WALK INTO THE SUN is the title track from the explosive new debut album from Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based band SKRAM.

These high energy entertainers have been road testing tracks for the album since summer, and they haven’t disappointed in capturing their live performance magic. WALK INTO THE SUN is a collection of pure warmth for the winter months and high energy happiness for summer. With a combination of emphatic vocals, dynamic rhythms and memorable melodies, their pop-reggae sound makes it the perfect BBQ banger or stadium stand out.

Amamelia is the musical project of Amelia Berry (she/her), a musician and songwriter currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Amamelia's music combines breaks normally found in Jungle & Drum & Bass with a sugary synthetic pop sensibility.

Since Amamelia's last release she won the Favourite Solo Act at the Student Radio Network Awards, was profiled by Ableton, and was commissioned to remix tracks for Imugi and Summer Thieves.

Today she shares a new song 'Love Is Useless feat. Junny', a standalone single accompanied with a music video, and two remixes.

Former guitarist in platinum-selling band Fur Patrol

Paris-based, Aotearoa artist Steve Wells has released ‘Steal the Sun’ a love song to his wife, which he finished writing the morning of their wedding.

Following on from ‘Makeshift Heart’, released earlier this month, ‘Steal the Sun’ is the second single from Steve’s upcoming album SONGS FOR SUMMER RAIN (17 June)

Wellington indie act Ingrid and the Ministers have released their punk-filled new single ‘Boofhead’.

Packed with the chaotic punk energy of driving guitars, infectious rhythms, and scattered with ear-candy vocal hooks, Ingrid delivers a captivating vocal performance which exudes anger and frustration.

There’s lots more to come from this brilliant Wellington act, with future music “perhaps more blues-infused than this one - but all tackling issues of power imbalance, masculinity, and the housing crisis.”

Miles Calder is an indie-folk songwriter from Pōneke / Wellington. The former frontman of The Rumours, Miles released his debut solo album Autopilot Life in 2021, a self-reflective delve dressed in a psychedelic folk-rock palette that evoked late-era Beatles as much as contemporaries like Kevin Morby and Father John Misty.

Newly working with Sam Flynn Scott (The Phoenix Foundation) as a producer, Calder and band propel their indie-folk and psychedelic sound with chilly synths and eerie, soft backing vocals added to the song’s spacious arrangement.

Sophie Scott-Maunder (she/her), Jonathan Shirley (he/him), and Laura Robinson (she/her) make up Soft Plastics, an indie rock trio based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, NZ).

Their music takes influence from 90s shoegaze, and 2010's alt-rock. Offering a masterclass in converting fuzz, noise and reverb into nostalgic garage pop hooks. Today Soft Plastics share their new single Day Job, along with a music video directed by Stella Reid.

Ngāmotu/New Plymouth musician Dave Pope has combined forces with renowned producer and engineer Sam Johnson (Rhythm Ace Studios) to create the latest music from THIS LITTLE BADGE’s box of tricks. 

An up-beat little number, with an in-your-face guitar riff, a lively (and quite danceable set of verses), and a surprising ‘broken down’ solo section. All that, alongside a set of lyrics that hint at feeling helpless in the face of faceless modernity, and voila!, we have a single!

This Little Badge will be releasing 7 songs on the 1st of each month for the next 7 months.

Touted as ‘one to watch’, Christchurch pop artist Michèle Ducray makes a bold statement today with her new single, the feminine-pop driven anthem ‘Manifesto’.

‘Manifesto’ is an edgy, suspenseful pop banger with a euphoric EDM beat that pays homage to the ‘true crime’ genre. 

The empowering and powerful track was co-written and co-produced by one of New Zealand’s leading musicians and producers, Devin Abrams (Shapeshifter, Pacific Heights, Drax Project).

EM is the exciting music project by Aotearoa audio engineer/producer, Emily Wheatcroft-Snape.

Her latest single ‘Undergrowth’ is an indie-pop gem, and the first from an upcoming EP. Its hypnotic guitar strums and warm, dreamy vocals, sound like the song has soaked up ‘rays’ from a hazy summers day.

Written and recorded at her home studio - Emily then developed ‘Undergrowth’ while spending a week at Muriwai beach.

Based in the depths of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Dutch-Kiwi indie-rock band Odds & Ends pride themselves in the fusion of multiple melodies and harmonies at the high-energy level of their live performance. All this is achieved while the four friends stay completely human, down to earth, and are one of the friendliest bands you will meet in today’s scene.

Odds & Ends are frothing to bring you their latest single and an oversized release party at the Tuning Fork! This genre blender called Something Else balances on a tightrope between indie-rock and alternative pop and if you’ve seen the band perform live, you know the outro is their favorite part.