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Flashback to my 2002 review of The Clean's 'Anthology' (2002, Flying Nun Records, FN468, a double CD monster packed to the brim with material from The Clean's early and mid-period releases. #nzmusic #theclean #anthology #flyingnun
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Wow, this is loud, caustic stuff. The 2nd album from the ever-changing Christchurch 3-piece The Incisions blow the current crop of rock'n'roll revivalists out of the water. Its pure fire in a recording, scratchy, loud, abrasive and rude - more in the style of Japanese noise merchants Guitar Wolf or (particularly) Teengenrate than The Datsuns (who seem positively polished in comparison).
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My review of 'Compilation', the original retrospective of The Clean's first phase releases. 2 singles and 2 EPs crammed into a brilliant album.
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2001, Arclife Records, ARC010 Demarnia Lloyd is something of an enigma in the Dunedin music scene. Over the past 7 years her involvement in…
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2001, Flying Nun Records, FNCD456 After 20 years of continually releasing dynamic, independent and thoroughly inventive music – the Tall Dwarfs have released perhaps…
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2002, Arclife Records Oh how CD’s have changed the face of music! Where once a double-album ‘opus’ from the likes of Led Zeppelin barely…
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2001, She’ll Be Right, SBR98912 Six years is a long time to be waiting for a debut album. Christchurch, New Zealand hip-hop duo dark…
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2005, Flying Nun Records, FNCD494 Mathematical Warfare is an album with a heavy back-story and variety of disclaimers. Almost completely removed stylistically from the…
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2002, Sugarlicks Recordings, SUGARCD002 Following on from Sugarlicks first compilation ‘Urban Soul Pollution’, comes ‘Pacific Soul Warriors’ — without quite the high-profile line-up that…
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1998, Antenna Recordings, ANT012 Originally published as a retrospective feature review for Stylus Magazine There’s a distinct possibility that you may never see this…
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Self-Released [2002] Chirpy 3-minute pop melodies aplenty with Solo Bravo‘s debut ep ‘Action On The Highways’. Twin vocalists and the inclusion of trombone and…
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2003 Reissue, Flying Nun, FNCD099 As part of Flying Nun’s initial installment of classic album reissues (celebrating the labels 21st birthday), The Gordons first album…
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Self-Released, 2002 Self-releasing seems to be the way to go in New Zealand at the moment. Minisnap have finally put out their long awaited ‘In…
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2001, Flying Nun Records, FNCD459 The Clean are something of an enigma to me – i’ve just caught them live on the Getaway tour…
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2007, A Low Hum, HUM032 You ever play Q-Bert? How about Paper-Boy? Ever seen the hilarious end sequence from the Monkey Island games? I…
