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The Miltones are on tour throughout the country this month, supporting the release of their self-titled debut album.

In celebration of new single Easier, Albion Place is launching a national tour, starting with a hometown show next week.

Brooklyn guitar virtuoso Steve Gunn is on tour across the country this month, playing four back-to-back solo acoustic dates, including a stop at Queenstown’s Sherwood Hotel.

Dunedin surf-rock trio Koizilla is set to release its sophomore EP next week.

Dark folk band Tiny Ruins is embarking on an 11-date national tour this winter, including two stops in Otago next weekend.

Silver Scroll-winning singer-songwriter and Weissenborn guitarist Thomas Oliver is touring Aotearoa this month in support of his sophomore album Floating In The Darkness.

Auckland alternative pop outfit Ha the Unclear is out and about this month, touring behind new single Big City, the first taste of the group’s sophomore album due out later this year.

A series of novelty bedroom singles has turned into a broad and quick-witted debut album for former Dunedin musician Angus McBryde.

Former New Gum Sarn vocalist Oscar Dowling is on national tour this month celebrating the release of his debut solo album, Free and Easy.

It’s been a bumper couple of weeks for Dunedin single releases, perfect for your Easter break listening post.

Swinging and stomping brass duo Hopetoun Brown are in town this weekend, bringing with them a special guest.

A sleeping giant has been reawakened. One of the nation’s best, Dunedin’s Operation Rolling Thunder are returning from a years-long slumber next week to play a special one-off show at the Crown...

Dunedin darkwave post-punk trio Elan Vital released their debut album this week: seven claustrophobic and dreamy swirls of cold keys, drum machines, and distorted disco bass.

Bandmates and collaborators Indira Force and Anita Clark are touring together this month, celebrating their debut album as ambient duo New Dawn, as well as Clark’s new LP under the moniker Motte,...

Christchurch lyrical folk musician Fraser Ross and his band the 04s are touring the South Island this week to promote the release of their new single BBC, from their forthcoming album due to be...

Auckland indie pop outfit Dictaphone Blues is wrapping up "summer" with a seven-show national tour this month.

Delicate and intricate indie-folk music outfit Grawlixes has released a new single and video ahead of the release of its debut album in July. Penelope Esplin and Robin Cederman, also half of Dunedin...

Ageless Dunedin jangle-popsters the Bats have  a new album,  30 years on since they started recording their debut, Daddy’s Highway, in the living room studio of a friend of a friend in...