New Zealand Music News — New Zealand

Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland based producer, Amamelia (aka Amelia Berry) has dropped her new single, 'Love Is Useless' featuring fellow musician Junny (aka Jennifer-rose Tamati).

It is the dawn of the winter season, but with plenty of gigs coming up to keep us warm from ear-to-toe, it's shaping up to be a pretty toasty June after all. Let's dive into this week's picks, featuring Cindy, DBLDBL, Hagseed, Half Hexagon, Die! Die! Die!, Luke Buda, Vannessa Worm, The Coolies and so many more. 

Te-Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington-based music bloggers, Solomon Powell and Hoani Hotene from The Noise Report, documented the end of year party held by iconic capital collective, Eyegum. Featuring bands such as Hans Pucket, Spectre Collective, Wiri Donna, Night Lunch and more!

Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington based folk artist, Miles Calder, has released his dreamy new song, 'Pushing & Pulling' as well as a blissful music video accompaniment by dream team Martin Sadagin (producer/editor), Matilda Boese-Wong (director) and Ezra Simons (cinematographer) - shot entirely on 16mm film. The song features Miles' smooth vocals over-top a sunshiney 70's inspired track featuring Samuel Flynn Scott’s (The Phoenix Foundation) backing vocals and eerie synth textures. Producer/editor Martin Sagadin shares: "After working with director Matilda Boese-Wong on the Belladonna video for Love Like This, we wanted to work together again on another video, this time for Miles’ awesome new track. The main challenge was balancing out the...