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 54
Che Fu
Navigator (LP) [ Sony Music NZ / LP - released 16/Oct/2026 ] Released in September 2001, Navigator features the top 20 hits 'Fade Away' (#2), 'Random' (#19) and 'Misty Frequencies' (#10). The album debuted at number one in the New Zealand charts, spending 3 weeks in the top spot and 27 weeks in the Top... |
Joe Kaptein
Live at The Upside Down Lounge Vol.1 (LP) [ Holiday Records / LP - released 16/Oct/2026 ] Music First and Jandal Records are delighted to present "Live at The Upside Down Lounge Vol.1" by Joe Kaptein, one of the hottest talents in the NZ Jazz scene. Recorded live at Goblin in the heart of Ponsonby on 26 May, the album features Hank... |
Em
Phases (LP) [ Em / LP - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Phases is a deeply personal work that documents Em's journey through loss and self-reflection. The album merges the sounds of indie, pop, and folk, blending mesmerising guitar patterns, moody synths, and rich vocal layers with Em's signature... |
Flamingo Pier
Woven Together (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Flamingo Pier, the New Zealand-born, London‑shaped trio of Luke Walker, Dominic Jones and Brad Craig, step confidently into a new chapter with the announcement of their second album 'Woven Together' arriving in October. Long celebrated as one of the... |
Greg Johnson
Some Night, Somewhere (LP) [ JMA / LP - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Greg Johnson looks out the Pacific Ocean from the Santa Monica pier and ponders that his new album Some Night Somewhere is "a collection of vignettes, some real, some not." "My songs are almost always imaginary trailers for non existent short... |
Louis Baker
Trouble [ Louis Baker / CD - released 9/Oct/2026 ] One of Aotearoa's most distinctive voices - singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Louis Baker announces his second album, Trouble. Across nine songs, Trouble unfolds as Louis Baker's most assured work to date. Taking shape during a time of... |
Louis Baker
Trouble (LP) [ Louis Baker / LP - released 9/Oct/2026 ] One of Aotearoa's most distinctive voices - singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Louis Baker announces his second album, Trouble. Across nine songs, Trouble unfolds as Louis Baker's most assured work to date. Taking shape during a time of... |
Midwave Breaks
Echo. Tide. Awake [ Small World Records / CD - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Echo. Tide. Awake. is the first full-length studio album from Midwave Breaks, featuring 13 new tracks for 2026 - all written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by the band themselves, in the spare room of a farmhouse, overlooking the Bay of Plenty... |
Midwave Breaks
Echo. Tide. Awake (LP) [ Small World Records / LP - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Echo. Tide. Awake. is the first full-length studio album from Midwave Breaks, featuring 13 new tracks for 2026 - all written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by the band themselves, in the spare room of a farmhouse, overlooking the Bay of Plenty... |
Son & Water
Still Burning [ Son & Water / CD - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Hamilton father-and-son duo Son & Water make their album debut with Still Burning, a nine-track collection grounded in whānau, whakapapa and the musical legacy shared between vocalist Daimond Porima-Ferguson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāti... |
Son & Water
Still Burning (Orange Splash Vinyl LP) [ Son & Water / LP - released 9/Oct/2026 ] Hamilton father-and-son duo Son & Water make their album debut with Still Burning, a nine-track collection grounded in whānau, whakapapa and the musical legacy shared between vocalist Daimond Porima-Ferguson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāti... |
Home Brew
Last Week [ Years Gone By / CD - released 2/Oct/2026 ] One of, if not the, most beloved Aotearoa hip-hop groups, Home Brew, are finally reissuing their classic 2008 release, Last Week. Last Week - seven songs written and recorded over seven days - celebrates the halcyon days when Home Brew's core crew... |
Home Brew
Last Week (LP) [ Years Gone By / LP - released 2/Oct/2026 ] One of, if not the, most beloved Aotearoa hip-hop groups, Home Brew, are finally reissuing their classic 2008 release, Last Week. Last Week - seven songs written and recorded over seven days - celebrates the halcyon days when Home Brew's core crew... |
Church & AP
Teeth (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] When Auckland duo Church & AP released their debut radio single 'Ready Or Not' in 2018, the Aotearoa hip-hop scene was in the depths of a commercial lull. Buoyed by high-rotation plays on New Zealand's biggest hip-hop and RnB radio station Mai FM and... |
Jess B
Matters Of The Heart (LP) [ Drops / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] After drip feeding fans with two killer new tracks, hip-hop powerhouse JessB has revealed her highly anticipated new album - Matters of the Heart. With Matters of the Heart, JessB continues to explore authenticity, personal growth, and... |
The Veils
Nux Vomica (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006) and 2009's Sun Gangs established the New Zealand band as purveyors of lush, romantic indie, able to sweep through cinematic vistas into intimate emotional corners, via gothic orchestration and atmospheric... |
The Veils
The Runaway Found (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006) and 2009's Sun Gangs established the New Zealand band as purveyors of lush, romantic indie, able to sweep through cinematic vistas into intimate emotional corners, via gothic orchestration and atmospheric... |
The Veils
Sun Gangs (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 25/Sep/2026 ] The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006) and 2009's Sun Gangs established the New Zealand band as purveyors of lush, romantic indie, able to sweep through cinematic vistas into intimate emotional corners, via gothic orchestration and atmospheric... |
Dion Lunadon
Rare Gems Volume One (LP) [ Beast Records / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] "I don't think there's a single track that Mr. Lunadon has done that is not worth checking out… and live? Forget it! So cool." - Henry Rollins Rare Gems Volume One is comprised of 10 sick as fuck rare and unreleased studio tracks recorded between... |
The Nomad
ReGenerate [ Nomad Audio & Video / CD - released 18/Sep/2026 ] ReGenerate marks a 30-year milestone for Aotearoa electronic pioneer The Nomad. Beginning in 1996 with Locust and evolving into The Nomad in 1998, the album revisits unreleased ideas, reshapes past favourites, and introduces new material that bridges... |
