Sunreturn
@sunreturn.bsky.social
Sunreturn is an independent record label based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. We strive to amplify the work of artists who find freedom in imagining new sounds 🌞
https://sunreturn.bandcamp.com/
"A Song Can Be A Rainbow" - The Floating Opera 🌈🎷
https://sunreturn.bandcamp.com/
"A Song Can Be A Rainbow" - The Floating Opera 🌈🎷
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Alphabethead last night at Goblin. Wild, man.
October 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Alphabethead last night at Goblin. Wild, man.
Cindy continue to climb the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Album Chart!
Catch them tonight at Threes & Sevens (Invercargill) and tomorrow at The Crown (Dunedin) - tickets are available from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Catch them tonight at Threes & Sevens (Invercargill) and tomorrow at The Crown (Dunedin) - tickets are available from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
October 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Cindy continue to climb the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Album Chart!
Catch them tonight at Threes & Sevens (Invercargill) and tomorrow at The Crown (Dunedin) - tickets are available from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
Catch them tonight at Threes & Sevens (Invercargill) and tomorrow at The Crown (Dunedin) - tickets are available from @undertheradarnz.bsky.social
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Dbldbl gives props to Chlöe Swarbrick and Ché-Fu in their sizzling new single 'Hotcakes' (@sunreturn.bsky.social) — plus beaut handcrafted animated vid by Ross Ozarka, made with support from NZ On Air 🥞
Watch Dbldbl's Animated Video For New Single 'Hotcakes'
Tāmaki Makaurau rap innovator shares their first single in two years.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Dbldbl gives props to Chlöe Swarbrick and Ché-Fu in their sizzling new single 'Hotcakes' (@sunreturn.bsky.social) — plus beaut handcrafted animated vid by Ross Ozarka, made with support from NZ On Air 🥞
After some much deserved down time Dbldbl is back to serve us up Hotcakes, a brand new single that comes with a side of music video made by the award winning papercraft animator Ross Ozarka with assistance from NZ on Air Music.
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RZ...
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📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RZ...
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September 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM
After some much deserved down time Dbldbl is back to serve us up Hotcakes, a brand new single that comes with a side of music video made by the award winning papercraft animator Ross Ozarka with assistance from NZ on Air Music.
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RZ...
🔊 dbldbl.bandcamp.com
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8RZ...
🔊 dbldbl.bandcamp.com
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One week to go team
The 95bFM Kids' Show Live - We The Young
The 95bFM Kids' Show Live as part of We The Young Festival Sunday 4 October at The Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber with Power Nap & The Napsters and Improverished Presents: A Live Radio Play! The 9...
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September 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
One week to go team
I've ended up watching the 6PM news for the last couple of weeks. Is there a specific reason why there is hardly any music/arts news? Has there ever been a period in NZ history where there was a dedicated segment of the 6PM bulletin to music/arts?
September 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I've ended up watching the 6PM news for the last couple of weeks. Is there a specific reason why there is hardly any music/arts news? Has there ever been a period in NZ history where there was a dedicated segment of the 6PM bulletin to music/arts?
Cindy’s The Way I Do is #9 in the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums chart! Get your copy from @bandcamp.com asap
cindypopgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-wa...
cindypopgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-wa...
September 19, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Cindy’s The Way I Do is #9 in the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums chart! Get your copy from @bandcamp.com asap
cindypopgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-wa...
cindypopgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-wa...
Nick from Big Sigh just released his debut solo album - make sure you give it a spin!
Out today via Sonorous Circle, Nicholas Joseph's debut album Sailing is a diverse & layered nine track suite, encompassing introspective psych-soul dreaminess and fuzz-ripping post-punk.
Tour starts this week in Kirikiriroa and Tauranga! Get Last Place tickets via UTR.
Tour starts this week in Kirikiriroa and Tauranga! Get Last Place tickets via UTR.
Nicholas Joseph Shares Debut Album 'Sailing'
On tour this spring in Kirikiriroa, Tāmaki Makaurau, Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tauranga.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Nick from Big Sigh just released his debut solo album - make sure you give it a spin!
