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New Music Features

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  SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Arctic Monkeys - Do You Wanna Know?

  Our Single of the Week is the great new track from the Arctic Monkeys, entitled 'Do I Wanna Know?', which we predict is off a new album that could be released later this year. The UK Rockers haven't officially announced a new album, but a few things have slipped via twitter suggesting the band are...
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  NEWS: MIA new single 'Bring The Noize'

  MIA's new track 'Bring the Noize' has been unveiled online – her first release since single 'Bad Girls' in 2012. The forthcoming album Matangi (named after the Hindu goddess, we assume, not the Waikato region) was supposed to be released at the end of 2012, but MIA claims her label, Interscope, wa...
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  LISTEN: Falling in Reverse - Fashionably Late

  Falling in Reverse return with their sophomore album Fashionably Late, the follow-up to their big debut, The Drug in Me is You. Fashionably Late will be out this Friday the 21st June. Listen to the album stream and be in to win yourself a copy before it's out.
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  LISTEN: Spotify's Calming Music To Fly To Playlist + win Spotify Subscriptions

  Are you an anxious flyer? Well the Spotify playlist, compiled by Dr Spelman, features an interesting mix of songs across various genres including classical and alternative rock, all of which can be used help to reduce the anxiety associated with a fear of flying when listened to before and during a ...
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  NEWS: Jack Johnson announces release date for new album and a new single

  Hawaiian singer-songwriter Jack Johnson has announced the release date for his upcoming sixth studio album, From Here to Now to You. Johnson’s label, Bushfire Records, also released that the first single off of the new record, titled I Got You, listen below.
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  WHO'S NEXT: Joseph & Maia

  As immaculately presented in real life as they are in their press photos, Auckland based duo Joseph & Maia (real names: Joseph Thompson and Maia Potier) create their own take on country music. Informed by the late great Johnny Cash, folk rockers Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Cat Stevens, and slick-haire...
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  ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Beady Eye - BE

  Beady Eye released their brand new album BE on Friday 7th of June. Last week we had an exclusive album stream, but now is available for everyone. Listen to the album stream, read a piece of our Beady Eye interview with Liam Gallagher in the June/July issue of Rip It Up - out now and be in to win one...
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  WHO'S NEXT: Carb On Carb

  “Carb on carb is the most delicious combination of foods, so why not name our band after my favourite meal?” explains Nicole Gaffney, guitarist and singer for Auckland-based dream pop duo Carb On Carb, a talent you might just remember from her days as a member of teen band Moron Says What?!
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  SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Deap Vally - Baby I Call Hell

  The hottest rock n' roll duo right now is LA's Deap Vally, consisting of Lindsey Troy on guitar/vocals and Julie Edwards on drums. The pair have just released a new track called 'Baby I Call hell', which is from their much anticipated debut album Sistrionix, due for release here on June 24.
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  ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: The Phoenix Foundation - Fandango

  When Samuel Flynn Scott, Luke Buda and Conrad Wedde met at Wellington High School it was their shared love of music – and the TV show MacGyver - which led to them forming The Phoenix Foundation, in 1997. But they never expected to still be together, or more popular than ever, 16 years on. In fact,...
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  SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Tom Odell - Another Love

  'Another Love' is our Single of the Week from the British singer-songwriter Tom Odell. Tom with his boyish blond locks released his debut EP Songs from Another Love in 2012 and we're finally getting a wave of the Tom Odell goodness down here. Tom actually spent some of his childhood living NZ and p...
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  FREE DOWNLOADS: New tracks

  Download some of our favourite tracks for FREE this week. Tracks from Airbourne, P-Money, Loui the ZU, Delete Delete and Cavell. We will update this list as we come across new MP3s downloads.
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  LISTEN: Delete Delete release debut tracks for free and a new music video

  Delete Delete is the combined pop power of Lani Purkis (Elemeno P/Foamy Ed) and Kurt Shanks (Stellar/Solo) and they have just released two wicked tracks 'Sedated' and 'What Do You Track Me For' and the new music video for Sedated.
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  SINGLE OF THE WEEK: The Naked And Famous Vs. Kids Of 88 - A Source Of Light

  Local synth pop rockers The Naked and Famous have released a new single from their upcoming Remixes and B-Sides album. The song, titled A Source of Light, is a collaboration track with another New Zealand band, Kids of 88. The Naked and Famous Remixes and B-Sides is due to be released on May 20th....
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  NEWS: Daft Punk streaming their new album on iTunes

  Listen to the World Premiere of Daft Punk’s new album Random Access Memories, streaming in its entirety exclusively on iTunes starting today.
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  FREE DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK: Cavell - Supernova

  This week we have a special Rip It Up free download from NZ singer/songwriter Cavell. Supernova is Cavell's wicked new track, which hasn't been officially released yet. We're stoked to share it with you for FREE all this week.
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  SINGLE OF THE WEEK: Popstrangers - What Else Could They Do?

  Auckland trio Popstrangers released their debut LP Antipodes in February, and this week we are hooked on their second single What Else Could They Do?. The guys are off overseas touring their arses off this album, which got a glowing five star review in the latest issue of Rip It Up Magzine.
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  ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: The Veils - Time Stays, We Go

  The Veils return with their highly anticipated 4th album Time Stays, We Go. Recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studios in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles and produced by lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews and Adam Greenspan, Time Stays, We Go marks the beginning of a captivating new era for a band already hai...
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  FREE DOWNLOAD THIS WEEK: UNMAP - Good Love

  Get this free download of UNMAP's new track 'Good Love' all this week, thanks to theaudience.co.nz. UNMAP (Born °1988, Makati, Philippines. Located in Wellington New Zealand) UNMAP tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by investigating the duality that develops through MAN/MACHI...
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  WHO'S NEXT: Foxtrot

  Working under her Foxtrot alias, Florence Wilson uses her voice, a loop pedal, Ableton Live and a MIDI keyboard to create empyrean acapella pieces reminiscent of Bjork’s Medulla and the exploratory works of Beth Gibbons and Liz Fraser. She also draws on her time singing in choirs. Originally from ...