New Zealand Music News — Live

Australian taste maker and independent label, Third Eye Stimuli Records — in collaboration with Birdsnest Entertainment — are very soon bringing us THE SEARCH FOR TE IKA-A-MĀUI; a psychedelic summer tour of some of the hottest spots in New Zealand's North Island. Featuring a smorgasbord of Sunfruits (AU), The Oogars (AU), as well as support from local artists Joe Ghatt and Michael Llewellyn, the tour party travels up and down the motu, visiting Gisborne, Mount Maunganui, Auckland, Coromandel, Raglan, New Plymouth and Wellington on its way — as well as a stop off in Hawke's Bay at the city's annual Nest Fest. For fans...

One of the most prolific bands from the underground, and one of our all-time favourite bands, Pavement, are making a two-show stop in Aotearoa on their 2023 world tour. 

Hans Pucket // Photo: Oscar Keys Hans Pucket are releasing their brand new album, No Drama, on November 4th via Carpark Records, and based on the little glimpses into the record we've had so far (two singles, 'My Brain Is A Vacant Space' and 'No Drama'), we are very excited to hear the rest.  Crafting an album takes a lot of hard work, and the Hans Pucket crew are keen to celebrate with us all. They've announced two album release shows in their hometowns, Te Whanganui-A-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau, the weekend that the album drops, so make sure you go and...

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...