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We're hosting an in-depth documentary film capturing what happened when one of New Zealand's best bands toured China

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We're hosting an in-depth documentary film capturing what happened when one of New Zealand's best bands toured China

No other current band in New Zealand sounds like Dunedin's excellent art-rockers Bunchy's Big Score

We catch up with the Christchurch-based artist to celebrate the release of his debut solo EP

The young Dunedin band follow up their recent David Kilgour collaboration with the first taste of their forthcoming EP

Read an exclusive interview with exciting Dunedin alternative rockers Pearly*, one of our Future of Music 2026 acts

Vagina Dry do not mis their targets on the searing 'Brutalised', the first taste of a special new EP out of Ōtepoti Dunedin

The release is courtesy of nascent independent label DUN Records, which gives the bands full autonomy and ownership of their music

Our Ōtepoti Dunedin series returns with a sprightly In My Room session from Emily Alice, timed perfectly for Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | NZ Music Month

Lots of excellent artists have been nominated for the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards, but there were also some surprising choices

How does a DIY noise-rock duo from Ōtepoti end up touring 13 cities across China? Rolling Stone AU/NZ deputy editor Conor Lochrie chatted with two people involved in the life-changing trip to find out how it came to be.