Category Archives: p artists

Psych Tigers

Posted on January 30, 2012 by fraew

Originally the solo recording alias of teenage frontman Sam Perry (Vox/Guitar), now a live band also consisting of Matt Gunn (Bass, also of Ipswich), Steven Marr (Guitar, Ipswich and Miniatures) and Todd Williamson (Drums). Perry’s recordings have made a splash … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Piha Rescue

Posted on January 27, 2012 by fraew

Most likely defunct 3-piece surf-guitar covers group from Christchurch. Formed some time around late 2009 by Che Walden (guitar, also of Miniatures), Ben Dodd (bass, Lonely Harris Club, Bits and Pieces) and Alice Connelly (drums), who left for Wellington in … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Tagged , | Leave a comment

palace at 4am

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

palace at 4am is an up and coming dunedin four-piece fronted by singer/guitarist emma milburn, along with arc life sound-man supremo thomas bell (bass – also currently in david kilgour‘s heavy eights), gregg cairns (percussion) and lesley paris (ex-look blue … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment

palace of wisdom

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

palace of wisdom originally starting out as a two man, acoustic guitar (thanks to ben johnson, aka long-time christchurch rock’n’roller leon zhivago of the incisions, hi-tone destroyers et all) and sing scream gutter-poetry from the man they call ox – … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment

pacific heights

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

as a jazz-trained electronic musician, devin abrams first appeared as a saxophonist and front-man for the popular live drum’n’bass outfit shapeshifter, releasing solo material through local start-up fabel recordings in the early 00s. jazz-textured electronica, rnhigh on style and low … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists, Rambling | Tagged | Leave a comment

pig out

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

live electro-house-rave band founded as a side-project by house of dolls‘ marie celeste (keyboards) and kit clayton (vocals, drum programming); with the original intent of being joined by the enigmatic nick harte (shocking pinks) – though he essentially exists as … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment

pieters, kim

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

articulate bassist / guitarist from such bands as rain, flies inside the sun etc. has performed in various free-form works with the likes of bruce russell and peter stapleton.discographypicks in bold last glass [collaboration with bruce russell, peter stapleton corpus … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment

picnic boys

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

kevin smith (guitar / vocals – who later went on to find fame as an actor in the likes of hercules before he died tragically in the early 2000s) released a series of tapes, often with pat faigan (drums – … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment

phonoss

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

stoner rock lo-fi solo project from joed out‘s micheal brennan.discographypicks in bold eliminator mini-album [2004 powertool records PT024]

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment

phoenix foundation

Posted on February 3, 2011 by fraew

acclaimed and eclectic wellington pop outfit with huge flourishes of whimsical instrumentation and whatnot. their debut caused quite a bit of fuss, critics gushing at their use of melody and whatnot. conrad wedde, samuel flynn scott, luke buda, tim hansen, … Continue reading →

Posted in p artists | Leave a comment