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Dos-Ovni Touring The North Island This Spring

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 8h

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.

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

Shayne P. Carter Announces South Island Solo Tour

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 9h

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.

Playing a rare run of solo headline sets this October.

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 9h

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.

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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

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

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stabbies etc @stabbiesetc.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

this saturday.
www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/98663/OP...

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

Christoph El Truento - Whammy Bar, Auckland

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

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 Sat, 11 October

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

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

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 Fri, 09 January

Harper Finn Announces 'Silo Park' Debut Album Release Shows

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

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

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 1d

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 🎸💥

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

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 🥳🎂👏

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

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

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Audio Foundation @audio-foundation.bsky.social · 2d

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

Presales $15 from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Door sales $20

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

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 💥

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

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 🎸 🔥

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Naarm Melbourne rockers are touring nationwide this week.

Transvision Vamp Touring New Zealand in February 2026

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 2d

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 🙌

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

Yurt Party '200' Album Release Tour Announced

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

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 🥳

Canterbury collective are touring their forthcoming new album nationwide.

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

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

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

I See Stars (US) Announce Auckland Headline Show

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

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 ✨

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

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 🦇

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

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

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

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 ⚰️🎸🔥

Sydney raw rockers are touring nationwide in November / December.

Beastwars Unveil New Single 'The Storm' + Video

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 3d

Pōneke metal masters Beastwars' new single 'The Storm' is a thrashing and crashing / crushing churn, "like a storm that never ends."

The accompanying vid shows how Nick Keller hand-painted the artwork for Beastwars' upcoming album! Don't miss their release tour in Nov, selected NZ tix via UTR 🌊 🤘

Te Whanganui-a-Tara metal titans are touring their sixth studio long player this November.

Release Roundup: Baby Zionov, Bic Runga, Harper Finn, AW, Cuticles, Sentient Mud, Borrowed cs, Mercedes Cambridge

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 6d

Dive into our Release Roundup & Playlist — Aotearoa highlights from Baby Zionov, Bic Runga, Harper Finn, AW, Cuticles, Sentient Mud, Borrowed cs and Mercedes Cambridge 🎸🐬

New and recent Aotearoa sonic treasures unearthed.

Castlegarden Unveil Debut Single 'I Know You'

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 6d

'I Know You' is the confident & fried heavy psych-folk debut single from Tāmaki Makaurau's Castlegarden ⚔️

Head along to their all-ages launch show at Small Rave on 24th October! Get tickets via UTR.

Playing an all-ages release show at Tāmaki Makaurau's Small Rave on 24th October.

Listen to Late To Chelsea's Debut Album 'Some Good Times'

UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 6d

Happy release day Late to Chelsea!

Crank up their anthem packed debut album Some Good Times and catch them this Saturday at Tāmaki's Big Fan w/ Sprawl, CCTV & Crying Ivy — get tickets via UTR 🙌

Playing a release party at Tāmaki Makaurau's Big Fan on 4th October.