| Artist: |
Title of Album: |
Nominating record label: |
Album listening source: |
| A Crude Mechanical |
Discourse |
Public Witness Records |
https://acrudemechanical.bandcamp.com/album/discourse |
| alayna |
Self Portrait Of A Woman Unravelling |
Nettwerk |
https://alayna.ffm.to/selfportrait.bio |
| Albi & the Wolves |
Light After the Dark |
AllGood Absolute Alternative Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0RdAdNjBmqxJu0iPrHzWrO?si=CDMmxyvqSpurPaHlNzf0GA |
| BEACHWARE |
It's Only Time |
Beachware Ltd |
https://open.spotify.com/album/431tAfviBBgScvAgzzF3sL?si=VyQzkjrOSwOk-TbJBNdYdw |
| Betsy and The Reckless |
Salty |
Independent |
https://betsyandthereckless.bandcamp.com/album/salty |
| Bryony Matthews |
We're All The Same |
Independent |
https://bryonymatthews.bandcamp.com/album/were-all-the-same |
| Ch! Nonso |
Kola Nuts & Chardonnay |
Independent Artist |
https://music.apple.com/nz/album/kola-nuts-chardonnay/1675797286 |
| Cheap Sav For Dead Friends |
Cheap Sav For Dead Friends |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/6A5R5Q1VCqI6JkmxJyiyc1?si=MGEPjN2AS32pWr3wiRA3TA |
| Clementine Valentine |
The Coin That Broke The Fountain Floor |
Flying Nun Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/3jDXLu8og6gO0S5QJKpjVZ?si=3j2at9tWTZGKlaZDJm4IbQ |
| Corrella |
Road From 26 |
Corrella / Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa |
https://corrella.bandcamp.com/album/road-from-26 |
| D.C. Maxwell |
Lone Rider |
Danger Collective Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0JHKxQbO3Gh0aYygcumkiM |
| deepState |
Dreams |
Sunreturn |
https://open.spotify.com/album/7HUwWVlwamTXYm17rA453G?si=XNti7giuRzmTQS0WgWfLxQ |
| Demons of Noon |
Death Machine |
Independent |
https://demonsofnoon.bandcamp.com/album/death-machine |
| Dick Move |
Wet |
1:12 Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/6aj2jIW8gOZLAbdg3frfTa?si=KGLDcla6S7G-RFomiRMVoQ |
| Donna Dean |
Kisses and Other Things |
Delta Vee |
https://donnadean1.bandcamp.com/album/kisses-and-other-things |
| Ebony Lamb |
Ebony Lamb |
Slow Time Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0uYXOWbcgkySj0htAs32Cx?si=k1PxQpSkQJOFUDuiuqxV8Q |
| Erny Belle |
Not Your Cupid |
Flying Nun Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/48Ccju0seSWWB3ybbrVn6I?si=qreWN3JTRY62awddDqAZKA |
| Eyeliner |
brb |
My Pet Flamingo |
https://mypetflamingo.bandcamp.com/album/brb |
| Foley |
Crowd Pleaser |
Nettwerk |
https://open.spotify.com/album/60vWUnWhnEsAyJfcEp8C1u?si=y1HlP57JQdSSQmTUlbabqg |
| French for Rabbits |
In The End I Won't Be Coming Home |
AllGod Absolute Alternative Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/2f0uMLzNyLLtdSWMNmdjWZ?si=RNAra2pYQP-s7io8r9Tt4Q |
| Grant Haua |
Mana Blues |
Dixiefrog |
https://open.spotify.com/album/7qg0WUfZNC8vBVTvb7PIik?si=KISb57sDQbO1pAmC7IHYwg |
| Grayson Gilmour |
Holding Patterns |
Flying Nun Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Xmd2kd9noeHOYPBwd7hCZ?si=ZJzuQadbRoe_6BUZX4zdxg |
| Grecco Romank |
Wet Exit |
Moral Support |
https://greccoromank.bandcamp.com/album/wet-exit |
| Guardian Singles |
Feed Me To The Doves |
Trouble In Mind |
guardiansingles.bandcamp.com/album/feed-me-to-the-doves |
| Hemi Hemingway |
Strangers Again |
Punk Slime Recordings |
https://hemihemingway.bandcamp.com/album/strangers-again-lp |
| Home Brew |
Run It Back |
Years Gone By |
https://open.spotify.com/album/58XdVll8nynryYv4602rua?si=vEyN6eUbS72-EpUFhZ6-MA |
| Imperial April |
Imperial April |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ruaerHsMhCVBqidgSr0Nw?si=NoXbH52gSs-8XWIKAizf0A |
| Infinity Ritual |
Infinity Ritual II |
Vinyl Countdown |
https://open.spotify.com/album/5pwAq0mqGcmzhH9Rf14krC?si=pZuE-IZ1TyKiqsMz_DBaRg |
| Jazmine Mary |
Dog |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/5yVT7ofd2Z5SLqKn1C3EtB?si=lBmhv6NtSDuwA9a1UDsMIA |
| K M T P |
With Love, K M T P |
Sunreturn |
https://kmtp.bandcamp.com/album/with-love-k-m-t-p |
| Leaping Tiger |
Godspeed! |
ESP |
https://open.spotify.com/album/1JObhP6gPjBu2DoEYJbvZO?si=h7UDY1CdRGGGUsk8omV1yw |
| Maisey Rika |
Hinamarama |
First Nation Music Aotearoa |
https://maiseyrikamusic.bandcamp.com/album/hinamarama |
| Mermaidens |
Mermaidens |
Independent |
https://mermaidens.bandcamp.com |
| Mice on Stilts |
I Am Proud of You |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/7wnEBaUbX0ingXfCkqXo3e?si=xmfD_rJpQjqUckIgw2nFDg |
| Miriam Clancy |
