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New Zealand music, all in one place

Somebody at the bar says the drummer used to be in another band. Somebody else disagrees. Nobody can remember the name of the record. That is what this is for.

Sonic Den is a free directory of original New Zealand bands, artists and the rooms they play in. Look someone up before you buy the ticket, or after you have seen them and want to know more.

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234 Artists
91 Venues
44 Genres
2015 Listing since
A dozen at random. Reload for twelve more.

Artists and bands

Browse all 234
Ant Wars Alternative / Experimental Rock / Grunge The Digg Psychedelic / Surf-Rock Quarks DJ / Producer / Electronic Weird Together DJ / Producer / Electronic / Funk Salad Boys Alternative / Rock Sons of Zion Dub / Reggae / RnB / Soul Stingray Blues / Jazz Badcrop Hip-Hop / Rap The Klaus Kinskis Rock Princess Chelsea Indie-Pop / Pop Kids of 88 Pop Thee Rum Coves Garage / Psychedelic / Rock
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Where the gigs are

Live music venues

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Why this exists

It has never made a cent, and that is the point

Sonic Den started in 2015 because we kept having the same conversation in pubs. Who are these guys? Have they got a record out? Is it worth twenty dollars and a Friday night? The answers were out there, scattered across a dozen places, and by the time anyone got round to piecing them together the moment had gone.

So we built the place we wanted to look things up in. One page per band, written by the band wherever we can manage it, with every link you need to go and actually hear them — and a map of the rooms putting them on stage.

There are no ads here. Nobody pays to be listed, nobody pays to be listed higher, and there is no affiliate link taking a cut of your ticket. It has never made money and it was never meant to. We do it because we like live music and we would rather it kept happening.

If a page here is about you and something is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. If you would rather it was not here at all, say so and we will take it down. No reasons needed, no argument.

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Are you in a band?

If you write and play your own music in New Zealand, you can have a page here. Send us your details and we’ll build it. It costs nothing, and it always will.

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Run a venue?

If you put original New Zealand music on stage and you are not on the map, tell us. Listing a venue is free too.

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