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Miniatures were a Christchurch dream pop and shoegaze duo — Ché Walden and Annemarie Duff — who relocated to Melbourne and released the acclaimed LP Jessamines on Saint Marie Records in 2017. Formed around 2010, the project grew from bedroom recordings to an internationally recognised act in the shoegaze revival.
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Christchurch lo-fi collective founded by Luke Towart in 2012, recorded to four-track cassette. Members have included Brian Feary, Ben Woods and Adam Hattaway. Their 2023 album The Giant's Lawn was named one of the best New Zealand albums of the year by Rolling Stone NZ.
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Auckland experimental/noise rock group releasing cassettes and vinyl through Night People, Hideotic and Selection Records. The A-Team released 2019 on Melted Ice Cream.
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Dunedin indie pop group rooted in the jangle pop tradition. Released Opposite Sex (2011, Fishrider Records), Hamlet (2015) and High Drama (2021, Spik & Span).
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Christchurch lo-fi solo project of James G. Sullivan. Released cassette EPs from 2013 before debuting on vinyl with In The Marigolds (2022) and Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn (2024) on Melted Ice Cream.
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Wellington indie pop four-piece formed by twin brothers Oliver and Callum Devlin. Signed to Carpark Records (US), their 2022 album No Drama was nominated for the Taite Music Prize and earned international praise. Known for eclectic influences spanning 60s pop, musical theatre, and 70s disco.
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Dunedin electronic trio featuring Lucinda King, Hope Robertson and Danny Brady. Their three albums — Death and the Maiden (2015), Wisteria (2018) and Uneven Ground (2024) — fuse post-punk guitars with dream-pop electronics on Fishrider Records.
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Christchurch guitarist and songwriter, member of Wurld Series and Salad Boys. Released Put (2019) and Dispeller (2022) on Melted Ice Cream.
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Power-pop group from Rangiora, Canterbury. Released Life Under The Big Top EP (2018) and albums On An Unhistoric Night (2022) and The Hollow Husk of Feeling (2024) on Melted Ice Cream and Meritorio Records.
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Woolston, Christchurch alt rock'n'roll band led by guitarist and singer Adam Hattaway (formerly of Wurld Series and The Eastern). Seven studio albums in seven years, from the 2018 debut All Dat Love through to Hot Variety (2025). Rooster (2021) reached #16 on the NZ album charts and was playlisted on 40-plus US radio stations.
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Biography Poppy Dunedin-based 4-piece featuring future Cloudboy vocalist Demarnia Lloyd. The excellent scattering of recordings bassist Pete Gorman has archived on Youtube show the…
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Auckland multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and film composer Don McGlashan — frontman of Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds — has been one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed musicians for over four decades, inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
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Pine were a Christchurch-based trio of Aaron Beehre, Hannah Beehre and Stephen McCarthy, releasing five albums on Arch Hill Recordings between 2001 and 2010. Operating without a drummer, the band combined jangly Kiwi pop with Britpop influences and toured with Neil Finn. Co-founder Stephen McCarthy later became a co-owner of Arch Hill Recordings.
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Post-punk four-piece from Ōtautahi Christchurch, formed 2018. Their 2024 debut album In Circles established them as one of the most compelling voices in the contemporary New Zealand indie scene.
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Biography George Churton formed high-octane rock group The Lovehorror Web around 1987 with an initial supporting line of Mick Elborado, Phil Hubbard and his…
