New Zealand Music News

Mark Friday September 11th in your diary because the Others Way Festival is returning for another year! It will be the sixth year that Karangahape Road and surrounds have been filled with keen independent music fans, and a special one given the tumultuous year it has been for live music venues in particular. Flying Out Head Honcho Matthew Davis noted that “It’s been a tough year for Karangahape Road and the wider music community. We had to think very seriously about whether to go ahead with the festival this year, but concluded that the very best way to support bands,...

Ahead of her new album entitled Another Wave Is Coming, Emily Edrosa has released the single Drinking During The Day.  It comes by the way of PSL Sound in New Zealand and Park The Van in the United States. PSL Sound is Edrosa's own newly formed label, which was initially created for the purpose of this release and to print out-of-print Street Chant records.

APRA has announced the 20 finalists for the 2020 Silver Scroll Award. The award recognises outstanding achievement in the craft of songwriting, and this year's group of outstanding songwriters includes Reb Fountain, Mermaidens, Troy Kingi, and Nadia Reid. Check out the full list of the finalists' songs here:

Those who pre-ordered Jump Rope Gazers in the midst of New Zealand's Level 4 lockdown will today have in their hot little hands the follow up to Future Me Hates Me by The Beths