Foley
Crowd Pleaser (LP) [ Foley / LP - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Energised, fresh and strikingly vibrant, multi-instrumentalists Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett - aka Foley - have made significant impact already as formidable players in Aotearoa's current pop movement. In their music, listeners become instantly... |
The Fuzzy Robes
Midday Prayers (LP) [ Winegum Records / LP - released 29/Mar/2024 ] The Fuzzy Robes return with their sophomore effort Midday Prayers, a natural continuation of the group's psychedelic approach to adapting the New Zealand Prayer Book, He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa for the modern ear. Midday Prayers follows their... |
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest (LP) [ Frenzy / LP - released 28/Jul/2023 ] Golden Harvest, those fabled sons of Morrinsville, have announced a 2023 vinyl re-press of their sought after debut, and only, studio album. Formed by the four Kaukau brothers, and vocalist Karl Gordon, the band made a huge splash in 1978, before... |
Gramsci
The Hinterlands (LP) [ LP - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Never one to do things by halves, Gramsci specialises in creating strikingly powerful sonic journeys, from dark to light and everything in-between. |
Grim Ltd
Shakin' It Up At The Nicoberg (LP) [ Frenzy / LP - released 18/Aug/2023 ] On a balmy night in downtown Palmerston North in late 1966, the city's top band took the stage for the last time. The venue was the Nicoberg Coffee Lounge which was situated near the Stafford Arcade near Cuba St. The group were tipped to be the next... |
Hello Sailor
Pacifica Amour (LP) [ Key / Zodiac / LP - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Mastered for vinyl by Steve McGough at Stebbing Recording Centre. Cut for vinyl by Eric Conn and Independent Mastering in Nashville. In other words, Hello Sailor have never sounded this good. |
Herbs
Long Ago (Limited Edition LP) [ Warrior / Warner / LP - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Long Ago (1984) on limited translucent green vinyl. Herbs were among New Zealand's first reggae bands to explore important Aotearoa New Zealand issues, standing up as a voice for people that weren't getting heard. Throughout their career and... |
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... |
Home Brew
Run It Back (180g Black LP) [ Years Gone By / LP - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Home Brew are back. Breaking their indefinite hiatus, Tom Scott and Haz Beats unveil arguably the biggest hip hop release in Aotearoa this year. At last, a justified 'highly anticipated release'. Run It Back comes on the back of their recently... |
In Betweens
In Betweens (LP) [ Zodiac / LP - released 30/Jul/2023 ] One of the most sought after rock albums from the 1970s is back...on vinyl. |
Infinity Ritual
Infinity Ritual EP (12") [ Infinity Ritual / LP - released 5/May/2023 ] Infinity Ritual - a groove metal wall of noise, with solid doses of rock, doom and stoner rock. Kev Rowland (Muzic.net.nz) said of the EP, "The four songs, 23 minutes in length, show a band who are bringing together groove metal with stoner,... |
Infinity Ritual
Infinity Ritual EP II (12") [ Infinity Ritual / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Infinity Ritual - a groove metal wall of noise, with solid doses of rock, doom and stoner rock. This is the follow up EP to the New Plymouth behemoth's debut and hits as hard as you'd expect it to. After gathering fans all throughout Aotearoa with... |
Jackie Bristow
Shot of Gold (LP) [ Montana / LP - released 5/Feb/2016 ] At once heartfelt and sophisticated, Jackie Bristow's songs combine subtle but beautiful melodies and hooks that hypnotise the listener, demanding complete surrender then sticking around like the backbone of a real friend. Jackie says, "Shot of... |
Jamie & The Numbers
You Don't Love Me (LP) [ Superfly Funk & Soul / LP - released 29/Oct/2021 ] |
L.A.B
In Dub (LP) [ LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)oa / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] L.A.B return with their first ever remix album, In Dub, in collaboration with Loop and German dub-focused label Echo Beach. This is a project which has been in the works for a number of years and has continued to expand as L.A.B's catalogue has... |
L.A.B
VI (LP) [ LOOP Recordings / LP - released 23/Feb/2024 ] After releasing five albums in as many years, L.A.B return after a two-year hiatus with their strongest and most cohesive album to date, VI. The 11 tracks on VI brilliantly showcase the unique L.A.B sound - a genre bending blend of reggae,... |
Las Tetas
Las Tetas (180g Purple and White Marbled LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP ] Las Tetas are Charlotte Gallichan-Stewart (Horror In Clay), Kristal G (Heart Attack Alley) and Lucy Emanuel (The Glass Picture) The trio began playing together in 2006, and four years later formed Las Tetas. By 2012, there wasn't a stage in Tāmaki... |
Latinaotearoa
Rollin' (Frank Booker & The Squire Remix 12") [ Mucho Aroha Music / 12in - released 17/Nov/2023 ] During an afternoon listening session that drifted through varying genres, finding its way into Brazilian boogie, the Latinaotearoa crew felt inspired. They decided to draw upon the pure joy and unadulterated fun of 1970's Brazil to create a... |
Lontalius
Life On The Edge Of You (Limited Edition LP) [ Pbwh / LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Produced by Jeff Kleinman (Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, FKA Twigs), Life on the Edge of You finds Lontalius aka Eddie Johnston elevating his intimate, confessional indie-folk songwriting across a new musical landscape. The pair had worked briefly in Los... |
Louisa Nicklin
The Big Sulk (LP) [ Louisa Nicklin / LP - released 23/Aug/2024 ] The Big Sulk, produced by Shayne P. Carter, is a culmination of Nicklin's introspective songwriting and sonic exploration, recorded in the atmospheric setting of the Coromandel bush. |