by Nahal | Feb 20, 2026 | Music Industry News
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast on RDU. RDU commenced broadcasting on the 22nd of February in 1976 as a student project at the University of Canterbury and after five decades remains Ōtautahi’s only alternative to the mainstream. Throughout...
by Nahal | Feb 20, 2026 | Music Industry News
Celebrating 25 years of making music as Sola Rosa, Andrew Spraggon, the force behind one of Aotearoa’s most enduring musical projects, returns with his eighth studio album In The Mids, due for release on Friday 10 April. To mark the upcoming release, Sola Rosa returns...
by Nahal | Feb 20, 2026 | Music Industry News
Today, Hemi Hemingway (Waitaha, Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga) releases his highly anticipated sophomore album, Wings of Desire, via PNKSLM Recordings. Listen here. If 2023’s Strangers Again introduced Hemingway’s noir-tinged romanticism, Wings of...
by Danya Yang | Feb 20, 2026 | Music Industry News
The backbone of the New Zealand music industry is stepping out from the shadows and into the spotlight. Organisers are proud to announce the return of Roady for Roadies, a premier fundraising event dedicated to supporting the production crews and technicians who make...
by Nahal | Feb 19, 2026 | Music Industry News
Te Whanganui-a-Tara crooked alt-rock four-piece Menzies return with ‘Appy’, a shimmering new single and music video, and their first release since the 2024 EP Spaghetti Land. Soaked in late-summer reverb, burgeoning romance, and backyard nostalgia, ‘Appy’...
