Vera Ellen
Wellington indie rock singer-songwriter on Flying Nun Records. Winner of the 2024 Taite Music Prize for Ideal Home Noise. Albums include It’s Your Birthday (2021), Ideal Home Noise (2023), and Heaven Knows What Time (2026).
Taite Music Prize
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.
Live Music: Lawrence Arabia and Andrew Keoghan at St Michael’s and All Angels
FLASHBACK to July 2022 — Lawrence Arabia, Andrew Keoghan at St Michael.
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.
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.
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.
Anji Sami
Auckland-born singer songwriter who made an impact in 2006 while studying a Bachelor of Music at the University of Otago in Dunedin, with several choice support slots and a mega-talented backing band. Self-released an EP produced by Arc Life Records Thomas Bell, utilising the Universities Albany Street Studio.
Moved to Auckland and formed The Sami Sisters, along with Priya and (comedic actress) Madeline Sami, then the 2012 Taite Music Prize nominated shoe-gaze group She’s So Rad.
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