
MOKOTRON Takes Top Honour at 2025 Taite Music Prize
The 2025 winners of the Taite Music Prize have been announced in a ceremony at Auckland's Q Theatre, with MOKOTRON taking the top award

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The 2025 winners of the Taite Music Prize have been announced in a ceremony at Auckland's Q Theatre, with MOKOTRON taking the top award

The legendary Wellington rock band will take home the IMNZ Classic Record Award for their 1995 breakthrough album, 'Killjoy'

Hoping to follow last year's worthy winner Vera Ellen are Georgia Lines, Fazerdaze, MOKOTRON, DARTZ, and more

Independent Music NZ has also revealed the nominees for this year’s Auckland Live Best Independent Debut Award

10 excellent Aotearoa albums released in 2024 were chosen from a record-breaking 80 submissions

The Taite Music Prize is back for 2025, with nominations now open following Vera Ellen’s 2024 win for her album 'Ideal Home Noise'

"For my own sanity I needed to make work like I used to," Ellen says

Rolling Stone AU/NZ caught up with the main prize winners backstage for a chat about their big wins

Jujulipps also won big on the night

Erny Belle, Tiny Ruins, Tom Lark, and others give props to the Best Independent Debut Award nominees