New Zealand Music Platform Lume Announces Second Slate
Aotearoa New Zealand music startup Lume has added more new releases to its platform. Lume is an album-centric…
How a viral haircut catapulted NZ rapper Fat Papi onto the US charts
Fat Papi’s ‘Freaked Out’ has landed on the Billboard Hot 100 – and it’s all thanks to a…
100 more outstanding New Zealand songs that didn’t make RNZ’s Waiata 100 list
There is simply too much good New Zealand music out there. Earlier this month, RNZ revealed its impressive…
How the guitar became ‘part of the whānau’ for Māori
Guitars arrived in New Zealand with settlers, yet they have become a part of Māori culture. How? Think…
Lynda Topp’s budget battle cry and everything big that happened at the Aotearoa Music Awards
Alex Casey recaps the highlights of the Aotearoa Music Awards 2026, including a standing ovation for Lynda Topp…
In search of New Zealand’s lost pop icons
Because the people yearn for Dane Rumble. The year is 2009. I turn on C4. Stan Walker has…
Straight Line Was a Lie: Liz Stokes on writing The Beths’ most personal album yet
Alex Casey talks to Liz Stokes from The Beths about breaking through writer’s block and accepting the mess.…
‘Fallen between the cracks’: The mystery of New Zealand’s lost emo anthem
Alex Casey goes in search of ‘Crawl’ by Atlas, the beloved mid-2000s emo anthem that’s ‘fallen between the…
The best moments from the 60th Silver Scroll awards
The big night honouring the best in New Zealand songwriting took place in Ōtautahi last night. Alex Casey…
‘Nobody is there to see me’: Tami Neilson on touring with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson
Tami Neilson talks touring the United States with her heroes, and why nothing compares to a home crowd. …