May 2025
Voom – ‘Something Good Is Happening’ Tour
Auckland indie-rock legends Voom — after years of slow-burning genius, cult-adored releases, and sporadic-yet-memorable live performances — are finally back with their long-awaited new album, Something Good Is Happening, out Friday 16 May via Flying Nun Records. To celebrate, the band have announced a four-date New Zealand tour, taking their new songs (and some beloved classics) on the road for the ‘Something Good Is Happening Tour’. Beginning at Auckland’s hottest new venue Double Whammy on Friday 23 May, the band…
Find out more »FOOTMAHI 2025 Release Party
It’s an absolute privilege that we want to announce that the crew at Flux have invited The Big Fresh Collective to host a bi-monthly residency for the rest of the 2025 - kicking things off with the much anticipated FOOTMAHI 2025 RELEASE PARTY 🚨 Closing off New Zealand Music Month in style on Friday the 30th of May - Big Fresh heavyweights Liam K. Swiggs/Young Gho$t/Caru make there way back down to the mighty city of Ōtautahi with an…
Find out more »Echo Chamber – CHCH Covers Night
Join us for the 5th annual Ōtautahi Christchurch Echo Chamber - a night celebrating our music community as local bands take to the stage to cover songs by other local bands! Featuring a stacked line up of artists from a mix of genres covering songs from historic and currently active Chch bands! This year's line up is: Anand Big John's House Bin Day The Bohemian Bunglenuts Charlotte Crone Electric Starfi Goodbye Starlet The Mulls Velveteen Sat May 31st Darkroom, 336…
Find out more »UNLEASHED: The Drop Before the Beat
A Women-Only Nightclub Gathering for Release, Voice & Movement Lights off so the self-conscious can go. Before the party starts… we gather. Before the music hits… we drop into ourselves. This is not a wellness workshop. This is not a lecture on chakras. This is something new. Something needed. We’re taking over a nightclub, before the crowd comes in, for an unfiltered evening of: 💥 Grounded, no-fluff meditation for real mental release 🗣 Vocal expression, scream,…
Find out more »Swallow the Rat – Face Unpopular EP Release Tour
Auckland post-punk outfit Swallow the Rat return with a new EP called Face Unpopular. Featuring 3 new songs including a title track which has been doing the rounds on student radio, and a blistering remix by A Place To Bury Strangers. Otautahi/Christchurch imprint Leather Jacket Records are releasing an accompanying 7 Inch on May 23. Catch em on tour through May/June with a new live configuration and host of special guests to be announced. Fri 23 May - Auckland @…
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