Malcolm Black
Songs For The Family (LP) [ LP - released 28/May/2021 ] Nearly two years on from the passing of music industry luminary Malcolm Black, his family releases his posthumous album Songs For The Family, recorded a mere two months before his untimely death at age 58 from cancer. Husband, father, musician,... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love (5th Anniversary Edition Blue Vinyl LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 5/Jul/2024 ] "Singer-songwriter" The single most used hyphenate in music? Probably, and New Zealand's Marlon Williams nailed the first part of that descriptor at an early age. He's quite simply got one of the most extraordinary, effortlessly distinctive voices of... |
Mi-Sex
Space Race (LP) (Record Store Day 2018) [ Sony Music / LP - released 21/Apr/2018 ] Mi-Sex formed in 1978 in New Zealand with members Steve Gilpin (vocals), Don Martin (bass), Kevin Stanton (guitar), Murray Burns (Keyboards) and Richard Hodgkinson (drums). They located themselves to Sydney and soon found themselves one of the... |
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... |
Motte
Cold + Liquid (LP) [ Ba Da Bing / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Anita Clark's new Motte album, Cold + Liquid, builds glacial atmospheres, frozen moods, and isolated impressions. Portraying New Zealand through socio-geological sound, breathing in Christchurch cultures and locales, the album embodies an artistic... |
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,... |
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... |
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... |
Neil & Liam Finn
Lightsleeper (2LP) [ 2 LP - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Neil Finn - he of Crowded House fame and the newest member of Fleetwood Mac - needs no introduction. After Liam Finn moved to London with his band Betchadupa, they split and he began a solo career, attracting worldwide acclaim with the I'll Be... |
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... |
Opensouls
Dollars (7") [ From The Crate Records / 7in - released 1/Jan/2008 ] |
Original Soundtrack
Once Were Warriors (Limited Red Vinyl LP) [ Sony Music NZ / LP - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Iconic kiwi film Once Were Warriors marks its 30th anniversary this year, and is being celebrated with a reworked and remastered anniversary edition of the soundtrack, available for the first time on limited red coloured vinyl! |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
The Prophet Hens
The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys (LP) [ Fishrider Records NZ / LP - released 2/Sep/2016 ] The Prophet Hens are the Dunedin 4 piece band through Fish Rider Records who are back with their 2nd album 'The Wonderful Shape of Back Door Keys.' 'The Wonderful Shape of Back Door Keys' is full of melodic jangling guitars, swirling Casio... |
The Puddle
Playboys in the Bush (Vinyl with Bonus 7in) [ Fishrider Records NZ / LP - released 15/Nov/2010 ] |
Purple Pilgrims
Perfumed Earth (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 9/Aug/2019 ] New Zealand dreamscape artists Purple Pilgrims are set to release their long-awaited, sophomore record Perfumed Earth on August 9 via Flying Nun Records. This release marks their recorded debut with the iconic independent label. To create the... |
Reb Fountain
Reb Fountain (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 22/Jul/2020 ] Celebrated singer-songwriter Reb Fountain's forthcoming self-titled album marks a new chapter in the kiwi artist's career and her first full-length release on Flying Nun Records. Reb Fountain came together in the... |