New Zealand Music News — Aotearoa | New Zealand

Today, Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) and the NZ Music Commission have announced the comeback of the annual GOING GLOBAL MUSIC SUMMIT - a two-day conference for musicians and industry people alike held at Roundhead Studios with the aim to provide "further education, inspiration and the chance to connect to the global music industry for those ready to take their next step on to the world stage." Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) Chairperson, Pippa Ryan-Kidd adds, “Our aim with Going Global is to help our local artists that are already on their career path and ready to make the next step into international markets. It is the perfect next step after the Going...

Finalists include our very own Aldous Harding (Lawn) and Reb Fountain (Iris). We can’t wait to party with ya’ll at Spark Arena in October!

John Halvorsen is a legend in the Flying Nun camp, from his founding of The Gordons, to his core involvement with Skeptics and Bailter Space, so there is no doubt that his still-relatively-new trio, Vörsen, is pretty fantastic too. Made up of Halvorsen on vocals and guitar, Hayden Ellis on bass and Steve Cochrane on drums, Vörsen are based on the past 30 years of songs written and recorded by John Halvorsen.   If your curiosity has peaked, then good news! They have just announced an extensive tour of the North Island launching in August, with tickets available from the great people at UnderTheRadar.     VÖRSEN  FRIDAY 5TH AUGUST...

Aotearoa rockers, The Beths, have dropped the title track from their upcoming album, Expert In A Dying Field, due to be released on 16th September via Carpark Records.  Elisabeth Stokes' flexible, yet cheeky vocals are on full display, interwoven with guitar lines and, of course, the catchy hooks that The Beths always seem to deliver without fail. “I really do believe that love is learned over time,” Stokes says. “In the course of knowing a person you accumulate so much information: their favourite movies, how they take their tea, how to make them laugh, how that makes you feel. And when relationships between people change, or end,...