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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 19h

Out At Sea, The Water Is Deep is the debut album from Tāmaki Makaurau "folk-horror / post-swim" noise-punks O/PUS — featuring members of Pumice, Futurians, Hex + more.

Catch them at @audio-foundation.bsky.social this Sat with Drop Zone & @umami.bsky.social! Get tickets via UTR 🐙

O/PUS Unveil Debut Album 'Out At Sea, The Water Is Deep'

Tāmaki Makaurau noise-punks play at Audio Foundation on 11th October with Drop Zone and Roy Irwin.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 21h

The Warratahs are 2025's NZ Music Hall of Fame inductees — to be officially bestowed upon the Aotearoa country legends at The 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Awards on 29th October 🙌

The Warratahs 2025 NZ Music Hall of Fame Inductees

To be presented at the 2025 APRA Silver Scroll Awards ceremony on Wednesday 29th October

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 21h

Intimate, bruised and regularly brutally raw, Tom Scott's new album ANITYA is an immaculately recorded soul-jazz / RnB healing journey.

Don't miss the Avondale icon's launch extravaganza at Tāmaki Makaurau's The Civic on 1st November — brought to you by 100% Good! Get tickets via Ticketmaster.

Listen to Tom Scott's New Album 'ANITYA'

Avondale icon is hosting an album launch event at The Civic on 1st November.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

2025 Best Rock Artist winners DARTZ are bringing their massive party-punk anthems to Pōneke, Tāmaki Makaurau and Ōtautahi in January 2026!!

Get tickets immediately via UTR 🎸🔥🍻

DARTZ Tiny Summer Tour Announced

2025 Best Rock Artist winners play in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch this January.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

Aotearoa electronic dance maestro Eden Burns is playing a launch party for his feverishly awaited debut album And The Make Believers at Goblin Akl on 18th October!

Strictly limited tickets on sale NOW via UTR 🧌

Eden Burns Auckland Album Release Show Announced

Aotearoa electronic dance producer launches Eden Burns And The Make Believers at Goblin on 18th October.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

Crafters of majestically squalling doomgaze from Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay, Dos-Ovni are embarking on a four date tour this spring!

Get Tāmaki Makaurau & Pōneke tickets via UTR.

Dos-Ovni Touring The North Island This Spring

Te Matau-a-Māui doomgaze duo are playing in Tāmaki Makaurau, Pōneke, Tauranga and Ahuriri (supporting HDU).

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

The legendary Shayne P. Carter plays solo this week in Nelson (all-ages & 18+ sets today), Blenheim, Lyttelton and Ōamaru!

Get tickets NOW via UTR before they're all gone.

Shayne P. Carter Announces South Island Solo Tour

Playing a rare run of solo headline sets this October.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

Tāmaki Makaurau's club champions Music First have announced RESONATE 03 ft. musclecars, Bbyfacekilla and Music First DJs has moved to Ponsonby hotspot Goblin — newly expanded with "brand new rooftop deck and plush surrounds"!

Get tickets pronto via UTR.

RESONATE 03 ft. Musclecars (NYC), Bbyfacekilla, Music First DJs - New Auckland Venue Announced

Music First and Darklight present an audio-visual clubbing experience at Tāmaki Makaurau's Goblin.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

birdlings flat teleports listeners to a fully realised avant-folk world of their own on Collection from Second Year.

Catch the Ōtautahi artist playing at Space Academy on 25th October with Amber Carly Williams! Get tickets via UTR.

Listen to Birdlings Flat's Debut Album 'Collection From Second Year'

Playing at Ōtautahi's Space Academy on 25th October with Amber Carly Williams.

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stabbies etc @stabbiesetc.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah please come to this our O/PUS LP launch with ROY'S BAND & DROP ZONE at the AF

Roy Irwin @umami.bsky.social · 2d

this saturday.
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O/PUS LP Release Party w/ Drop Zone + Roy Irwin (band) - Audio Foundation, Auckland

O/PUS LP Release Party w/ Drop Zone + Roy Irwin (band), Audio Foundation, Auckland Sat, 11 October

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

The incomparable Christoph El Truento brings his multi-faceted musical genius to Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar this Friday 11th October — with special guests!

Get tickets pronto via UTR 🪴

Christoph El Truento - Whammy Bar, Auckland

Christoph El Truento, Whammy Bar, Auckland Sat, 11 October

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

USA songwriting star Kate Bollinger (Cut Copy, Drugdealer) headlines Auckland's Double Whammy on 9th January + The Slack Agency's stacked SLACKBARN! summer festival in Hawke's Bay!

Tickets are available NOW via UTR 🌞

Kate Bollinger (USA) Goes Down Under | Double Whammy - Double Whammy, Auckland

Kate Bollinger (USA) Goes Down Under | Double Whammy, Double Whammy, Auckland Fri, 09 January

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

Aotearoa pop-rock dynamo Harper Finn's debut album Silo Park is out on 31st October via Warner Music + he's playing release parties at Auckland's Double Whammy & Wellington's Meow this November!

