New Zealand Music Features

Cover photo: The Beths at Auckland City Limits 2018. Photo: Gareth Shute Over the past decade, streaming has come to dominate the revenues of the local music industry, making up 75% of the overall total in 2019 (as calculated by Recorded Music New Zealand). This has been a boon for music labels with a long back-catalogue, since they can now generate streaming income on old albums that would’ve been prohibitively expensive to re-press in the CD era. It has also allowed a small number of New Zealand acts to be picked up worldwide in a big way - for example, an act...

Below are the thoughts of some of the best established, emerging and unsigned womxn in Aotearoa punk right now dissecting what it means to be a womxn and an artist in 2020. There are similarities, differences and everything in between. Nothing is static, but their voices speak volumes. Womxn to the front forever.

Welcome to the new Flying Nun website. It’s something we are quite proud of. I hope it signals a small step in a new direction. It was long overdue for Flying Nun up our game on the interwebs.  So, here we are. This new creation is not just for the Flying Nun the ‘record label’, but also, something broader. I hope it will be a place for anyone interested in our music community. Another online home for independent music from Aotearoa/New Zealand.  This platform signals a gentle rejig for Flying Nun. A friendly kick in our own pants of the...

"My name is James Buttery. I spend a lot of time in my record room. While in my record room, I spend a lot of time thinking about my record world. In my record world, I spend more money than I have, filling up my record shelves." Is James a bit like you? Maybe. Luckily for us, James has some interesting stuff to say about records. That's why he made a youtube channel. You can check out his channel - James Buttery - over here. The other great thing about James and his online ramblings, is that he likes to give himself a few...