Local Eyes

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This week’s Local Eyes video is from Morse Gang with their brand new track ‘Copycats’. These two kiwi rappers now based in Australia consist of Remorse & Entyce, who have a background knowledge in Hip Hop, specialising in music production, beat boxing, dance and singing. This creates a forward movement for their music & talents […]

For this week’s Local Eyes Unknown Mortal Orchestra returns with a brand new single. ‘Weekend Run’ marks their first taste of new music this year and perfectly showcases UMO’s signature modern soul over the course of a five-minute sonic journey.

With the launch of the new Ngā Waiata Kairangi I Te Reo Māori Music Chart, this week’s Local Eyes we have picked a track recorded completely in te reo Māori. Katchafire have translated and recorded their track ‘100’ in te reo Māori, which is now called Karawhiua. The track is sitting at number 2 in the Top […]

This week’s Local Eyes is from eleven7four with their latest track ‘Come Down’. This Zimbabwe-born duo, consisting of twin brothers Muche and Shingi Murare, have spent the past few years distilling experiences growing up on the other side of the world into music that embodies more than just the skating and party-starting aesthetic they inhabit.

This week’s Local Eye’s is from Auckland based Nigerian singer / songwriter D.Mathews with his track Omo Yen (That Girl). D.Matthews is known for his idiosyncratic style and abundant charisma, and inspires an audience through his stimulating lyrics and lively blend of Afrobeat/Afopop & Rap. He cites Afrobeat music pioneer & singer, Fela Kuti, Burna Boy […]

This week’s Local Eyes is something a little different with Māori music collective ‘IA’ who have teamed up with Te Toki Waka Hourua to create a live music film which is a first of its kind. The band collaborated with Te Toki and film Director Moehau Hodges Tai to capture a live performance featuring taonga pūoro/traditional Māori […]

This week’s Local Eye’s video the week is from Gino October with Where Do I Stand?, the first track taken from his upcoming project titled The Fall. Born in 1994 in the township of Mitchells Plain, just outside Cape Town in South Africa, Gino immigrated to Aotearoa with his family in 2006, aged 12. “Some of my […]

This week’s Local Eyes is from New Zealand’s newest supergroup Young & $lept On (Y$O) who are the combine forces of artists Sam V, Aidan Fine, JARNA, Brokeboi Ace and producers EDY, CreationKit & M4. This stable of talent is set to disrupt airwaves and social media with their eclectic sense of style, talent and vision – demonstrated by […]

This week’s local Eyes is from New Zealand singer-songwriter Mikey Dam with his latest track ‘Would You‘, the music video directed by Connor Pritchard is a moving look back at Mikey’s childhood. The song was initially penned by Mikey during New Zealand’s second lockdown in August of last year, before being further produced by LA-based, New Zealand-born […]

This week’s Local Eyes video of the week comes from Aotearoa’s modern-soul master, Louis Baker. Who has shared a new video for ‘Overdrive’, this summer banger of a tune features double-platinum independent rapper/producer Kings. The striking visuals, directed by photographer and filmmaker Abe Mora (Chaii, Troy Kingi, Stan Walker), take the viewer on an intimate night out in and around Auckland’s Strand Railway Station. Filmed under […]


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