New Zealand Music News — Aotearoa | New Zealand

Maxine Funke. Enigmatic Dunedin-based songwriter, Maxine Funke, has shared a new single 'Room In The City' - a gentle, subdued ode to personal space, and finding belonging in the busy midst of metropolis. This is the second, previously unreleased single to be unveiled from her upcoming record Pieces Of Driftwood, a collection of non-album singles, tracks recorded for compilations, and new material, including work with longtime collaborators Alistair Galbraith and P. Wits.  The piece is deeply intimate - so close that you can hear the movement in the room it was recorded in. The simple arrangement is perfectly balanced, not unlike the shaded coos...

Today, Amamelia shares a brand new single 'Colourbox', accompanied by a dreamy music video by Simon Ward. This is the second single to drop from her highly anticipated upcoming album Bananamelia! - out November 3 via Sunreturn. 

With live shows well and truly on the on the rise again, there will be absolutely no shortage of gigs to attend this summer. Thanks to the great people at Eyegum Music Collective and Undertheradar, you can catch some of Aotearoa's favourites all at once in a one day, multi venue festival in the capital called Great Sounds Great. Sounds...great! Tell me more! Well, there will be a little bit of everything for everybody here, from the lush, intimate sounds of Ben Woods or Nadia Reid, to the fuzzy, psych-pop world of Na Noise  and the electronic soundscapes of Ludus - as well as everything in...

Lawrence Arabia. Photo Credit: Amelia Handscomb Lawrence Arabia is set to be releasing a new song, 'Developed World' this November, which muses about the discernible discrepancy of privileged life in a crumbling world.  In conscious ode, he will be touring Aotearoa this December, specifically the places that he unfortunately had to cancel due to the interference of the pandemic on his Chant Darling tour. Don't miss Lawrence Arabia with his full band across Aotearoa this December! All info below.  TICKETS FROM BANISHED MUSICBANISHED MUSIC PRESALE STARTS THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER AT 9AM GENERAL TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER AT 9AMSIGN UP TO THE BANISHED PRESALE...