November 2026
Dropper And Homing: Ōtautahi
DROPPER & HOMING: SOUTH ISLAND SHOWS Christchurch & Dunedin, November 2026 Two of Pōneke's most exciting emerging guitar bands are heading south this November for two nights of loud guitars, infectious melodies and raw live energy. DROPPER deliver emotionally direct songwriting amid dense, distorted guitar textures, creating compelling alternative rock that balances melodic immediacy with powerful, raw intensity. If frenetic melodies and emotional intensity are touchstones for you, this is your band. Following the release of their debut album Be…
Find out more »Imperial Slave – Existential Threat Tour – Christchurch
Friday The 13th gig! IMPERIAL SLAVE unleash their third album EXISTENTIAL THREAT - October 16th 2026 on LP, CD and digitally. Produced by legendary German producer WALDEMAR SORYCHTA who has worked with some of the biggest names in Metal. Most notably DAVE LOMBARDO, CHUCK SCHULDINER, OVERKILL and produced GRIP INC., SODOM, UNLEASHED, SENTENCED, MOONSPELL, LUCUNA COIL and so many more.... WALDEMAR has bought a more professional sound to the band, as well helping out with arrangements and even plays some…
Find out more »Ha The Unclear – Astigmatic! EP Release Tour
Ha the Unclear have announced their first new material since 2024, 'Cumberland St (Astigmatic)'. It's the first single from the group's forthcoming EP, Astigmatic! – due out 16 October. Of the track, vocalist Michael Cathro says: The song came from living in Dunedin after being away for a long time – Cumberland Street is this stretch of State Highway 1 going through the city, past the hospital and the university with heaps of traffic lights. The way the phasing is…
Find out more »vegetable.machine.animal, w/Kina:suttsu(Japan), Gem.FM
vegetable.machine.animal (vma) will tour Aotearoa New Zealand from 27 September to 28 November 2026 in support of TRIO, the project’s new album, co-released by Audio Foundation Records and skirted Records. The 20-event tour runs from Whanganui to Invercargill, taking in main centres and out-of-the-way venues alike. This show also features the wonderful guests - Kina:suttsu(Japan), and local act GemFM TRIO is billed as the “interspecies trio” — a collection of music grown from the interaction of drums, modular synthesis, and…
Find out more »Ha the Unclear – Astigmatic! EP Release TOur
In 2024, Ōtepoti | Dunedin indie band Ha the Unclear released their amalgam album A Kingdom in a Cul-de-Sac (Think Zik!/Virgin). Described in the French press as "a kaleidoscopic and surreal pop journey” (FIP), the band played their debut European headline show in Paris to promote the release following a stint back in Dunedin where songwriter Michael Cathro was writing songs in a shared space by the wharf. Those songs are now rearing their heads on the new 5-track EP,…
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