Listen To UTR's NZ Music Month 2021 Playlist

Things are looking much rosier this NZ Music Month than they were 12 months ago, when pretty much everything moved to the virtual realm because of our nationwide lockdown, and seemingly all eyes were glued to Animal Crossing and / or Tiger King. Now's a great time to remember the significant challenges faced by our music community over the past year, and recognise the importance of our independent music venues in fostering our next generation of artists — we recommend you go tuck in to the banquet of NZ Music Month celebratory events over on the official website HERE.

We're absolutely stoked to share today our annual NZ Music Month playlist, carefully selected and fussily sequenced by UTR editor Chris Cudby. Featuring top notch tunes from all throughout Aotearoa, the playlist includes new tracks by Anthonie Tonnon, Louisa Nicklin, Vanessa Worm, The Datsuns, The Chills, Amamelia, Brandn Shiraz, Pickle Darling, Merk, Mazbou Q & Raiza Biza, Soft Plastics, DARTZ, Kane Strang and more — plus Dunedin duo Night Lunch's hugely popular yet slightly older anthem 'House Full Of Shit', which is still ruling the student radio airwaves so why not? We'll keep the playlist updated with the best tracks released throughout May, hit follow over HERE if you haven't already and smash play on the stream below [Bandcamp purchase links for most tracks available here]...