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Best Bets
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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The Beths
Auckland indie rock four-piece formed in 2014 by University of Auckland jazz graduates. Known for sweetly sung, self-deprecating power pop, they won the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll for 'Expert In A Dying Field' and have released four albums on Carpark Records and ANTI- Records.
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Erny Belle
Ngāpuhi singer-songwriter whose alt-folk, country, and Pacific pop-tinged music is rooted in the Kaipara and her whakapapa. Her two Flying Nun albums — Venus Is Home (2022) and Not Your Cupid (2023) — established her as one of Aotearoa's most distinctive voices.
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Beach Pigs
Auckland indie and pop-punk four-piece who released their debut EP on Arch Hill Recordings in 2012, followed by the album Grom Warfare in 2014. Known for their high-energy live shows and sun-soaked guitar pop.
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Beastwars
Wellington sludge metal band whose 2019 album IV debuted at number one on the NZ Albums Chart.
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Black Albino
Black Albino was the name of a trio Hodgson fronted as guitarist for a single show in 2004. The show reunited last-generation Incisions members Tim McDonald (Drums) and Karl Jensen (Bass) for a balls-to-the-wall explosion of noise - excellent stuff and an indication of what Hodgson can do given the context. #nzmusic #blackalbino
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Brothers Gorgonzola
Christchurch, or maybe Wellington group that released a split 7" single on Campbell McLay's Onset/Offset records in 1986. Played with The Axemen at some point. The members would go on to form a number of Wellington-based groups. #nzmusic #brothersgorgonzola
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Bad Evil
Fuzzy guitar-rock with surf-trash overtones from Stink Magnetic one-man band (and purveyor of classic New Zealand guitars) Aidan Moody; formerly of super-group The Dallas Pro-Drag Allstars. Moody started out in the Manawatu region but moved to Christchurch around 2006. Expanded to a 3-piece for a handful of shows with support from 'The Dirty Germs', a pickup group featuring the likes of his Grand Chancellors bandmate Luke Wood (drums) Violet French (bass) and others. #nzmusic #badevil #stinkmagnetic
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Barnard’s Star
Excellent Christchurch shoegaze / electronic group with a unique, spacey sound. Released an EP and 2 7" lathe cut singles on the Beat Atlas imprint in the late 1990's before going their seperate ways. #nzmusic #barnardsstar
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Boss Christ
The man with the biggest side-burns in town (deep in the heart of the Manawatu), Boss Christ is hairy, werewolf-soundtrack producing, floor-thumping slide-guitarist of the Stink Magnetic variety, throwing down dirty, primitive recordings to a devoted cult following. #nzmusic #bosschrist #stinkmagnetic #homekillrecords
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Bygone Era
Bygone Era were a prominent but short-lived late 1980's rock group with hardcore punk aspirations, during an era when New Zealand had few hardcore punk groups. They put out an EP, and a split 7" with The Warners on Onslaught Records label (run by vocalist Rowan Coffey's brother Simon) before breaking up in 1989, their full length album 'Get Airborne' coming out posthumously. #nzmusic #nzhardcore #bygoneera #thewarners
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Blam Blam Blam
Blam Blam Blam was a politically-charged underground pop act with touches of post-punk guitar, intelligent lyrics and the melodic touch of Don McGlashan's vocals and Euphonium playing on killer signature tunes like 'There is no depression in New Zealand' and 'Don't fight it Marsha (it's bigger than the both of us)'.
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Bang! Bang! Eche!
Christchurch eletro-pop troop that burst onto the All-Ages scene with the super-fun home-recorded MySpace single ('Nikee') and then a flurry of live shows, including achieving success as a wildcard entry in the Smoke-Free Rock-Quest regional finals. An exciting mix of electronics, guitar and pulsating rhythm, Bang! Bang! Eche! are Charlie Ryder (guitar), James Sullivan (Drums), T'Nealle Worsley (Bass) and Zach Doney (Vocals / Effects).
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BnP
Brash, noisy, post-Earthquake Christchurch group who made a bit of a splash with the 'Welcome to Mediocrity' release on local label Melted Ice Cream in 2012.
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Bedford Tours
A bizarre cassette release from Robert Scott and Andrew Strang; providing incidental sound and commentary of the long drive (in a Bedford van) from Christchurch to Dunedin.