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The tag team musical match up we've all been waiting for — Alphabethead and Grecco Romank's tour starts this week in Whanganui & Pōneke, with all-killer special guests!
Get Porridge Watson tickets via UTR 💥
Get Porridge Watson tickets via UTR 💥
Alphabethead & Grecco Romank Touring Together This Spring
Playing in Tāmaki Makaurau, Whanganui, Kirikiriroa (no Grecco) and Pōneke.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The tag team musical match up we've all been waiting for — Alphabethead and Grecco Romank's tour starts this week in Whanganui & Pōneke, with all-killer special guests!
Get Porridge Watson tickets via UTR 💥
Get Porridge Watson tickets via UTR 💥
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Rocketing to number five on the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums chart, Cindy are touring their debut album The Way I Do (1:12 Records / @sunreturn.bsky.social) — letting rip at Rosemarys in Taupō and Last Place in Kirikiriroa this week!
Get tickets NOW via UTR.
Get tickets NOW via UTR.
Track By Track: Cindy's Debut Album 'The Way I Do'
Tāmaki Makaurau garage punks are touring nationwide.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Rocketing to number five on the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums chart, Cindy are touring their debut album The Way I Do (1:12 Records / @sunreturn.bsky.social) — letting rip at Rosemarys in Taupō and Last Place in Kirikiriroa this week!
Get tickets NOW via UTR.
Get tickets NOW via UTR.
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Dive into our Release Radar — Aotearoa highlights from deepState, JessB, Daffodils, Achtung!, Paddy Fred and the new South Pacific Dance Organisation compilation ☔️
Release Radar: deepState, JessB, Daffodils, Achtung!, Paddy Fred, South Pacific Dance Organisation
New and recent sonic gems from Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 14, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Dive into our Release Radar — Aotearoa highlights from deepState, JessB, Daffodils, Achtung!, Paddy Fred and the new South Pacific Dance Organisation compilation ☔️
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Cindy are official in the charts!
September 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Cindy are official in the charts!
Today listeners will transcend the dance floor with the release of deepState’s third album Rain 🌧️
The record is a deeply personal evolution of deepState’s sound, built for both solitary late-night listening and the collective release of dancing in the club.
🔗 deepstate-music.bandcamp.com
The record is a deeply personal evolution of deepState’s sound, built for both solitary late-night listening and the collective release of dancing in the club.
🔗 deepstate-music.bandcamp.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Today listeners will transcend the dance floor with the release of deepState’s third album Rain 🌧️
The record is a deeply personal evolution of deepState’s sound, built for both solitary late-night listening and the collective release of dancing in the club.
🔗 deepstate-music.bandcamp.com
The record is a deeply personal evolution of deepState’s sound, built for both solitary late-night listening and the collective release of dancing in the club.
🔗 deepstate-music.bandcamp.com
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Alphabethead's new vid for 'Misanthrope' (@sunreturn.bsky.social) is a mutagenic jolt of energy — animated by Dr D Foothead & made with support from NZ On Air.
Catch Alphabethead on tour this spring! Get tickets via UTR.
Catch Alphabethead on tour this spring! Get tickets via UTR.
Watch Alphabethead's Animated Video For 'Misanthrope'
Playing in Tāmaki Makaurau, Whanganui, Kirikiriroa and Pōneke this spring
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Alphabethead's new vid for 'Misanthrope' (@sunreturn.bsky.social) is a mutagenic jolt of energy — animated by Dr D Foothead & made with support from NZ On Air.
Catch Alphabethead on tour this spring! Get tickets via UTR.
Catch Alphabethead on tour this spring! Get tickets via UTR.
Cronenberg meets claymation in Dr D Foothead's new music video for Alphabethead's Misanthrope! Made with support from NZoA Music, watch as this undulating subject is fed aural and visual stimulation and marvel at its mutation / evolution in real-time!
📹 youtu.be/I1-HOESXO08?...
📹 youtu.be/I1-HOESXO08?...
