NZ’s BRENDAN JOHN ROCH releases scorching new Election Year EP

Aotearoa’s Brendan John Roch follows his August full-length GOD DEFEND with a scorching, literary political rap record: Election Year is a Lenten sequence for a country going to the polls. Brendan John Roch is a rapper whose restless, densely allusive rhymes work to pin down the meaning and the irony buried in contemporary political and cultural life. Raised in Ōtepoti Dunedin, he writes from an unusual set of vantage points: journalism, government operations, psychonautics, internet degeneracy, and Roman Catholicism. The result is technically masterful, abrasive writing that speaks to the universal beauty and vice with an unmistakable narrative voice. Across five tracks, BJR’s Election

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KIM DEAL announces Live at the Barbican LP

On March 1 2025, Kim Deal hosted a once-in-a-lifetime sold-out performance at London’s historic Barbican, playing special orchestrated renditions of songs from

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FONTAINES D.C. release new single ‘Tongue’

Fontaines D.C (Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll) release new single ‘Tongue‘ – the second song from the band’s forthcoming fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released 16th October via XL Recordings. The song is accompanied by a John Angus Stewart-directed video, shot in New York City. Following the success of the

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