's first proper album, Blue Cheese, picks up on the rough disaffection of his earlier demo collection, A Pebble and a Paper Crane, which he recorded in a WWII bomb shelter in Germany. Back in his hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand, Strang... |
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Kane Strang
Two Hearts And No Brain (LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 30/Jun/2017 ] A winning blend of careful precision and mercurial abandon, Kane Strang's songs are constantly surprising. With a penchant for melodic earworms to rival those of the world's best pop songwriters, this local artist's glittering hooks twist and turn... |
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Kimbra
The Golden Echo (LP) [ Warner LP / 2 LP - released 15/Aug/2014 ] THE GOLDEN ECHO is a vivid, vivacious, and ambitious arc of pop and funk that conveys an array of questions and insights. It's an album both of youthful exuberance and mature introspection. It's at once a dancing record and thinking record,... |