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Reb Fountain

Reb Fountain is an American-born New Zealand singer-songwriter raised in Christchurch, blending folk, country and pop-rock across a career that spans three decades, most notably winning the 2021 Taite Music Prize with her Flying Nun Records debut Reb Fountain.

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Pearly

Pearly are a Dunedin (Ōtepoti) indie rock band who released their debut vinyl EP Pearly* EP in 2024 through trace/untrace, followed by their album Not So Sweet in 2025.

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Clementine Valentine

Clementine Valentine are New Zealand sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon, formerly known as Purple Pilgrims, whose work weaves ancient mythology and folk tradition into critically acclaimed art-pop; their 2023 album The Coin That Broke The Fountain Floor marks the culmination of over a decade of restless evolution.

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Vor-stellen

Vor-stellen is a New Zealand trio featuring members of The Subliminals, avoid!avoid, and Faults, who released their debut vinyl Parallelograms on Flying Nun Records in 2023 before following up with Armature For A Painting on Feral Child Records in 2024.

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Dick Move

Dick Move are a five-piece punk band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2019 out of connections made at Karangahape Road's Whammy Bar, known for their energetic live shows, socialist and feminist politics, and all three of their albums charting in New Zealand's top 40.

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F In Math

F In Math is the solo electronic project of New Zealand musician Michael Logie, releasing computer-generated music including the 2011 Couch EP on Flying Nun Records.

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Street Chant

Auckland punk-pop trio formed in 2007 as Mean Street by Emily Littler and Billie Rogers. Known for their ferocious live performances, they won the inaugural Critics' Choice award at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards for debut album Means and the 2017 Taite Music Prize for Hauora.

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Psychedelic rock band formed in 2010 by Ruban Nielson (ex-The Mint Chicks) in Portland, Oregon. Originally from Auckland, UMO rose to international acclaim through lo-fi home recordings and five studio albums on Jagjaguwar.

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Zen Mantra

Zen Mantra is a Christchurch-based project by Sam Perry (Yumi Zouma), releasing atmospheric recordings across underground labels before signing to Flying Nun Records for a self-titled vinyl album in 2016.

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Mermaidens

Mermaidens are a Wellington trio formed in 2013 whose decade-long career has spanned self-released beginnings, two Taite Music Prize-nominated albums on Flying Nun Records, and a critically acclaimed self-titled 2023 album recorded independently with producer Samuel Flynn Scott.

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Tiny Ruins

Tiny Ruins are an Auckland indie folk ensemble founded in 2009, evolving from a solo project by Hollie Fullbrook into an internationally touring four-piece whose 2014 album Brightly Painted One won Best Alternative Album at the New Zealand Music Awards and whose four studio albums have each been shortlisted for the Taite Music Prize.

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Fazerdaze

Fazerdaze is the Wellington-born, Auckland-based solo project of singer-songwriter and producer Amelia Rahayu Murray, crafting intimate dream pop and shoegaze-influenced music since 2014; the project reached international audiences with the viral single "Lucky Girl" from her acclaimed 2017 debut album Morningside on Flying Nun Records.

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This Is Heaven

This Is Heaven was the solo project of Auckland musician Paul Luker, founder of the Industrial Tapes cassette label, releasing the limited-edition 200 Variations EP on Flying Nun Records in 1985.

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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.

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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.