New Zealand Music News — New Music

Wellington's Cookie Brooklyn and the Crumbs have released a compilation of music spanning 6 years of fuzzy, guitar-laden, trippy tumble-jams. With members also involved in groups such as Marineville and Orchestra Of Spheres, the group has been working hard on their audio/visual creations for many years, expanding their sonic repertoire to no end. According to the band and UTR, "all of the songs were recorded in one day by Warwick Donald in Newtown, Wellington, with each track being one of a maximum of 3 takes, with the band playing live in a room."  They will be hosting an excellent presentations of...

Photo: Tasha Tziakis  Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington faves DARTZ have released a brand spanking new song, 'Hoons' - a pop-punk instant-hit about "wasted sunny afternoons, the power of friendship and being absolute dogshit on a skateboard". “With 'Hoons' I was really trying to make something that gave me that feeling of listening to specifically bands like Elemeno P as a kid - a song like 11:57 or Verona where it instantly etches itself into the deepest part of your brain” — Clark Mathews With an eight day nationwide tour on the near-horizon, band member Danz muses on how well their audience responded to the catchy...

New band Half Hexagon still remain a bit of a mystery to many, with only a handful of shows and no official releases as of yet. But - that does not mean they haven't already accumulated a dedicated fanbase and peaked the interest of many.  If you haven't managed to experience them live yet - do not fear! The cosmic trio, made up of Yolanda Fagan (Na Noise, Echo Oh's), Julien Dyne and James Milne (Lawrence Arabia), have released a live video of their song 'Modern Life' recorded by Hugh Sundae in June.  Watch it below - and if you're in Kirikiriroa...

Ōtautahi-based violinist and composer, Motte (AKA Anita Clark), has unveiled a new single and accompanying video off her upcoming album, Cold + Liquid, released August 12 via U.S label Ba Da Bing! Records.  'Plateau' is a two-part piece that displays Clark's virtuoso in all its glory, with sweeping violin arpeggios that blend into the synth samples scattered across the composition. While the first half soars and swirls in a deeply moving way, the second half creeps in like an ominous cloud with its slinky synth bass line carrying through the rest of the song. Both halves are equally magnificent, and eventually...