{"id":275302,"date":"2026-02-09T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/275302\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:51:22","slug":"best-new-zealand-music-of-the-week-february-2nd-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/275302\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Zealand Music of the Week: February 2nd-8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stay up to date with New Zealand music releases with Rolling Stone AU\/NZ\u2019s weekly roundup.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the best new music from Aotearoa acts released between February 2nd-8th below!<\/p>\n<p>Harry Charles \u2013 \u201cGreat Pages\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fourth single from Harry Charles\u2019 forthcoming album\u00a0Nova, \u201cGreat Pages\u201d draws inspiration from Harry\u2019s years immersed in Berlin\u2019s music and club culture, tapping into a deeper, mood-led groove where downtempo meets deep house. \u201cAs with most of my music, this tune came from simply sitting down and locking into a groove,\u201d he shares of the song.<\/p>\n<p>TiGER \u2013 \u201cChameleon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking listeners on a mesmerising journey, \u201cChameleon\u201d confronts one of TiGER\u2019s most personal narratives to date, reflecting on imperfection, desperation, longing, and his own near miss with danger. \u201cAll my music is about life lessons and being fierce enough to show the good and the bad that comes with being human,\u201d TiGER shares. \u201cIn this song, I hope people learn to listen to their gut, know their self-worth, and know who they are as people, because changing yourself entirely to fit someone else is no way to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>batbatGoose \u2013 \u201cNo Apology\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project from James Battersby, batbatgoose\u2019s debut single \u201cNo Apology\u201d showcases his sound of colliding shimmering indie pop soundscapes with pumping club grooves perfectly. Built for the floor, but grounded in the sensibilities of someone who came up writing songs first, the song sees batbatGoose reimagine his indie roots in a new context.<\/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=\"\"\/>U-NO JUNO \u2013 Live on WarPossumTV<\/p>\n<p>U-NO JUNO\u2019s WarPossumTV set kicks off with an almighty racket on \u201cDitch\u201d before seamlessly transitioning into the quieter but no less meaningful \u201cTuff Girl\u201d, showing off their dynamic live interplay. <a href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/u-no-juno-dunedin-band-interview-video-90262\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Started by local musician Tane Cotton<\/a>, WarPossumTV kicked off this week with their five-song set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stay up to date with New Zealand music releases with Rolling Stone AU\/NZ\u2019s weekly roundup. Check out the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[155179,117386,117387,155180,111,3686,43,139,69,22888,155181],"class_list":{"0":"post-275302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-batbatgoose","9":"tag-best-new-zealand-music","10":"tag-best-new-zealand-music-of-the-week","11":"tag-harry-charles","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-new-zealand-music","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-tiger","18":"tag-u-no-juno"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275302","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=275302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}