Winners of the 2025 AMA’s coveted PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, DEVILSKIN are set to further thrill their ardent fan base with ‘SWELTER’, the second single off their hotly anticipated and 13-track studio album

Ringlets share the bewilderingly beautiful third single, ‘I Was on That Roof Once’, from their soon-approaching album The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies), set for release on June 27th via Flying Nun Records and Leather Jacket Records.

Award-winning children’s music artist Claudia Robin Gunn has her next EP Wonderful on the way. it’s a joyful playlist of sunshine-infused songs for tamariki and their grownups, arriving July 25. 

“John & Julie Stone” is the first single to be released from the forthcoming body of work with Joshua Tylor.

After supporting Kasey Chambers on 32 dates around Australia, Jenny Mitchell is hitting the road to celebrate the release of her new album ‘Forest House.' 

New Zealand's ALIEN WEAPONRY recently released their head-turning third album, Te Rā, via Napalm Records! Swiftly, following the announcement of their upcoming USA tour supporting Avatar with fellow openers SpiritWorld, the band has dropped a brand new music video for album single 'Taniwha', featuring an intense guest appearance from metal icon Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God).

MOKOMOKAI return with the release of PONO!, their third studio album. A slow-burning, soul-infused project that captures mood, memory, and truth, in nine rich and immersive tracks. Led by Manu (Eno x Dirty), alongside producers DUSTY & GHOS, the group continues to define their own lane with poetic lyricism over lush, atmospheric production rooted in soul and Polynesian influence.

Kiwiradio NZ and Pan-Asian Music Showcase Night invite you to an upcoming creative panel session as part of the Pan-Asian Music Showcase Night project. This event amplifies the voices of Asian youth through music, storytelling, and community dialogue, strengthening Aotearoa New Zealand as a culturally inclusive country.

The intergalactic funk rockers are back! After the release of ‘Episode One: Looking For A New Planet’ in 2024, Black Comet launched into festival season featuring WOMAD (doing TWO sets!), CubaDupa and Ripe Wanaka Wine & Food Festival. Amongst all of this, they were also busy writing and recording their next album.

Auckland-based singer-songwriter JENNI SMITH is hitting the road for her first-ever New Zealand tour! Named after her upcoming album, the Girl Next Door tour will be an intimate acoustic experience, bringing Jenni’s signature blend of country and pop to audiences across the country. 

Wellington band Underwire have built a reputation for cranking live sets and punchy earworm songs, and their new single ‘Wish I Was A Cowboy’ keeps their genre-shattering spirit front and centre.

Ōtautahi’s fine purveyor of shoegaze-meets-dream pop, T. G. Shand, returns with her first single of the year, ‘The Deadpan Break’. ‘The Deadpan Break’ is a sparse, yet warm, hypnotic tune that builds to a searing disco atmosphere. It’s about “breaking the deadpan.”

As Aotearoa Music Month wraps up, Māori singer-songwriter ALLANA Goldsmith shares her breathtaking new single HOATA - a waiata born from the maramataka, steeped in ancestral wisdom, and guided by the whakataukī of those who walked before us. The single marks the final instalment of her Te Māngai Pāho-funded reo Māori trilogy.

With his debut single Breathe, Auckland-based artist neoSage invites listeners into an inner world coloured by emotion, thought, and quiet revelation. Known for his work as a freelance composer and music tutor, Breathe marks the start of a new creative chapter.

After the release of their debut single “Something In The Water” Whanganui band BB & The Bullets are at it again with another original track. This one is called “High Tide” and tells the story of a person trying to control the uncontrollable, a farmer whose land is threatened by a river.

Danni Davis is set to captivate listeners with the release of her deeply personal Deluxe single, "Remember Me"; a raw and emotionally-charged reflection on love, betrayal, and the struggle of trying to hold on when everything is slipping away.

Just months since the release of their Marlon Williams produced album High Horse, Christchurch's own Adam Hattaway & The Haunters are back with a new single and video, "Tommy Sees Ghosts," accompanied by b-side "Roadside Incident."

On the first anniversary of the conception of her debut album Upstairs/Downstairs Hannah is excited to share her debut music video for her single Need You

Drawing from ‘80s-inspired synths, electric piano, and vibrant percussion, JARNA's latest release is a neon-lit journey through the electric highs and lows of falling for someone you’ve just met.

In his debut album Nickels&Dimes, Justin Devereux presents a well-produced, musically polished collection of Americana and country influenced songs that showcase both his lyrical sincerity and the talents of a skilled supporting cast.

Following the success of their first single of the year, RUSH, rising indie rock band Frank On Tap return with Mary & Me — a bold and emotionally charged new release that marks the beginning of a compelling new chapter for the Tāmaki Makaurau-based group.

Up for an impressive four awards at this year’s Aotearoa Music Awards, singer and songwriter Georgia Lines has released her first single of 2025, ‘Wonderful Life’, alongside a heartwarming video.

Hot off the back of releasing his single Flowers in Hendo in April, award-winning musician and Aotearoa’s neo-soul lover boy MOHI (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa) has this week delivered a second track - Just Kids - and announced a release date for more tracks ahead of his full album later in 2025.

Aotearoa’s multi-platinum, gold-certified artist Israel Starr (Ngati Porou)  returns with a powerful new collaboration — this time alongside rising soulstress Sianne — in a heartfelt new single, “Love Is All We Need”

The band believe their music has stood the test of time and can help bring people some happiness. “The world needs Pash right now” one friend said. A reunited Pash will play support for the Lemonheads May 28 at Double Whammy.

Levi Lights On Project returns with a compelling and timely new single, The People Awake - a raw, soulful call to awareness and unity in a world aching for change. With an intro reminiscent of Arabian Nights in the Old Sahara and an emotive choir section, the track builds into a powerful chant that echoes the collective spirit of a people ready to rise.

Known for his raw storytelling and evocative poetics, the world of I’M GORGEOUS calls the heart into question: mining its infinite layers to confront grief, lust, greed, longing, and ultimately, hope.

A new song from local family band Spellodies - “Night Light” is a high energy, hair metal jam for the whole family. Inspired by 80s bands like Twisted Sister and Motley Crue, the NZOA funded video is a fun tribute to this era of theatrical rock, while also secretly helping kids with the spelling of tricky “igh” words.

Up-and-coming electro-pop artist Soulti has today followed up the release of her latest single ‘Rise and Fall’ with a cinematic music video, perfectly capturing the hard-hitting sentiment of the song. 

Auckland-based singer-songwriter JENNI SMITH is hitting the road for her first-ever New Zealand tour! Named after her upcoming album, the Girl Next Door tour will be an intimate acoustic experience, bringing Jenni’s signature blend of country and pop to audiences across the country.