NEW Singles & Videos + Release Announcements + Brand New Signings
JULIEN BAKER & TORRES share final single ahead of album release on Friday | Listen today!
This Friday, April 18, two of music’s most iconic young songwriters Julien Baker (boygenius) & TORRES will release their highly anticipated debut collaborative album, Send a Prayer My Way, via Matador Records. Both artists are known for laying bare their struggles in ways that resonate deeply with fans, and this album is no exception. Like the most enduring country records, Send A Prayer My Way offers both solace and strength, a reminder that none of us are ever truly alone—and that music can be one of life’s most loyal companions. Ahead of Send A Prayer My Way, the duo today officially released ‘Bottom of a Bottle’ which embodies the duo’s love of 90s country and Americana with fiddles, parlor piano, steel guitars and a soaring chorus.
CAROLINE announce new album & share new single | Listen to 'Tell me I never knew that'
Three years on from the release of debut album caroline, London-based eight-piece caroline announce new album caroline 2, to be released on May 30th via Rough Trade Records. Launch single, ‘Tell me I never knew that’ features Caroline Polachek. The band explain how the song evolved, “We used to call this one ‘Backstreet boys’ because the opening top line felt like a Backstreet Boys song. The main riff was written by Casper on acoustic guitar and stuck out as a really catchy, bouncy, hypnotic thing. We wrote the opening top line together and straight away we thought ‘this sounds like a melody that Caroline Polachek might sing’ in its hooky-ness. We sort of joked that we’d ask her to sing it but didn’t think it’d actually be on the cards, until about a year later when we sent her the half-finished song and she was up for it!
Introducing FOLK BITCH TRIO from Melbourne | Check out 'The Actor'
Introducing Folk Bitch Trio — the Melbourne/Naarm-based band of Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them) — who, today, announce their signing to Jagjaguwar and release the new single/video, ‘The Actor.’
ADRIANNE LENKER announces 2 hour, 43 track live album | Listen to 'happiness'
Adrianne Lenker follows her astonishing Grammy- and BRIT-nominated solo album, Bright Future, with a 120-minute immersive album entitled Live at Revolution Hall. This sonic documentary combines audio from 3 days of the 2024 Bright Future tour and features live performances of fan favourites, deep cuts and unreleased gems, including ‘happiness’, which is available today. A collection of performances and moments captured from Lenker’s 2024 headline tour, the 43 tracks have a delicate fidelity that laces warble with clarity. Engineer Andrew Sarlo’s recordings lift the listener’s feet to float cinematically, at times onstage with Lenker, Nick Hakim (piano) and Josefin Runsteen (violin), then over the crowd, through walls, and even out the door.
PROPAGANDHI drop sardonic new single | Listen to 'Cat Guy'
From Manitoba, Canada, Propagandhi return with their new single ‘Cat Guy’ ahead of their upcoming record At Peace out on May 2nd. Ablistering anthem dripping with sardonic wit and razor-sharp critique, the track finds the Canadian quartet as incisive as ever, wielding breakneck riffs and subversive lyricism with a smirk and a snarl.
ADULT MOM share pensive acoustic single | Listen to 'Benadryl'
Indie rock quartet Adult Mom release their new single,’Benadryl’, a stark & deeply affecting meditation on illness, isolation, and the quiet terror of survival. Another preview of their upcoming record, Natural Causes out May 9 via Epitaph, the album was born from years of personal and global upheaval where grief and rage burn bright enough to guide the way forward. Over a strummed acoustic guitar and a mournful French horn, vocalist Stevie Knipe (they/them) delivers a performance that feels almost unbearably intimate.
MRCY share new single from upcoming new album Volume 2 | Listen to 'Wandering Attention'
London-based duo MRCY return with ‘Wandering Attention’, the latest taste of their forthcoming project VOLUME 2, due for release on May 30, 2025 via Dead Oceans. In dark and difficult times, the music of Barney Lister and Kojo Degraft-Johnson lifts us up. As MRCY, across the eight tracks of VOLUME 2, they deliver on their premise of emotive music that surprises as much as it comforts, referencing timeless sounds as much as a sense of the cutting edge. If their debut release, 2024’s , which blended Kojo’s ecstatic vocals andBarney’s masterful analogue production, showcased MRCY’s lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry, VOLUME 2 builds from there to a collection that is more sophisticated, thematic, and definitely more modern, exploring love, self-discovery, and healing.
ROYALE LYNN announces debut album BLACK MAGIC | Check out new song 'GREED'
Nashville based artist Royale Lynn announces her debut album BLACK MAGIC due for release on June 27th via Epitaph Records. Produced by Jonathan Roach, the record is a raw exploration of Royale’s personal struggles with mental health, woven through a narrative inspired by mythology and fantasy. Drawing from the legend of Pandora’s Box, each song represents an “evil” that escaped Pandora’s box into humanity. Taking cues from 2000’s hard-rock icons like Evanescence and Flyleaf, Royale shares the lead single ‘GREED’ with bright, piercing vocals that rise over the urgent, thundering instrumentation of the track.
New Albums & EPs Out Now
FONTAINES D.C. release Deluxe Edition of Romance | Listen to new song ‘Before You I Just Forget’
Fontaines D.C. have released a deluxe edition of their acclaimed fourth album ROMANCE. Available on all digital services via XL Recordings, ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition) adds three songs to the original 11 track album. In addition to recent new single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’ and its stunning, Luna Carmoon-directed music video, the deluxe album also features the brand new, James Ford-produced song ‘Before You I Just Forget’. Completing the trio is a live, stripped-back version of ‘Starburster’ that sees the band melding their biggest song to date with David Lynch’s ‘In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)’, which originally featured on the soundtrack of Lynch’s 1977’s Eraserhead film.
Tours, Events and Festivals
VOOM announce 'Something Good Is Happening Tour' | Get your tickets today!
Auckland indie-rock legends Voom — after years of slow-burning genius, cult-adored releases, and sporadic-yet-memorable live performances — are finally back with their long-awaited new album, Something Good Is Happening, out Friday 16 May via Flying Nun Records. To celebrate, the band have announced a four-date New Zealand tour, taking their new songs (and some beloved classics) on the road for the ‘Something Good Is Happening Tour’.
NADIA REID announces 2025 NZ/AU Tour | Get your tickets now
This December acclaimed songwriter Nadia Reid journeys back to New Zealand and Australia in celebration of Enter Now Brightness; her critically lauded fourth album which was released on Slow Time Records in Aotearoa and Chrysalis for the rest of the world in February 2025. General on sale 10am (NZST), Friday 18th April Register for presale at banishedmusic.com/subscribe
On Tour, Live Shows, Gigs, Concerts and Festivals
Check out all our favourite upcoming excitements, including.... Japanese Breakfast - Auckland Winter Series show , Junk Festival 2025, Voom - Something Good Is Happening Tour, Nadia Reid - Enter Now Brightness tour... and more to come
Interviews & live performances
PULP perform new single 'Spike Island' live on Jonathan Ross Show
Fresh from announcing their first new music in almost 24 years, Pulp performed their new single 'Spike Island' live on the Jonathan Ross Show. Check it out!
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MOKOTRON wins 2025 Taite Music Prize for WAEREA | Check out all the prize winners here!
Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, NZ — Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ) is proud to announce the winner of the prestigious 2025 Taite Music Prize at an exclusive ceremony held at the Q Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau. The event celebrated outstanding New Zealand albums released in the previous calendar year and showcased exceptional local talent across genres.