New Zealand Music News — New Zealand

The Taite Music Prize was held on Sunday the 28th of May at Q Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. It was a very special night bringing together people from all over the country to celebrate the people who make up Aotearoa's musical landscape.

Welcome to our roundup of gig announcements and upcoming shows, this week featuring P.H.F, Ha The Unclear, Hans Pucket, The Beths, and many more!

Local racket extraordinaires, Long Distance Runner, have signed to Aotearoa label, Sunreturn. This link up comes along with the announcement of a new album, Shadow, out on July 15th. The band is made up of Simon Oswald, Jono Glenday, Sam Cussen and Sam Shepherd and they are based in Te-Whanganui-A-Tara (Wellington) and Ōtepoti (Dunedin). Taking influence from 90's noise rock and East Coast screamo, Long Distance Runner show us that they truly have the stamina with the hard-hitting, cacophonous first single from their upcoming third album, 'Nothing', out today. "'Nothing' is one of the first songs we wrote with an album in mind" says Glenday. "It's inspired by classic 90s noise rock, totally rhythm-driven with...

Tāmaki Makaurau-based vaporwave artist, Satin Sheets, has dropped the second single from his upcoming album, St. Francis II.