{"id":253566,"date":"2026-01-27T04:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/253566\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T04:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:44:09","slug":"best-new-zealand-music-of-the-week-january-19th-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/253566\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Zealand Music of the Week: January 19th-25th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stay up to date with New Zealand music releases with\u00a0Rolling Stone AU\/NZ\u2019s weekly roundup.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the best new music from Aotearoa acts released between January 19th-25th below!<\/p>\n<p>Borderline \u2013 \u201cTainted\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Borderline\u2019s new hypnotic single \u201cTainted\u201d blends shimmering synths and guitars with captivating melodies, shaping a sound that sits at the pop end of indie. The indie pop band were able to get \u201cexperimental\u201d on the song, which began with a writing session in Sydney alongside producer James Guido. \u201cThe freedom we allowed ourselves on this gave \u2018Tainted\u2019 its own unique vibe that we\u2019re so happy with,\u201d guitarist Matthew McFadden shares.<\/p>\n<p>Sunset Tsunami \u2013\u00a0Dub Till Dawn<\/p>\n<p>Rooted in dub, downbeat, and hip-hop-influenced production, Sunset Tsunami\u2019s debut full-length album\u00a0Dub Till Dawn reflects a late-night studio approach focused on rhythm, space, and atmosphere. Built around MPC-driven beats, live bass and guitar, and restrained use of analogue processing, it balances traditional dub techniques with modern electronic production.<\/p>\n<p>Bic Runga \u2013 \u201cGhost in Your Bed\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the release of Red Sunset, her first studio project in fifteen years (due out February 13th), Bic Runga\u2019s new single offers further perspective on the dreamy indie landscapes Bic takes brilliant strides through on this record. \u201c\u2018Ghost in Your Bed\u2019 was another song that I\u2019d had unfinished for more than ten years,\u201d Runga explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a spooky song of feeling very troubled, especially on a sleepless night, when you feel haunted by something, \u2018lying there like the ghost in your bed\u2019 and realising the thing haunting you is of your own making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love Music?<\/p>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/spinner.gif\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stay up to date with New Zealand music releases with\u00a0Rolling Stone AU\/NZ\u2019s weekly roundup. Check out the best&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[117386,117387,3680,146855,111,3686,43,139,69,146856],"class_list":["post-253566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-best-new-zealand-music","tag-best-new-zealand-music-of-the-week","tag-bic-runga","tag-borderline","tag-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand-music","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sunset-tsunami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}