This weekend Auckland band Young Lyre are releasing their hot new EP Night Swimming so, earlier on this week, Jon E went to one of their practices to get the inside scoop.

Listen below for the audio.

Made with the help of NZ On Air, it’s Homegrown, Friday Nights at 11 on Life FM.

Hamiltonian-now-living-in-Wellington Miss Bright, known to her mates as Hannah, has just released her debut EP, which you can download for 'pay-what-you-like' (read as: FREE) right now!

Check out her facebook for updates, and go to her bandcamp page to get the songs. 

This week on Homegrown we're talking with Sam and Strahan from the Auckland Band, The Cinematic. They are not really together anymore as a band… but the EP is available and it’s awesome. Hear about how they came together, why they are no longer together, and what they are up to now.

Made with the help of NZ On Air, it’s Homegrown, Friday Nights at 11 on Life FM.

Listen to the audio below.

It's been a while but kiwi-worship experts Magnify are back and ready to record a new EP. They need your help on indiegogo.com (kinda like kickstarter) to fund the recording process.

As little as $15 gets you a signed copy of the EP, but only for the first 500 - so jump on it!

This is the best idea since ages ago: Get some of the best musos together, team them up with passionate, brilliant, deep lyrics, and then give the album away for free.

Tune in through the next couple of weeks to hear some of the tunes from The Cinematic's new self-titled EP, and when you've got some free wifi, head to their bandcamp page and get you that free album.

While you're at it, 'Like' them on facebook and tell them what you think of the new tunes.

How does some new kiwi music sound? Yea, we think it's a good idea too.

The Cinematic have released their self-titled EP on bandcamp today, and it's pay-whatever-you-like. So you can take it for free if you want, or flick them a few dollars to say thanks.

You little beauties!

Here's one for you electronic fiends.. Andy Hunter is set to release Glow on July 23, and here's the music video for "Spiral".

Glow is the follow-up EP to Collide which is on iTunes now. And in the meantime, check out some of Andy's in-studio videos to see behind-the-scenes of the project.

If you loved David Crowder Band before the called it a day at the start of this year, you'll LOVE The Digital Age. The non-David members of the DC*B make some very sweet worship music together (see this, this, or this), and they've just released their Rehearsals EP on iTunes.

It's the best 11 bucks you'll spend all week. Honest.

With the Revival EP today, here's a look at the new music video for the single "Revival".

Make sure you vote it up at the countdown page if you want to see it at Number 1, and catch the JATS guys on the 2012 Revolution Tour.

Before the new EP from Owl City comes out next week, Adam Young has gone ahead and posted the four tracks onto soundcloud to listen to! Here's a couple of tracks from it for you to check out.

UPDATE 15/4/12 || It's available! Download it from iTunes now for $5 - would love to know what you think.