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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 »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,…
Find out more »(03) Sessions – Vegetable.machine.animal And DSLB
Double header: vegetable.machine.animal’s living plant-driven improv meets DSLB’s experimental sounds from Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. vegetable.machine.animal (vma) is an interspecies improvisational trio from Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Led by drummer Kieran Monaghan (ex-mr sterile Assembly), vma transforms the electrical signals of living plants and fungi into sound, fusing modular synths and live percussion in performances that are spontaneous, rhythmic, and unpredictable. This is music as a living system — a real-time collaboration where non-human organisms shape the sonic outcome alongside human…
Find out more »Morgan La Fae – Full Immersion EP Release Show
Morgan La Fae has blasted into the pop world with her breakthrough debut EP Full Immersion. Come along to catch her at her best, live on the Space Academy stage with a full band to bring her dramatic, atmospheric, sonic dreamscape to life! Full Immersion is Morgan La Fae's debut project that draws listeners into her own magical world. Each song travels through the 5 senses which holds the project down in reality, while letting you also escape into the…
Find out more »Morgan La Fae – Full Immersion release show
Morgan La Fae blasts into the pop world with her debut EP Full Immersion. Come along to catch her at her best, live on the Space Academy stage, with a full band to bring her dramatic, atmospheric, sonic dreamscape to life! Full Immersion is Morgan La Fae's debut project that draws listeners into her own magical world. Each song travels through the 5 senses which holds the project down in reality, while letting you also escape into the dream world…
Find out more »DECEITS Aotearoa tour 2026
Los Angeles post-punk band DECEITS has been building something real from the ground up. Since forming in 2021, longtime friends Kevin Moreno (Vocals/Instruments) and Francisco Saenz (Drums/Percussions) have self-released their entire catalog, quietly amassing millions of streams, selling out tours, and pressing vinyl that disappears just as quickly as it arrives. Their momentum has carried them from the underground to stages like Cruel World 2025 and across their first European tour, all while earning coverage from Post-Punk.com and the Los…
Find out more »December 2026
Best Bets album release w/ Kool Aid
Come one, come all and join us at Space Academy in the heart of Ōtautahi for a night of stupendous, momentous rock and roll. Best Bets celebrate the release of their third long player with the help of their party ready friends Kool Aid.
Find out more »February 2027
UK Indie-Folk: Good Habits Album Release Tour
Doors 8:00 Starting at 8:30 (no support) We’re Good Habits! A joyous and unexpected fusion of folk, jazz and more ft vocals, cello, accordion, synths and drums. We used to be a folky-duo who began our musical journey when we became stranded in Aotearoa across the pandemic. A few years later, we have a different sound, a new album, and we bring a new line up back over! To get to know us / how we sound watch this -…
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