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Miss June
Bad Luck Party (LP) [ Frenchkiss Records / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Raised in the embers of punk rock and described as "some unholy union between Sonic Youth and Le Tigre," the Auckland four piece harness jagged, noisy guitars filtered through the unrivalled stage presence of front-person Annabel Liddel, guitarist... |
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Mokotron
WAEREA (140g LP) [ Sunreturn / LP - released 5/Dec/2024 ] MOKOTRON is a Tāmaki-based Māori producer from Ngāti Hine, who spreads seismic waves of low frequency Indigenous electronic music. Exploring ancient futurism through music, MOKOTRON imagines a reality without colonisation, where the ancestors... |
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Moses Mackay
Grace (LP) [ Momoose Productions Ltd / LP - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Moses of SOL3 MIO - NZ's most beloved highest selling classical trio - releases his debut solo album. The album is classically influenced but is a soulful dedication to his grandmother with the album titled - Grace. Recorded in LA at Furaha... |
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Myele Manzanza
Crisis & Opportunity Vol. 4: Meditations (LP) [ DeepMatter / LP - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Over the past two years, the first three instalments of his lauded 'Crisis & Opportunity' record series saw Myele garner praise from Mary Anne Hobbs, Cerys Matthews, Jamie Cullum, Huey Morgan, The Guardian, Complex, Jazz FM, Lefto, Worldwide FM,... |
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Na Noise
Open The Door / Dance With Me (7") [ Holiday Records / 7in - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Na Noise are the Thelma and Louise of modern DIY guitar based music. The long-time collaborators Hariet Ellis and Yolanda Fagan (both having worked together on BOZO, Vincent H.L, Echo Ohs and Thee Crockettes) have a rascally take on traditional song... |
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Nathan Haines
Notes (Double LP) [ Loop / 2 LP - released 9/Aug/2024 ] Nathan Haines is a masterful saxophonist, producer and DJ who has successfully fused jazz with elements of dance music over the last 30 years. With a prolific output ranging from fully analogue jazz to electronic dance music, Nathan Haines is a... |
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Niko Walters
Escape (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Niko Walters has been feverishly readying his first body of work throughout this tumultuous year, but he's been waiting for this moment all his life. The debut album, featuring singles 'Not My Neighbour', 'Close My Eyes' and 'Escape', will give... |
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Nocturnal Projections
Inmates In Images (LP) [ Dais / LP - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Formed in Stratford in 1981, Nocturnal Projections was the explosive project of legendary and prolific brothers Graeme and Peter Jefferies (who would later form This Kind of Punishment before launching their solo careers), who along with friends... |
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OMC
How Bizarre (LP) [ Huh! / Universal / LP - released 23/Apr/2021 ] To mark the 25th anniversary OMC's album 'How Bizarre' is released on vinyl. Remastered by the album's original producer Alan Jansson, and sporting an exclusive front cover, the album features the global smash hits 'How Bizarre', 'Right On', and... |
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Orchestra Of Spheres
Brothers And Sisters Of The Black Lagoon (LP) [ Fire Records / LP - released 6/May/2016 ] Born out of Wellington's fertile creative music scene in 2009, the Spheres quickly gained a crowd of devotees, entranced by their sonically and visually ecstatic live shows. Their sound is an explosive brew concocted from the quicksilver synths of... |
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Park Rd
The Novel (LP) [ Loop Recordings / LP - released 24/May/2024 ] Formed by five high school friends from Tāmaki Makaurau, PARK RD have quickly established themselves as one of NZ's most exciting new bands off the back of a series of well-received singles and EPs and their killer live shows. The Novel is a... |
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Peter Gutteridge
Pure (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 8/Dec/2023 ] In the swirl of underground music emerging from Dunedin, New Zealand in the 1980s, Peter Gutteridge stands as one of the era's most intense and shadowy figures. Despite being a founding member of The Clean and The Chills, Gutteridge would eschew... |
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Peter Jefferies & Jono Lonie
At Swim 2 Birds (LP) [ Flying Nun LP / LP - released 16/Apr/2016 ] Re-issued on vinyl for the first time since it's 1987 release, At Swim 2 Birds is a sonically rich and ever expanding collaboration between Peter Jefferies (This Kind Of Punishment) and Dunedin folk musician Jono Lonie. Titled after the surreal... |
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P.H.F.
New Metal (LP) [ Danger Collective Records / LP - released 13/Nov/2020 ] P.H.F.'s release schedule has been prolific as ever in 2020. His career spanning Anthology compilation & killer singles 'Good Girl' and 'Sorry'. But it's been a minute since we've heard a full blown studio album from iconoclastic Tāmaki songwriter... |
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Phoebe Rings
Phoebe Rings (LP) [ Carpark Records / LP - released 1/Nov/2024 ] Phoebe Rings is a dream-pop band offering a unique blend of introspective yearning with celestial danceable grooves. Their self-titled debut EP, a hopeful collection of musings, is a testament to the distinctive musical style of Auckland... |
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The Phoenix Foundation
Pegasus (20 Year Anniversary) (LP) [ Phoenix Foundation / LP - released 16/May/2025 ] This dreamy NZ made package comes on Transparent Blue vinyl with a printed inner sleeve. Limited to 750 copies world-wide! To celebrate 20 years since The Phoenix Foundation's sophomore album, "Pegasus" is finally pressed to vinyl for the first... |
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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... |
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Pickle Darling
Laundromat (BabyBlue Vinyl LP) [ Father Daughter / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] As Pickle Darling, Christchurch, New Zealand-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Mayo (they/them) zooms in on the universality of existential thought with earnest playfulness. After years of touring on previous albums, Bigness (2019, Z... |
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Pitch Black
Ape To Angel (RSD 2023 LP) [ Dubmission / 2 LP - released 22/Apr/2023 ] Pitch Black's breakthrough album is finally pressed on vinyl. Ape to Angel took the momentum of the preceding albums to new levels, with the sound becoming fuller and the bass more driving. The duo tweaked the sounds of club culture around the dub... |
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Pitch Black
Rude Mechanicals (RSD 2025 Limited Edition LP) [ Dubmission / 2 LP - released 13/Apr/2025 ] Pitch Black return with their fourth and possibly their best album so far. "Rude Mechanicals" embraces all that is good about dance music and electronica, spiced up by the trademark Pitch Black blend of echoes, delays and deep, fat basslines. |