RNZ Music

Almost seven years after their last full album, acclaimed New Zealand band The Veils have returned to the scene.
To celebrate the release of their new double album ...And Out of the Void Came Love,… Read more Video, Audio

This week on NZ Live we have Nashville based NZ duo Tattletale Saints in the studio to perform. The duo, comprised of Cy Winstanley and Vanessa McGowan are back in Aotearoa touring their latest album… Read more Audio

Silk Cut is a project which began taking form in 2020. With the band's assistance, Andrew's creative smarts aim squarely at the sonic epiphanies of early nineties shoe gaze and indie guitar rock… Read more Audio

Auckland pop duo Foley perform tracks from their debut album CROWD PLEASER PT 1.  Read more Video, Audio

Estère released her Makara Peak EP in December, and will start her EP release tour in March. She stops by to play her new EP live for us ahead of her tour. Read more Audio

Whanganui musician Anthonie Tonnon plays tracks from his award-winning third album Leave Love Out of This and covers a smooth '80s ballad. After Covid-related delays, he and his band are touring… Read more Video, Audio

For NZ Live today we're bringing you a slice of Americana infused with some Kiwi roots. T-Bone is a five-piece band that formed in Wellington out of a shared love of folk and bluegrass music. Read more Audio

At a time when few New Zealanders seemed to be singing about themselves, The Front Lawn turned the Hutt Valley and Takapuna Beach into musical landmarks. A forerunner of Flight of the Conchords, they… Read more Audio

Using his stage name Tha Feelstyle, Samoan-born rapper Kas Futialo made his groundbreaking album, Break It To Pieces, mixing Pasifika beats with hip-hop, funk and no shortage of catchy hooks. Some of… Read more Audio

The 80s club scene gave birth to the sound that Ardijah's founder Ryan Monga calls Polyfonk. After a long incubation in the South Auckland club scene, the group burst forth with that sound on their… Read more Audio

Auckland-raised singer-songwriter Renee-Louise Carafice wrote and recorded her debut album after a spell of clinical depression, and yet it remains an uplifting, even beautiful piece of work. In this… Read more Audio

When Che-Fu released his 2nd album Navigator it charted new territory for New Zealand Hip Hop. Its seamless blending of reggae, RnB and Hip Hop telling real life experiences reflected a truly Pacific… Read more Audio