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Flying Nun Records are absolutely stoked to announce their latest signing, Vera Ellen — a Wellington/Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist and wildly prolific songwriter, who you may recognise from LA band Girl Friday (Hardly Art), or grungy 4-piece Maple Syrup.With this announcement comes the v...

Designer finds the New Zealander Aldous Harding hitting her creative stride. After the sleeper success of Party (internationally lauded and winner of Taite Music Prize 2018, two Music Awards and a Silver Scroll nomination), Harding came off a 100-date tour last summer and went straight into the stud...

The heft and glory of the NZSO collides with the Shayne Carter songbook. Ten tracks ‘reformed’ in orchestral technicolour while maintaining the integrity of the originals. Classic songs like Randolph’s Going Home and If I Were You spar with new numbers like Left To Defend. Guitar and orchestra...

An artist of rare calibre, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity. The artist has announced details of Warm Chris new studio album, the follow-up to 2019’s acclaimed Designer. Warm Chris will be released on the 25th of March via Flying Nun Records, and its first sing...

It's Fuzzy! On A T-Shirt.This Flying Nun tee features the classic 'fuzzy' logo.—————————————————————————————————————————Note: This shirt style runs on the larger/longer side, so you may wish to consider sizing down.

Great Barrier is a project undertaken by Constantine “Dino" Karlis (HDU, Dimmer, Alastair Galbraith, Sonic Boom/Spectrum, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Foundling) and two neuroscientist-musicians he was artistically drawn to: Jason Kerr (My Deviant Daughter, Southkill) and Richard Hahnloser. The latte...

Celebrating over 30 years since it was recorded, Flying Nun Records and The 3Ds are pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Peel Sessions & Triple J Live-to-air 1994 , due out on vinyl and CD on February 28th, via Flying Nun Records. The live tracks on this record have been remastered by lon...

Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs’ is a Martin Phillipps passion project. A dedicated reimagining of his earlier unreleased songs that became his artistic farewell, a lasting legacy, and a reminder of his huge, underappreciated talent. The album has been finalised for release with the lov...

Love is a first kiss, a late night call, an ache of longing that can break your heart or a long drive with the top down to anywhere but here. Love can equally be contained, repressed and longed for as much as it can save, nurture and embolden. Love is a measure of our humanity or how lost we have be...

AK 79 double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with 12 page booklet featuring liner notes, artist bios, history and more.December 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of an important record in history; AK79. Within the grooves of this historical landmark compilation lies a connection to our musical whakapapa...

Introducing Office Dog, hailing from Ōtepoti/Dunedin and residing in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland. The trio, led by Kane Strang on guitar/vocals, alongside Rassani Tolovaa on bass and Mitchell Innes on drums, present their debut album Spiel — out 15 September 2023 via Flying Nun Records.Assembling...

The Band From Wellington, New Zealand is back; DARTZ have announced their second full-length album Dangerous Day To Be A Cold One , to be released on Friday 1 March 2024 via Flying Nun Records.DARTZ comprises Danz (vocals), Clark Mathews (bass), Crispy (guitar), and Rollyz (drums) - four best mates ...

Auckland indie-rock band, Voom, who — after years of releasing and performing music to their cult-like following — have announced a brand new album, ‘ Something Good Is Happening ’ — out May 16th via Flying Nun Records.The release of the latest Voom album has taken just short of two decade...

After nearly two decades, Able Tasmans 1986 debut album - A Cuppa Tea and a Lie Down is available again! The deluxe re-issue has been re-mastered and expanded to include their first EP The Tired Sun (complete with pull out replica sleeve), three bonus tracks plus liner notes from songwriter Graeme H...

FN547 Headless Chickens - Body Blow (2019) Body Blow is a complicated tale.It’s the middle child of Headless Chickens albums and, as two major releases with quite different track listings, not only kicked off the band’s most successful years – all but one of their chart hits can be found on on...

FN146 Skeptics - Amalgam (1990)The Skeptics were a post-punk noise band from Palmerston North, New Zealand active from 1979-1990. During their existence as a band they released 4 albums, an EP and 10" single before the band disbanded in 1990. While working on Amalgam in 1989, David D'Ath learned tha...

FN541 The Stones - Three Blind Mice (2015)A compilation from Flying Nun originals, The Stones - Three Blind Mice includes the bands' contribution to the legendary Dunedin Double, Another Disc Another Dollar EP as well as never heard before live recordings.Curated by New Zealand/Noise legend Bruce Ru...

New Zealand indie rock royals, The Bats, have recently had their heads down recording new music and have just announced their 11th full-length album, ‘ Corner Coming Up ’, out on October 17th via Flying Nun Records.The Bats are Robert Scott, Kaye Woodward, Paul Kean and Malcolm Grant, the much-l...

FN195 Verlaines - Juvenilia (1987)Juvenilia is a compilation of the Verlaines brilliant early singles and EPs. First released in 1987, and reissued in 1993 with bonus tracks it documents the bands early history and is the perfect introduction to one of New Zealands great bands. Opening with the irre...

Flying Nun Records and The 3Ds are pleased to announce the 2021 vinyl reissue of Hellzapoppin , due out December 10th. This vinyl reissue has been remastered by long-time friend and engineer Tex Houston, taken from the original tape masters held at the Alexander Turnbull Library.Hellzapoppin is the ...

FN166 Tall Dwarfs - Weeville ‎(1990)As the opening liner notes proclaim, Weeville is "the first straightforward LP by Tall Dwarfs - uh..in terms of having the same number of tracks on each side -- both of which play at the same speed and which ain't a compilation."Nonetheless, their 1990 release i...

FN174 Straitjacket Fits - Melt (1990 / 2019)A very timely reissue of this classic slice of New Zealand indie-rock, and with the band performing dates in Aotearoa and Australia, there's no time like now to (re)discover the greatness of Straitjacket Fits.A bit of background: It’s 1990 and the Strait...

Shayne P. Carter on Shayne P. Carter and Offsider:I was born in Dunedin ages ago now, and wrote all the songs for my first band Bored Games on one string. My flatmate Graeme Downes (Verlaines) taught me the chords of D and E and G while we were flatting together in a student hovel and I applied that...

In 1978, The Clean were the seeds of New Zealand punk. In the years since, they have carved out a big sandbox for everyone to play in, and their influence resonates not only in but around the world. A group that thrives when free of expectations, The Clean’s Robert Scott, Hamish Kilgour, and David...