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Alt-Rock Aotearoa band AWNING sign to Winspear & share new single

Burgeoning Aotearoa outfit Awning today reveal their international label signing details, alongside brand new single ‘Little Green Book’. Watch the frenetic music video by Damin McCabe out now. LISTEN HERE + WATCH HERE. Awning – Little Green Book (Official Video) – Made with support from NZ On Air Awning are a five-piece alternative rock band from Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, led by prominent visual artist Christian Dimick, whose music is shifting, sensitive and cathartic. Since first emerging in 2023, the formation of Christian with drummer Riley Noonan, bassist Damin McCabe and guitarists Ethan Broughton and Eli Chamberlain have cemented a

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Aotearoa trio Womb will join Aldous Harding as special guests for her highly anticipated Train On The Island Aotearoa tour this November. Following the announcement of Harding’s first headline shows in New Zealand since 2023, Womb will bring their immersive, dream-pop sound to stages across the country, joining Harding for all four dates in Hamilton,