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Aldous Harding

Auckland-born singer-songwriter whose gothic folk and surrealist pop has brought her international acclaim on 4AD Records. Winner of the 2018 Taite Music Prize (for Party) and 2019 APRA Silver Scroll (for ‘The Barrel’). Her 2022 album Warm Chris reached number one in New Zealand.

Blue Smoke

Live music bar within the Tannery complex in Woolston, opened in 2015 in the former Gustav’s Kitchen space alongside the Cassels and Sons Brewery. One of Christchurch’s more active mid-sized venues.

The D4

Auckland garage rock four-piece The D4 spearheaded New Zealand’s part in the early 2000s garage rock revival, releasing 6Twenty on Flying Nun Records and touring the world before reuniting in 2018.

Robert Scott

Dunedin bassist, guitarist, and songwriter at the heart of New Zealand’s underground music scene since the late 1970s. Co-founder of the Every Secret Thing cassette label and fanzine, bassist in The Clean, and frontman of The Bats.

Fatal Jelly Space

Auckland all-female punk outfit Fatal Jelly Space were one of the most ferocious live acts in the early 1990s New Zealand music scene, releasing the Hole EP on Flying Nun Records in 1990.

Negative Nancies

Biography Art rock trio from Dunedin based around the vocals and keyboard of Emilie Smith, Tess MacKay’s industrial drumming and vocals, and the legendary Mick Elborado on noisy wailing guitar and the occasional vocal. Negative Nancies first surfaced on a… Read More »Negative Nancies

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Jazmine Mary

Neo-folk and dark pop artist from Gippsland, Australia, based in New Zealand. Their trio of albums — The Licking of a Tangerine (2021), Dog (2023), and I Want to Rock and Roll (2025, Flying Nun) — trace a path through visceral, haunting folk music and bold psychedelic pop.

Wunderbar

Quirky two-room bar built into the hillside of Lyttelton, opened in 1991 by German publican Jörg Schwarz with a distinctly Berlin-influenced interior. One of the port town’s best-loved live music venues.

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Family Cactus

Wellington seven-piece indie pop and psych-folk band who released two albums on Arch Hill Recordings: Come Howling (2009) and Spirit Lights (2011). Known for their orchestral arrangements, the band wove guitars, organs, piano, synth, and autoharp into lush, expansive soundscapes.

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Princess Chelsea

Auckland electropop singer-songwriter Chelsea Nikkel, recording as Princess Chelsea on Lil’ Chief Records. Her four albums — from Lil’ Golden Book (2011) to Everything Is Going To Be Alright (2022) — blend satirical wit with maximalist chamber pop. Winner of the 2023 Taite Music Prize.

All Seeing Hand

All Seeing Hand

Wellington experimental trio combining Synthi AKS synthesis, throat singing and turntables in dense improvisational soundscapes.

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Erny Belle

Ngāpuhi singer-songwriter whose alt-folk, country, and Pacific pop-tinged music is rooted in the Kaipara and her whakapapa. Her two Flying Nun albums — Venus Is Home (2022) and Not Your Cupid (2023) — established her as one of Aotearoa’s most distinctive voices.

Beastwars

Beastwars

Wellington sludge metal band whose 2019 album IV debuted at number one on the NZ Albums Chart.