short-lived west-auckland pop-rock outfit from the early 1980s that put out a 7″ on simon griggs’ furtive records, and started the recording career of future headless chicken front-man chris matthews. also featured guitarist nick crowther. Discography picks in bold ‘crying… Read More »Prime Movers
its hard to describe pumpkinhead. maybe riding off the likes of the infectious grooves, but with a mid-90s funk-metal edge (not as bad as it sounds) that distinguished them from just about everyone. hugely popular through-out new zealand for a… Read More »Pumpkinhead
spooky punky pop from defunct palmerston north outfit on spotty dog. Discography picks in bold hard of hearing no. 3 cassette [1995 w/ dog tooth violet / vortex victims spotty dog 09 spots]
from mike puke: played in nelson punk band, dead centre, 1988 – 1998. in 1997 i started recording my own songs, as well as sometimes playing live solo. first recordings recorded partly in my house truck using solar power, roughly… Read More »The Pukes
stoner rock lo-fi solo project from joed out‘s micheal brennan. Discography picks in bold eliminator mini-album [2004 powertool records PT024]
a brash but likeable auckland-based pop outfit based around the vocal talents of milan borich and tim arnold, who built up a large following through-out new zealand in the early 00s. keyboardist mattias jordan and former head like a hole… Read More »Pluto
sludgy low hum drones and other such digitally manipulated tone from peter wright – previously of atonal death, and the proprietor of the apoplexy label. Discography picks in bold gemini cd-r [apoplexy apx013] soyuz cd-r [apoplexy apx016] untitled cd-r [freedom… Read More »Polio
edwards lazy, mic and fred feast, johnny snake, chumbo gnu and h w armstrong. Discography picks in bold tales of mr. conductor [1986 onset/offset PR2386]
in the tradition, hell – they’re direct followers of fellow wellington sleeze-rockers head like a hole. a 5 piece comprised of brothers gerome and elan (actually cousins of head like a hole‘s over the top frontman booger beazley), lucola, rhys… Read More »Paselode
the abstract electronic recordings of former thela duo rosy parlane and dion workman. initially started as an outgrowth of thela (the duo had split from guitarist dean roberts) whereby parlane played drums and manipulated tape-loop and workman played guitar, usually… Read More »Parmentier
Christchurch-Based home-studio duo Geoff Cox (drums, bass, keyboards, writing and production) and Karl Jensen (guitars, bass, vocals and writing). Their ‘Anamalia’ EP features Poppy songs with jazzy overtones and is a promising debut independent release.Discographypicks in bold Anamalia EP [2007]
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… Read More »Psych Tigers
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… Read More »Pig Out
in 2002 flying nun released a scratchy self-produced little-past demo ep from a guy named paul barrett – a collection of poppy, upbeat and most importantly catchy pop numbers that barrett had written and performed on his own, with eventual… Read More »Pan-Am
margaret urlich’s original claim to fame, now know purely for their singature track room that echoes, but actually a real touring band back in the day. joined by brother pat, along with tim calder, perry marshall, jan foulkes, neville hall,… Read More »Peking Man