Black Heart |
Desert Road Records |
https://ditto.fm/black_heart |
| Murmur Tooth & Lars Moston |
No Time to Explain |
Motor Music |
https://open.spotify.com/album/2WscwpVEESLI56Ib5FFTNa?si=FwsbqSJmQWS3C9UbDtZNLw |
| Newzerror |
Behind the Mask |
Zerror Records |
https://bio.link/newzerror |
| Nick Hyde |
The Mountain |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/7iml4LOtTrOZZs9JR28NKK |
| Office Dog |
Spiel |
Flying Nun Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/5jSK4jeCpxMxhuySk8EOBI?si=SpdAAI35QMujBbZJgje7Fw |
| OP Lilypad |
OPLP |
Sunreturn |
https://oplilypad.bandcamp.com/album/oplp |
| Paige |
King Clown |
Sony Music |
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ruCuWl2zADdyMIHE7wAYn?si=96SFCZ9pSxWL3fCq8ULrbQ |
| Paul McLaney |
As The North Attracts The Needle |
AAA Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Luil3FNHgv0WimegAEGNT?si=Ib4RmSdnRKWtugmC5U7Log |
| Pickle Darling |
Laundromat |
Father/Daughter Records |
https://pickledarling.bandcamp.com/album/laundromat-2 |
| Polly Hill & Samara Alofs |
AQUARIES |
Kuini Qontrol |
https://open.spotify.com/album/6eN3p2fyHNnNCSyJrA231g?si=qUHL1UwbSAmhT0crPDNcAA |
| Rebel Reid |
Hiria |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/7rZI1ZRMoaEPQy40fg5XB2?si=oP1cNHTdQPacle6tvo3UuA |
| Ringlets |
Ringlets |
Mutual Skies / Leather Jacket Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ne4zCrpacxqkasTa5lhyY?si=vSXmdmNFQW6FBCtoFCqBRg |
| Rodney Fisher & The Response |
Art School Dropout |
Bigpop Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0sD6AM6IlpioaXw6K4JJiu?si=sWLS5dhITB6sfrKs1xEcZA |
| Russel Walder |
Speak to the Storm |
Nomad Soul Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/4TcqVMeOQYHChvtLhA2Mqs?si=iKhGUrVIS5OOCv9ydiasEg |
| Ryan Fisherman |
Country EMO |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/1AeLGJWL3NgHxrIjrT0scW?si=I3DELZawR6y5G92fVdjspA |
| Sanoi |
Echoes Of Home |
Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa |
https://sanoi.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-home |
| Serebii |
Inside |
Innovative Leisure |
https://open.spotify.com/album/2mhUlq89PNUsG0iRweZ8no |
| Shepherds Reign |
Ala Mai |
Golden Robot Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0AfobmWOBsHHiGg7yJI1UX?si=Iu9HxWmrR_C2EgpoDKS3uA |
| Sofia Machray |
Language Of Flowers |
Independent |
https://open.spotify.com/album/6AQn3ctsx5HOsDJTWHjl2X?si=uWMVD_Z9TJKH4rmaHAmlTg |
| Soft Plastics |
Saturn Return |
Independent |
https://softplasticsband.bandcamp.com/album/saturn-return |
| Strawpeople |
Knucklebones |
Bigpop Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0IoAkNLoRcSvHALvcu8IyT?si=IL_1anAQRbmcfrgFdl2j-g |
| Summer Thieves |
Cigarettes In Space |
Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa |
https://summerthieves.bandcamp.com/album/cigarettes-in-space |
| Sundae Painters |
Sundae Painters |
Leather Jacket Records |
https://sundaepainters.bandcamp.com/album/sundae-painters |
| Swallow the Rat |
South Locust |
Shifting Sounds |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0lzZvrAgD4yPEt3sp29rx9?autoplay=true |
| Terrible Sons |
The Raft Is Not The Shore |
Nettwerk |
https://open.spotify.com/album/4tQZLOgC9wm9boLPAtpABq?si=qt6StD8cQN-YyfMIoD86lA |
| The Fuzzies |
Cupid |
Powertool Records |
https://thefuzzies.bandcamp.com/album/cupid |
| The Veils |
...And Out Of The Void Came Love |
Banished From The Universe |
https://open.spotify.com/album/4R23KXbp46S0enkpcaAoBB?si=BiG0VNONSGS6BKGNBb9_eQ |
| Tiki Taane |
Tiki Taane in Session with CSO |
Tikidub Productions |
https://open.spotify.com/album/4DxHhVZO3rYdoWEqjoJZMR?si=MBCQSr6SQzmIvpE23bZVxg |
| Tiny Ruins |
Ceremony |
Ursa Minor |
https://open.spotify.com/album/5weOtEa4giqwaGzrqVASTW?si=tp8iutgVQxuyr9EEL13K2A |
| Tom Lark |
Brave Star |
Winegum Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/4fkl08koukUq4tn7acrQUp?si=Jjc5l37RQD6D8VrdLPZgOw |
| Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
V |
Jagjaguwar |
https://open.spotify.com/album/1epwNzmWdqkBQQZpTa8KJD |
| Vera Ellen |
Ideal Home Noise |
Flying Nun Records |
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Z3Ct5Z2PsE8EoesRp1kfh?si=dKd2rB8LS2un3n83DBIESQ |
| Violet Hirst |
Donegal |
Independent |
https://violethirst.bandcamp.com/album/donegal |
| Wurld Series |
The Giant’s Lawn |
Melted Ice Cream / Meritorio Records |
https://wurldseries.bandcamp.com/album/the-giants-lawn |