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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dbldbl gives props to Chlöe Swarbrick and Ché-Fu in their sizzling new single 'Hotcakes' (@sunreturn.bsky.social) — plus beaut handcrafted animated vid by Ross Ozarka, made with support from NZ On Air 🥞

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Watch Dbldbl's Animated Video For New Single 'Hotcakes'

Tāmaki Makaurau rap innovator shares their first single in two years.

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dazed Casio lead lines, and mumbled vocal hooks give way to bars triple stuffed with eferences to local celebs (“The people’s champion Chlöe Swarbrick, my childhood hero Ché-Fu, best rapper in the world L V J aka Zeus Dupree, Eight Buffet at the Cordis (FKA Langham Hotel), and of course TradeMe”).

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After some much deserved down time Dbldbl is back to serve us up Hotcakes, a brand new single that comes with a side of music video made by the award winning papercraft animator Ross Ozarka with assistance from NZ on Air Music. 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RZ... 🔊 dbldbl.bandcamp.com

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Minister of Tourism Louise Upston on where the $40m came from to entice large overseas acts to Aotearoa. My #cartoon today #NZpol #NZMusic #NZArts

Cartoon. Title: “The Impresario” Two frames. 1st frame shows Louise Upston saying, “I can’t pull money for local performers, concerts and festivals out of thin air!” 2nd frame has her continuing, “and I didn’t pull money for big overseas acts out of thin air” Image shows Upton with her hands out, wearing a suit and bow tie, with money rushing from behind her, saying, “I had the $40 mill coming out the wazoo!”

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've ended up watching the 6PM news for the last couple of weeks. Is there a specific reason why there is hardly any music/arts news? Has there ever been a period in NZ history where there was a dedicated segment of the 6PM bulletin to music/arts?

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cindy’s The Way I Do is #9 in the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums chart! Get your copy from @bandcamp.com asap cindypopgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-wa...

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nick from Big Sigh just released his debut solo album - make sure you give it a spin!

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The tag team musical match up we've all been waiting for — Alphabethead and Grecco Romank's tour starts this week in Whanganui & Pōneke, with all-killer special guests! Get Porridge Watson tickets via UTR 💥

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Alphabethead & Grecco Romank Touring Together This Spring

Playing in Tāmaki Makaurau, Whanganui, Kirikiriroa (no Grecco) and Pōneke.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Rocketing to number five on the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums chart, Cindy are touring their debut album The Way I Do (1:12 Records / @sunreturn.bsky.social) — letting rip at Rosemarys in Taupō and Last Place in Kirikiriroa this week! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

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Track By Track: Cindy's Debut Album 'The Way I Do'

Tāmaki Makaurau garage punks are touring nationwide.

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Dive into our Release Radar — Aotearoa highlights from deepState, JessB, Daffodils, Achtung!, Paddy Fred and the new South Pacific Dance Organisation compilation ☔️

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Release Radar: deepState, JessB, Daffodils, Achtung!, Paddy Fred, South Pacific Dance Organisation

New and recent sonic gems from Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Cindy are official in the charts!

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Rain is accompanied by radiant music videos created by Aotearoa animators Ew Splat and @simonmward.bsky.social (made with support from NZ On Air Music) and was mastered by the good ears at Downbeat Mastering 💙 Rain: youtu.be/q_PdKqG6NYY Games: youtu.be/d98QNmz8_1M

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Influenced by the immersive electronic sound of the ’90s Rain’s tracks are a definitive example of devotional downtempo electronica. Atmospheric without losing its connection to the dance floor, deepState welds together hazy breaks, shimmering arpeggios, vocal edits, lounging bass & soulful melodies

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today listeners will transcend the dance floor with the release of deepState’s third album Rain 🌧️ The record is a deeply personal evolution of deepState’s sound, built for both solitary late-night listening and the collective release of dancing in the club. 🔗 deepstate-music.bandcamp.com

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alphabethead's new vid for 'Misanthrope' (@sunreturn.bsky.social) is a mutagenic jolt of energy — animated by Dr D Foothead & made with support from NZ On Air. Catch Alphabethead on tour this spring! Get tickets via UTR.

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Watch Alphabethead's Animated Video For 'Misanthrope'

Playing in Tāmaki Makaurau, Whanganui, Kirikiriroa and Pōneke this spring

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

To celebrate the release of Misanthrope we urge you to join Alphabethead and his comrades Grecco Romank this spring for a thrilling evening of turntablism, brutalist sewer-pop and dirty, chaotic, electronic dance music! Tickets are available now from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I loved seeing his incredible animated video work with the King Gizzard, Osees and Kamandi! The initial seed I sent to Foothead was just ‘an inhospitable world where the electronic blips and bloops represent life finding a way’.

