Category Archives: b artists

wonderful home-brewed recordings from annabelle alpers – the now auckland-based guitarist, keyboardist and singer-songwriter formerly of the supremely under-recognized christchurch troop hawaii five-0. her debut ep the end of things is full of memorable, catchy pop gems – smothered in … Continue reading →

auckland hard-core / skate-punk outfit featuring ben lythberg (drums), mike hall (vox – later of pluto and shayne carters’ crica 2004 dimmer funk-band), rhys williams (gat), dean cameron (bass). balance formed the elevenfiftyseven record label as an effort to raise … Continue reading →

discographypicks in bold tram to the rise cd-r [root don lonie for cash rdl080] dog lathe-cut 7″ [root don lonie for cash rdl088]

ex-pats julie dolphin (a successive british pop outfit that even managed tours with oasis throughout the 1990s) split in the ealy 00s, with founding kiwi duo brett adams (himself an ex-mocker) and dianne swan (everything that flies) returning to new … Continue reading →

fuzzy guitar-rock from a stink magnetic one-man band. evil toured as part of the labels one-man band tour in 2006 finding fans of old-fashioned reverby and fuzzed out guitar rock up and down the country.discographypicks in bold no releasesrn

short-lived wellington hard-rock 3-piece comprised of head like a hole‘s tom watson and nigel reagan, and bolstered by craig terris. put out a 7″ ep on andrew tolley’s excellent kato label.discographypicks in bold live from russia 7″ ep [kato Kato … Continue reading →

lower-hutt death-metal / grind-core from mike (drums), ryan (guitar), matt (vocals), jason (bass), alex (guitar) with a handful of self-produced recordings and some international support slots under their belt since forming in the late 1990s (after a myriard of lineup … Continue reading →

Dunedin group from the mid 80s featuring vocalist Ted Clarke.music videos TVNZ Dunedin and ChCh bands 1984, featuring the Backdoor Blues Band