Get tickets NOW via harperfinnmusic.com

Harper Finn Announces 'Silo Park' Debut Album Release Shows

Performing at Auckland's Double Whammy and Wellington's Meow this November.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

UTR proudly presents fuzz-busting Tokyo rockers The Fadeaways — playing their DEBUT Aotearoa NZ headline gigs at Ōtautahi's @spaceacademy.bsky.social and Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar this November!

Get tickets NOW via UTR 🎸💥

Interview: The Fadeaways (Tokyo) - Debut Aotearoa NZ Shows

Japanese garage-punks are playing headline dates in Auckland and Christchurch.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

The 21st birthday of Te Papaioea's Swamp Fest will be marked with an immense 21 hours of live music — unfolding from 23rd to 26th October at The Stomach!

Full weekend passes & individual night tickets available NOW via UTR 🥳🎂👏

Swamp Fest 21 Lineup Announced - Imperial Slave, Sports Dreams, Persimmon, Synthetic Children + More

Twenty one hours of music from 23rd to 26th October at Te Papaioea's The Stomach.

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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 3d

The Loom #04

First: Waiwhai
Rāhana Tito-Taylor – Taonga Puoro, bass, guitar, electronics

Second: Fruju Peak
Iggy Nama Ruci – Saxophone
Ryan Tomov – Keys
Orlando Cooper – Bass
Finn McNeill – Drumset
Fern – Mixer

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Door sales $20

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

Read our exclusive chat with Swedish punk kings No Fun At All + be in to win a double pass for their first NZ headline event in 25 years, at Auckland's Double Whammy on 11th November!

Brought to you by Sticky Fingaz, get tickets NOW via UTR 💥

Interview: No Fun At All (SWE) - Auckland Headline Show

Swedish punk veterans are playing one Aotearoa NZ show only at Double Whammy.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

UTR proudly presents Lord Rochester — Scotland's Greatest Rock And Roll Band touring Aotearoa NZ for the first time ever, starting THIS WEEK in Dunedin, Invercargill, Stewart Island, Ōamaru & Christchurch!!

Get tickets NOW via UTR 🎸 🔥

Interview: Lord Rochester (Scotland) Debut Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand

Scotland's Greatest Rock And Roll Band are hitting our shores this spring.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

Drunk Mums have shared searing protest anthem 'Genocide' in support of PARA (Palestine Australia Relief & Action).

Don't miss the Naarm rockers touring nationwide throughout Aotearoa THIS WEEK, starting tonight at Pōneke's Valhalla! Get tickets via UTR.

Drunk Mums Share Protest Anthem 'Genocide (Live)' - Touring Aotearoa NZ This Week

Naarm Melbourne rockers are touring nationwide this week.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 4d

UK pop rock icon Wendy James' world conquering Transvision Vamp are returning to Aotearoa NZ for the first time in nearly three decades — playing headline dates in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch this February!

Get tickets NOW via www.plus1.co.nz/transvisionvamp 🙌

Transvision Vamp Touring New Zealand in February 2026

British rock stars will play in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch this summer.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 4d

Canterbury's joyously eclectic & rhythmically rambunctious Yurt Party are touring their forthcoming new album 200 this spring!

Get Auckland, Christchurch, Wānaka and Dunedin tickets NOW via UTR 🥳

Yurt Party '200' Album Release Tour Announced

Canterbury collective are touring their forthcoming new album nationwide.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 4d

Back home following sold out shows in the UK, NO CIGAR are touring their new album Under The Surface across NZ this November — playing at Meow Nui in Wellington, Ngaio Marsh Theatre in Christchurch & Auckland's iconic The Powerstation!

Tickets on sale now from nocigar.co.nz

Listen to NO CIGAR's New Album 'Under The Surface'

Tāmaki Makaurau collective are performing in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 4d

Michigan electronicore & hypermetal trailblazers I See Stars finally play in Aotearoa NZ this month — headlining Akl's Double Whammy on Wednesday 15th October!

Get tickets NOW via UTR ✨

I See Stars (US) Announce Auckland Headline Show

Michigan alt-metal stars play at Double Whammy on 15th October.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 4d

All are welcome to come party on the dark side at Gathering Shadows 2026 — celebrating Aotearoa's diverse gothic subculture at Pōneke's Valhalla on 16th & 17th Jan (Wgtn Anniversary Weekend)!

Ft. Erase Everything , buffcat, Varda + many more! Get early birds via UTR 🦇

Gathering Shadows 2026 Lineup Announced - Erase Everything, Buffcat, Varda + More

Two night festival of dark arts at Valhalla during Wellington Anniversary Weekend.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 4d

UTR proudly presents Sydney raw rockers C.O.F.F.I.N — touring Aotearoa NZ this November & December + performing at Grrunk and The Others Way festivals!

Tickets on sale NOW via UTR / TOW tickets via Banished Music ⚰️🎸🔥

C.O.F.F.I.N (AUS) Announce Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand

Sydney raw rockers are touring nationwide in November / December.

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