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“I fell in love with Dr D Foothead’s drawing in 2012 when I was given one of his beautiful art zines. I’m fond of the organic and ‘stream-of-consciousness’ nature of his work and composition and colour choices just tickle my brain. My crush has only intensified over the years!'

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cronenberg meets claymation in Dr D Foothead's new music video for Alphabethead's Misanthrope! Made with support from NZoA Music, watch as this undulating subject is fed aural and visual stimulation and marvel at its mutation / evolution in real-time! 📹 youtu.be/I1-HOESXO08?...

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Power Nap @chriscudby.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

New 95bFM Freak The Sheep episode up ~ vinyl only special! Click thru to listen 👉 95bfm.com/bcast/freak-...

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Cindy shared the lowdown on every tune on their excellent debut album The Way I Do — out today via 1:12 Records and @sunreturn.bsky.social 🙌 Don't miss the explosive group's nationwide launch tour, starting TONIGHT at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar! Get tickets via UTR.

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Track By Track: Cindy's Debut Album 'The Way I Do'

Tāmaki Makaurau garage punks are touring nationwide.

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

sidequesting this Oct/Nov 🧙‍♂️

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NZ rock royalty Andrew Tolley puts it best “its some kinda sugar sweet fuzzed manic popped rok monsta flipping between speeds, light & shade, lullabies & nightmares. It’s a sonic audio trip, a curiosity & a mystery of both magic & madness, a trip that once you start, you ain’t gonna be able to stop”

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The Way I Do, by Cindy

11 track album

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

CINDY have released their long awaited debut album ‘The Way I Do,’ out in collaboration between 1:12 Records and Sunreturn. The Way I Do presents Cindy at their finest. Refined, whetted and locked in, distilling a decade's worth of shows into 11 tracks of uniquely NZ garage punk and alternative rock

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Outside of the panel at Going Global, have any political parties publicly responded to the NZ Music Manifesto?

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Mondo Amelia @amamelia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great Sounds Great going to be the last time I play live anywhere for probably a good minute so I'd love to see a few familiar faces there 🤙

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Surrender to the majesty of Cindy's new single 'A Knife' — from their debut album The Way I Do, out next week via @sunreturn.bsky.social 🔪 Don't miss Cindy touring Aotearoa NZ "in our Daihatsu Hijet (660 cc) 3 Cyl." this spring! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

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Listen to Cindy's New Single 'A Knife'

Tāmaki Makaurau garage punks are touring nationwide this spring.

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ahead of next week's release of their debut album Cindy share their final single 'A Knife.' Inspired by The Cranberries & Deftones, the track seethes & smoulders. Guitar tones menacingly wobble while Gloria Florence’s vocal appears like an apparition before the song transforms into a riotous din

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Power Nap @chriscudby.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Slop World 🌎

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

s/o to @amamelia.bsky.social for the heads up. I have now begun a life long quest 🫡

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If I win lotto I won't tell anyone, but there will be signs...

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Two of Aotearoa's most mind-mashing acts, Alphabethead & Grecco Romank have announced a spring mini-tour! Alphabethead is also on the supremely stonking bill for Nightmare On Drews Halloween party in Whanganui — get tickets for selected dates via UTR 🔥

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Alphabethead & Grecco Romank Touring Together This Spring

Playing in Tāmaki Makaurau, Whanganui, Kirikiriroa (no Grecco) and Pōneke.

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Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

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Power Nap @chriscudby.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

No Doggy! Picnic Lunch party poppin off

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Last chance to see Thee Golden Geese and/or do some colouring in. Plus discover new Sunreturn band - No Doggy!

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Only one more sleep until the big gig!

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Sunreturn @sunreturn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Pre-order a tee too. Design by @umami.bsky.social cindypopgroup.bandcamp.com/merch/daihat...

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UnderTheRadar @undertheradarnz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Tāmaki's dynamite garage punks Cindy have announced a nationwide release tour for their upcoming debut album The Way I Do + unveiled a stylie new tee design 🙌 The Way I Do is out on 4th September via 1:12 Records and @sunreturn.bsky.social! Get tickets NOW via UTR.

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Cindy Announce 'The Way I Do' Debut Album Release Tour + New Tee

Tāmaki garage punks are touring nationwide this spring.

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