September 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Cronenberg meets claymation in Dr D Foothead's new music video for Alphabethead's Misanthrope! Made with support from NZoA Music, watch as this undulating subject is fed aural and visual stimulation and marvel at its mutation / evolution in real-time!
📹 youtu.be/I1-HOESXO08?...
📹 youtu.be/I1-HOESXO08?...
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New 95bFM Freak The Sheep episode up ~ vinyl only special!
Click thru to listen 👉 95bfm.com/bcast/freak-...
Click thru to listen 👉 95bfm.com/bcast/freak-...
September 6, 2026 at 8:24 AM
New 95bFM Freak The Sheep episode up ~ vinyl only special!
Click thru to listen 👉 95bfm.com/bcast/freak-...
Click thru to listen 👉 95bfm.com/bcast/freak-...
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September 4, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Cindy shared the lowdown on every tune on their excellent debut album The Way I Do — out today via 1:12 Records and @sunreturn.bsky.social 🙌
Don't miss the explosive group's nationwide launch tour, starting TONIGHT at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar! Get tickets via UTR.
Don't miss the explosive group's nationwide launch tour, starting TONIGHT at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar! Get tickets via UTR.
Track By Track: Cindy's Debut Album 'The Way I Do'
Tāmaki Makaurau garage punks are touring nationwide.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Cindy shared the lowdown on every tune on their excellent debut album The Way I Do — out today via 1:12 Records and @sunreturn.bsky.social 🙌
Don't miss the explosive group's nationwide launch tour, starting TONIGHT at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar! Get tickets via UTR.
Don't miss the explosive group's nationwide launch tour, starting TONIGHT at Tāmaki's Whammy Bar! Get tickets via UTR.
sidequesting this Oct/Nov 🧙♂️
Aotearoa noise-rockers Sulfate have announced a full-scale nationwide tour for their upcoming album And It Wants + unveiled behemoth new single 'Judgement'.
And It Wants is out via Flying Nun Records / Holiday Records on 23rd October! Get tickets NOW via UTR (Wgtn tix via meow.nz) ⚖️
And It Wants is out via Flying Nun Records / Holiday Records on 23rd October! Get tickets NOW via UTR (Wgtn tix via meow.nz) ⚖️
Sulfate Announce 'And It Wants' Aotearoa Tour + Share Single 'Judgement'
Aotearoa noise-rockers are touring their upcoming Flying Nun Records album nationwide.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
September 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
sidequesting this Oct/Nov 🧙♂️
CINDY have released their long awaited debut album ‘The Way I Do,’ out in collaboration between 1:12 Records and Sunreturn. The Way I Do presents Cindy at their finest. Refined, whetted and locked in, distilling a decade's worth of shows into 11 tracks of uniquely NZ garage punk and alternative rock
September 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
CINDY have released their long awaited debut album ‘The Way I Do,’ out in collaboration between 1:12 Records and Sunreturn. The Way I Do presents Cindy at their finest. Refined, whetted and locked in, distilling a decade's worth of shows into 11 tracks of uniquely NZ garage punk and alternative rock
Outside of the panel at Going Global, have any political parties publicly responded to the NZ Music Manifesto?
September 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Outside of the panel at Going Global, have any political parties publicly responded to the NZ Music Manifesto?
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Great Sounds Great going to be the last time I play live anywhere for probably a good minute so I'd love to see a few familiar faces there 🤙
Eyegum bring you Great Sounds Great festival THIS WEEK in Te Whanganui-a-Tara — kicking off with The Night Before Newtown Multi-Venue Warmer on Friday!
Get GSG tickets via eyegum.co.nz / The Night Before tickets via UTR ✨
Get GSG tickets via eyegum.co.nz / The Night Before tickets via UTR ✨
Interview: Eyegum Music Collective - Great Sounds Great 2026 Festival
Multi-venue Te Whanganui-a-Tara music and arts festival is happening this September.
www.undertheradar.co.nz
August 31, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Great Sounds Great going to be the last time I play live anywhere for probably a good minute so I'd love to see a few familiar faces there 🤙