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Emerging Taranaki four-piece FIN RAH ZEL release their new single ‘CLOSER’, a gentle melodious track infused with a smooth R&B groove and observational lyrics from the heart. With his latest song ‘Closer’, Taranaki singer/songwriter Brian Norton reflects on that often conflicted, confusing experience of being young, male and In a world obsessed with image, where ..
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Up-and-coming Aotearoa RnB duo Citris iNK have just released their exciting and dreamy new single ‘Last Night Replay’. A beautiful and catchy love song, ‘Last Night Replay’ is the pairs second single, following on from their 2022 debut ‘Knowing You’re Mine’ (#38 RadioScope Beats RnB Chart). “It’s about not being able to sleep because you ..
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Tom Lark a.k.a Shannon Fowler has released his debut album Brave Star, which features the album focus track and third single ‘Brave Star’. Brave Star is the first new musical material from Tom Lark after a seven-year hiatus, and the debut full-length album from the Ōtautahi-born, Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist. ‘Brave Star’ follows the second single ..
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Aotearoa hip-hop artist Tipene drops the official video for ‘Freedom’, taken from his WE NO MUCK AROUND EP, directed by acclaimed director Shae Sterling. Tipene’s passion is to bring an understanding of te ao Māori (Māori worldview) in his quest to uplift, empower and ‘re-indigenise’ Māori through the power of his music. This is no ..
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Te-Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist and producer Mo Etc. has today released her incredible alt-soul four-track EP BUOYS, which includes the powerful new single ‘Deep Down’. Recently featured in a Rolling Stone article about Kiwi artists tipped to take over, BUOYS is yet another stunning example of why this is. Described by Mo Etc. (Moana Ete – Ngāti ..
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Emerging pop artist Venice Harris has made her incredible debut into the Aotearoa music scene, with her emotive first single ‘Tug Of War’, out now. A singer, actress and dancer with years of performing on stage and screen around the globe in award-winning musicals such as ‘Les Misérable’ and ‘Matilda The Musical’, in which she ..
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South Auckland songwriter and multi-disciplinary creative SIAVANI delivers a deeply heartfelt message to young people everywhere with his latest single ‘Think About It’. Award-winning musician/writer/producer/director Saipele Nili aka SIAVANI hits all the feels with his latest – an irresistibly smooth and melodic R&B-infused song ‘Think About It’, out today on Groovehouse Music. An affecting but ..
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Aotearoa 7-piece Corrella have become regulars in the charts and airwaves, now they’ve released their much-anticipated debut album ROAD FROM 26 + new single ‘Whisky’! Named for the Navy house where the band was created, 26 Corrella Road, near the Devonport Naval Base where the group met and formed – ROAD FROM 26 is a ..
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Calling a halt to an indefinite hiatus set down a mere 13 years ago, Auckland four-piece rock juggernaut THE LARRY NORMANS returned to the studio recently to lay down new tracks for the upcoming album DIRTY LIVING, set to bleed your ears on Friday 28 July. Having been put on ice since 2010, The Larry ..
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara indie-pop band Rocket Berry has released a new music video for their synth-pop single ‘Caught Up in the Fiction’. The new impressively self-produced video gives great 90s camcorder energy and on-screen karaoke-style lyrics that decrease in accuracy as the song progresses. “I think everyone can relate to the feeling of self-deception that comes ..
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