Bedroom musician Fazerdaze makes the kind of music that sounds effortless: mixing the transcendent textures and pastel one-tone imagery of dream pop, with more propulsive rock riffs, her songs come together under an laidback, self-recorded haze.
Having released a string of strong singles since March, Auckland-based noise/surf band Invisible Threads visit Dunedin next week in support of its debut EP.
Dunedin ska mainstays TLA are ''hanging up the Fedoras'' tonight, playing a farewell show at Re:Fuel.
South central Los Angeles recording artist ScHoolboy Q returns to New Zealand for an encore of his #Oxymoron tour next week, and this time is including Dunedin in his schedule.
Auckland two-piece Carb on Carb roll into Dunedin next week for their first show here in two years.
The ''friendly neighbourhood baritone'' and hip-hop legend Chali 2na swings into Dunedin next week as part of a New Zealand tour.
Dunedin four-piece the Violet Oh's are bringing together the sound of two of the members' previous projects, and the results are extremely promising.
Dunedin's biggest punk and hardcore music event, Onslaught, celebrates its 10th incarnation tonight at the Dunedin Musicians' Club.
The Canals, a new project from Dunedin singer songwriter and artist Robbie Motion, made their live debut last week.
After more than 10 years, a couple of Dunedin punk rockers are kicking on, writes Sam Valentine.
Tonight sees a rare live performance by long-running Christchurch moody garage/psychedelic band The Terminals.
Ian Jorgensen (aka Blink), the entrepreneur and enthusiast behind underground music brand A Low Hum has been a renowned, almost hallowed figure in New Zealand music circles for a number of years now.
Although only a young musician, the musical output of James Russell has already covered a lot of ground.
The pair of Steven Marr and Indira Force formed in 2013 and have since released a number of singles to critical acclaim, two of which went to No. 1 on an alternative chart.
Since 2010, Wellington native Eddie Johnston has been expressing himself through a variety of various musical monikers.
Mermaidens is Lily Paris West, Gussie Larkin and Abe Hollingsworth, a cerulean dreamsurf band from Wellington.
Auckland's Young Hellions - the new project from Maeve Munro of punky two-piece the Bengal Lights and minimalist synth poppers Cat Venom - released their debut EP early this year and make their first trip to the South Island next weekend.
Wellington trio All Seeing Hand really are something quite special.
''From what I can tell from these songs she has a life not unlike most of us: she has a job that sucks the life out of her and is still looking for someone to be there to share the real parts of her life with. The time to have those experiences may well be in the distance or just around the bend. I want to tell her it will be all right.''
Dunedin jangle veterans The Chills will perform a series of New Zealand shows this month, including a hometown show on Friday.
