UnderTheRadar

Listen to Birdlings Flat's Debut Album 'Collection From Second Year' Playing at Ōtautahi's Space Academy on 25th October with Amber Carly Williams.

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.

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

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

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 🪴

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

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 🌞

Harper Finn Announces 'Silo Park' Debut Album Release Shows Performing at Auckland's Double Whammy and Wellington's Meow this November.

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

Interview: The Fadeaways (Tokyo) - Debut Aotearoa NZ Shows Japanese garage-punks are playing headline dates in Auckland and Christchurch.

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 🎸💥

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.

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 🥳🎂👏

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

Interview: No Fun At All (SWE) - Auckland Headline Show Swedish punk veterans are playing one Aotearoa NZ show only at Double Whammy.

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: Lord Rochester (Scotland) Debut Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand Scotland's Greatest Rock And Roll Band are hitting our shores this spring.

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 🎸 🔥

Drunk Mums Share Protest Anthem 'Genocide (Live)' - Touring Aotearoa NZ This Week Naarm Melbourne rockers are touring nationwide this week.

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.

Transvision Vamp Touring New Zealand in February 2026 British rock stars will play in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch this summer.

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 🙌

Yurt Party '200' Album Release Tour Announced Canterbury collective are touring their forthcoming new album nationwide.

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 🥳

Listen to NO CIGAR's New Album 'Under The Surface' Tāmaki Makaurau collective are performing in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

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

I See Stars (US) Announce Auckland Headline Show Michigan alt-metal stars play at Double Whammy on 15th October.

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 ✨

Gathering Shadows 2026 Lineup Announced - Erase Everything, Buffcat, Varda + More Two night festival of dark arts at Valhalla during Wellington Anniversary Weekend.

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 🦇

C.O.F.F.I.N (AUS) Announce Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand Sydney raw rockers are touring nationwide in November / December.

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 ⚰️🎸🔥

Beastwars Unveil New Single 'The Storm' + Video Te Whanganui-a-Tara metal titans are touring their sixth studio long player this November.

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 🌊 🤘

Release Roundup: Baby Zionov, Bic Runga, Harper Finn, AW, Cuticles, Sentient Mud, Borrowed cs, Mercedes Cambridge New and recent Aotearoa sonic treasures unearthed.

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

Castlegarden Unveil Debut Single 'I Know You' Playing an all-ages release show at Tāmaki Makaurau's Small Rave on 24th October.

'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.

Listen to Late To Chelsea's Debut Album 'Some Good Times' Playing a release party at Tāmaki Makaurau's Big Fan on 4th October.

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 🙌

Joe Kaptein Shares New Album 'Pool Sharks' Performing with band over two nights at The Apartment in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Joe Kaptein leads listeners through a solar system of tunes on Pool Sharks — the debut release from Jandal Records!

Catch the jazz-funk maestro with band at Tāmaki's The Apartment on 9th & 10th October, get tickets via UTR 🎺 🪐

Jazmine Mary Announces Hot Sad Summer Tour Flying Nun songwriter is touring nationwide in November and December.

Award-winning Flying Nun songwriter Jazmine Mary will be soon be gracing stages across Aotearoa on their Hot Sad Summer Tour!

Playing nine headline dates this Nov & Dec, get tickets NOW via UTR 🔥 😢 🌞 🚐

Helmet (USA) Returning to Aotearoa New Zealand in April 2026 NYC noise-rock innovators are playing headline dates in Auckland and Wellington.

UTR proudly presents NYC noise-rock icons Helmet — headlining Wellington's San Fran & Auckland's The Powerstation in April 2026!

Tickets are on sale NOW from helmetmusic.com 💥

Kate Bollinger (USA) On Tour in Aotearoa New Zealand This Summer Los Angeles-based songwriting star plays in Auckland, Raglan and Hawke's Bay's SLACKBARN in January.

Headliner for The Slack Agency's SLACKBARN! in Hawke's Bay, USA songwriting star Kate Bollinger is bookending the summer fest with shows at Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy and Raglan's The Yard!

Akl tickets on sale from 7th October / SLACKBARN! tickets on sale now via UTR 🌞

Community Garden: Lila Tirando a Violeta (Hyperdub / NAAFI) - Whammy Bar, Auckland Community Garden: Lila Tirando a Violeta (Hyperdub / NAAFI), Whammy Bar, Auckland Sat, 04 October

Community Garden welcome Uruguayan club innovator Lila Tirando a Violeta (Hyperdub, N.A.A.F.I) to Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar this Saturday — with special guests fern and DJ Kristen Stewart!

Get tickets NOW via UTR.

From Scratch Fundraiser For Medical Support To Gaza Announced Aotearoa innovators play at Kāhui St David's in Tāmaki Makaurau on 10th October.

One of Aotearoa's most legendary ensembles, From Scratch have announced Songs For Unsung Heroes — a fundraiser for NZ medics to Gaza, at Kāhui St David's in Tāmaki Makaurau on 11th October.

Get tickets now via UTR (all-ages, student / unwaged options available) 🙌

Reaper (AUS) Feat. Pervertor, DAHTM and Dole Bludger - Valhalla, Wellington Reaper (AUS) Feat. Pervertor, DAHTM and Dole Bludger, Valhalla, Wellington Fri, 03 October

Direct from Naarm, speed metal punks Reaper headline Pōneke's Valhalla THIS FRIDAY with special guests Pervertor, DAHTM and Dole Bludger!

Get tickets NOW via UTR 🤘💀

Battles In The North 4 - Double Whammy, Auckland Battles In The North 4, Double Whammy, Auckland Sat, 04 October

Armour up and head along to Battles In The North 4 at Tāmaki's Double Whammy Double Whammy this Saturday — ft. Naarm thrashers REAPER, Aussie brutal death specialists Crime Spree, Brawler, Standover, Malevolence, Cease and Desist, Grave Axis and Heavy Step!

Get tickets NOW via UTR ⚔️

Lachie Hayes Touring New Album 'Subsatellite' Southland songwriter is playing with band in Auckland, Hamilton, Helensville and Leigh.

Lachie Hayes is touring his rockin' new album of alt-country and blues Subsatellite in Auckland, Hamilton, Helensville & Leigh this week!

Get tickets NOW via UTR 🛹 🤠