August will see Amelia Murray team up with bandmate Dave Rowlands to play a series of intimate shows in Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. They’ve built a duo show to take on the road, and the three shows serve as a precursor to a US tour supporting Pixies and Spoon.

“I really want to platform new alternative music because I feel like the legacy has changed. I guess that’s what I’m trying to do. It’s fueled by this ‘build it and they’ll come’ mentality. I want to prove that there’s value in this, so people start to listen.”

JUNK FEST 2.0 is coming up this Saturday, June 7, across Double Whammy, Whammy, and Public Bar. The 2025 festival is stacked with artists from across the country, including Cabinet, Dropper, George Barney Roberts, Girls Factory, HŌHĀ, Office Dog, Pearly*, Ringlets, Salt Water Criminals, Scrambline, and Vera Ellen, with Twine and The Empty Threats making their way from across the ditch. It’s an undeniably good lineup and we’re so excited to boogie the night away. In the lead up to the festival Rosa chatted with organiser Lara to learn more about JUNK and all things NZ alternative music!

Letters from The Editors, is a sporadic column written by either Flynn Robson or Sam Elliott, discussing a way that New Zealand music has touched them in their personal life

After a 10 year hiatus, Camp A Low Hum returned for two special weekends for the very last time. Two attendees, Jade Lindsay and Lekhena Porter share their words and photographs from the exceptional weekend(s) filled with music, community and aroha.