New Zealand Music News

With just under two weeks to go before Laneway Festival's return at it's new location at Western Springs in Auckland, the stacked timetable has finally been revealed. 

Ōtautahi-based songbird, Holly Arrowsmith, has returned with a new song 'Desert Dove'.   

The charming town of Ōhinehou / Lyttleton will be home to a brand new multi-stage festival named Port Noise, taking place across three venues and featuring a first round of spectacular artists from Aotearoa including Womb, Ben Woods, Half Hexagon and many more. 

Te Papaioea-based collective Morris St Network rang in the new year with a new compilation felt cute, might delete - a retrospective collection of 2022 demos and experiments from artists all over the motu - "gorgeous debuts, demo's, secret side proj's and hidden gems" - including Welcomer, Ripship, Sports Dreams and solo projects from members of Recitals (ABG, Awning, cc(tv), Olivia Grace Wilding and Xan).