New Zealand New Releases
New Zealand New Releases
Below is a list of all New Zealand titles released in the last 120 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 60
James Wylie
To Our Land [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 9/Oct/2025 ] In recent years, the world has witnessed a surge in pain, suffering, and systemic injustice inflicted by fellow humans in pursuit of power and monetary gain. Where I live, the people, their lands, and the cultures of the broader region are profoundly... |
Pumpkinhead
Sloth (30th Anniversary Edition Pumpkin Orange LP) [ Waxstar / LP - released 9/Oct/2025 ] Ōtautahi Christchurch grunge-funk-metal band Pumpkinhead celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic album Sloth with a remastered vinyl reissue featuring two bonus tracks - making it a must-have for their fans - and reforming for three... |
Hayden Chisholm & Philip Zoubek
As If the Stormy Years Had Passed: The Music of Gurdjieff Reimagined [ Rattle Records / CD - released 2/Oct/2025 ] Hayden has a book containing many markings and notes collected from "a bespectacled man's scribbles on a night in Central Asia". The lines have been straightened and the form polished, but the melodic essence of that encounter in Central Asia is... |
Pene Pati (tenor), Il Pomo d'Oro
Serenata A Napoli [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Pene Pati's glowing tenor voice, described by Le Monde as 'filled with sunshine', makes him the ideal interpreter of such roles as Rodolfo in La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Now, with Serenata a Napoli, he brings his distinctive warmth... |
Villainy
Dead Sight (LP) [ Villainy / 3 LP - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Villainy spent 2014 writing and recording Dead Sight with Shihad's Tom Larkin. The album ventures into a tone which is darker, heavier and groovier than its predecessor, capturing a well developed live energy and chemistry. |
Villainy
Mode. Set. Clear (LP) [ Villainy / 2 LP - released 26/Sep/2025 ] The VNZMA Best Rock Album for 2013 includes the hit singles Alligator Skin, Ammunition, Gather Yourselves, Another Time and The Answer. |
Alan Brown
Encircle [ Rattle Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2025 ] These contemplations and improvisations were partly inspired by an instrument called an Ondomo - a recreation by Naoyuki Omo of the Ondes Martenot, one of the earliest electronic instruments developed in 1928 by Maurice Martenot (Ondes Martenot... |
Aaradhna
Sweet Surrender [ SIAATNT MUSIC / CD - released 12/Sep/2025 ] After an eight-year creative journey, Aotearoa R&B artist Aaradhna is back with her most powerful and personal album to date, Sweet Surrender. Aaradhna steps fully into her artistic power, taking complete control of her music, from writing and... |
Aaradhna
Sweet Surrender (180g Clear LP) [ SIAATNT MUSIC / LP - released 12/Sep/2025 ] After an eight-year creative journey, Aotearoa R&B artist Aaradhna is back with her most powerful and personal album to date, Sweet Surrender. Aaradhna steps fully into her artistic power, taking complete control of her music, from writing and... |
Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman
Traces [ Loop / CD - released 12/Sep/2025 ] Rhian Sheehan has established himself as a multi-award-winning musician and screen composer over the past two decades and Arli Liberman has fast become one of NZ's most in-demand composers and musicians. The album is an instrumental journey,... |
Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman
Traces (LP) [ Loop / LP - released 12/Sep/2025 ] Rhian Sheehan has established himself as a multi-award-winning musician and screen composer over the past two decades and Arli Liberman has fast become one of NZ's most in-demand composers and musicians. The album is an instrumental journey,... |
Julia Deans
Modern Fables (LP) [ Julia Deans / Drops / LP - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Julia Deans made her mark on the New Zealand music scene as Fur Patrol's charismatic and charming frontwoman. |
Pickle Darling
Bots [ Father / Daughter / CD - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Pickle Darling has always existed just outside of the periphery. In a heightened time of fast music, algorithmic consumption and rapid virality, Lukas Mayo (they/them) has remained focused on the album. Their discography is a reflection of their... |
Pickle Darling
Bots (Limited Edition Shockwave Swirl LP) [ Father / Daughter / LP - released 5/Sep/2025 ] Pickle Darling has always existed just outside of the periphery. In a heightened time of fast music, algorithmic consumption and rapid virality, Lukas Mayo (they/them) has remained focused on the album. Their discography is a reflection of their... |
Balu Brigada
Portal [ Warner Music Australia / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Portal is the debut full-length album from Balu Brigada, the genre-blurring groove-pop duo made up of New Zealand brothers Henry and Pierre Beasely. Written, produced, and recorded entirely by the pair over three years in cities across the globe -... |
The Beths
Straight Line Was A Lie [ Anti- / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Straight Line Was A Lie is the first new music the New Zealand indie rockers have released since their 2022 album, Expert In A Dying Field, and their first release on their new label ANTI-. Following the success of Expert In A Dying Field, The... |
The Beths
Straight Line Was A Lie (Clean Slate Clear LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Straight Line Was A Lie is the first new music the New Zealand indie rockers have released since their 2022 album, Expert In A Dying Field, and their first release on their new label ANTI-. Following the success of Expert In A Dying Field, The... |
Pearly*
Not So Sweet (Glow In The Dark Vinyl LP) [ Leather Jacket Records, Pinacolada Records, Flying Nun Records / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Pearly's music is largely guitar driven alt-rock with influences from Ōtepoti's current noisy scene mixed in with its own tendencies, with songs full of contrasting space and simplicity with explosive pay-offs. |
Dick Move
Fuck It (7") [ 1:12 Records / Flying Nun Records / 7in - released 22/Aug/2025 ] High octane Aotearoa punks Dick Move stride back into 2025 with a fierce new punk rock battle cry 'Fuck It'; a swaggering, strident punk rock anthem clocking in at just over 2 minutes. The new single is a raw rejection of misogyny, control, and... |
Don McGlashan & Anita Clark
Take It To The Bridge [ Doncorp / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Don McGlashan's first live album. Don won fame with the iconic groups The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn and Blam Blam Blam, and has continued to fly high with four acclaimed solo albums - Bright November Morning was his first number 1 album. At... |
