Introducing

Newer or less-exposed musicians have two minutes to describe themselves and one of their songs. Time... Starts... Now.

Presented by the artist for Music 101

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Office Dog

This week we introduce you to Office Dog, the new musical project of Dunedin musician Kane Strang.
Office Dog

Toy Shaw

This week on Introducing its Toy Shaw. The Wellington-native and self produced singer-songwriter is a dreamy fusion of pop textures and country melodies. Somewhere in between Oklou and Kitty Wells, Toy's soft vocals, lush harmonies and flowering banjos coalesce into soundscapes of glossy synthetic entropy as she laments on the queer pleasures of tragedy.
Toy Shaw

Hannah Everingham

This week on Introducing its Ōtautahi musician Hannah Everingham. Hannah is about to go on tour of the South Island with indie-folk duo Terrible Sons. Here she is introducing her new single 'So Long Underground'
Hannah Everingham

Rita Mae

This week on Introducing its Rita Mae. She is a fresh voice in NZ - but she was raised with music in her blood and bones. She is the daughter of local legend, the late Jim Laing (The Jean Paul Sartre Experience, Lanky). Here is Rita Mae introducing her new single Candy's House.
Rita Mae

Mirror Ritual

This week on Introducing it's the reflective sounds of Te Whanganui-a-Tara dream-fuzz band Mirror Ritual.
Mirror Ritual band photo

Soft Bait

This week on Introducing its post punk band Soft Bait from Tāmaki Makaurau. After releasing two hard-hitting singles that have found newly-emerged Tāmaki Makaurau post-punk band at the number 1 spot on local radio stations, Soft Bait returns for their third and final single 'Plot Points', the title track off their upcoming debut album - out 28th October (self-released).
Soft Bait band press photo

Neil MacLeod

This week we introduce you Poneke based Neil MacLeod and his new single 'Downwards'.
Neil MacLeod- EP Cover

Renée Millner

'Not OK' is the beautiful new melodious soul-folk-influenced single from Taranaki-based Australian singer-songwriter Renée Millner. This week on Introducing its Taranaki-based Australian singer-songwriter Renée Millner and her single 'Not OK'
Renee Millner Not Ok

Goodnight My Darling

This week we introduce you to alt-indie Wellington artist Goodnight My Darling and her new single 'Until I Return'. The song was written during a seven-month winter lockdown in Berlin, where the Wellington-based songwriter/producer/vocalist was living at the time. Back in Aotearoa and having reconnected with family, Goodnight My Darling reflects on the time as being extremely reinventive and empowering - something she explores in her video.
GoodnightMyDarling

Juliet McLean

Today we introduce you to Taranaki-based musician Juliet McLean. Her single "Amaze Me" will be released on September 15 and the EP comes out on September 29 with a solo tour of six dates.
Juliet McLean

Huia

This week we introduce you to Tamaki songwriter and producer Huia who just won Best Female Artist at the Waiata Music Awards, and her waiata Tukua Te Kuata.
Huia Hamon

Jim Nothing

This week we are introduced to Otautahi/Tamaki Makaurau artist Jim Nothing and his new single Fall Back Down.
Jim Nothing

Elliott Dawson

This week we are introduced to Poneke musician Elliott Dawson and his new single Bald Spot.
Elliott Dawson

Bird Machine

This week we are introduced to Kirikiriroa duo Bird Machine and their latest single "Our Kind"
Bird Machine

Tess Goodwin

This week we are introduced to Poneke artist Tess Goodwin. Dressed Light is an intimate space of memory and being. It reveals the beauty in desire's ache, and asks us to acknowledge and find ease with our own vulnerabilities and uncertainties.
Musician Tess Goodwin