Taite Music Prize Returns for 2025
The Taite Music Prize is back for 2025, with nominations now open following Vera Ellen’s 2024 win for her album 'Ideal Home Noise'
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Subscribe NowThe 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
Princess Chelsea won the coveted Taite Music Prize last year
Princess Chelsea was honoured for her wonderful 2022 album 'Everything Is Going to Be Alright'
Independent Music NZ has also revealed the nominees for this year's NZ On Air Outstanding Journalism Award
Fazerdaze, Marlon Williams, The Beths, and TE KAAHU are among the nominations for this year's Taite Music Prize