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Sharpie Crows
Auckland post-punk and noise rock band who released two albums on Flying Nun Records: Nostalgia Kills (2012) and 12 Omeros (2013). Known for their confrontational live shows and sardonic take on suburban New Zealand life.
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avoid!avoid
Auckland krautrock and psychedelic trio, active from 2015. Members Brendan Moran, Sonya Waters, and Stephen Reay released the Low Earth Orbit EP and the album Particle and Wave through Flying Nun Records.
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Ringlets
Auckland post-punk quartet formed in 2021, signed to Flying Nun Records and Leather Jacket Records. Known for their energetic, intelligent sound and acclaimed debut and sophomore albums.
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Vera Ellen
Wellington indie rock singer-songwriter on Flying Nun Records. Winner of the 2024 Taite Music Prize for Ideal Home Noise. Albums include It’s Your Birthday (2021), Ideal Home Noise (2023), and Heaven Knows What Time (2026).
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Psych Tigers
Christchurch bedroom pop project of teenage musician Sam Perry, who went on to front Zen Mantra and join Yumi Zouma before forming DOG Power with Henry Nicol.
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Reb Fountain
Reb Fountain is an American-born New Zealand singer-songwriter raised in Christchurch, blending folk, country and pop-rock across a career that spans three decades, most notably winning the 2021 Taite Music Prize with her Flying Nun Records debut Reb Fountain.
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Pearly
Pearly are a Dunedin (Ōtepoti) indie rock band who released their debut vinyl EP Pearly* EP in 2024 through trace/untrace, followed by their album Not So Sweet in 2025.
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Heka
Heka is a New Zealand duo comprising Stephen Kilroy and Heath Te Au, who released their debut album Last Spiritual Gas Station Before The End Of Civilisation on Arclife Records in 2004.
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Wax Chattels
Wax Chattels are an Auckland trio making confrontational, guitar-less post-punk, who released their self-titled debut album in 2018 through New York label Captured Tracks to international acclaim.
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Clementine Valentine
Clementine Valentine are New Zealand sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon, formerly known as Purple Pilgrims, whose work weaves ancient mythology and folk tradition into critically acclaimed art-pop; their 2023 album The Coin That Broke The Fountain Floor marks the culmination of over a decade of restless evolution.
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Vor-stellen
Vor-stellen is a New Zealand trio featuring members of The Subliminals, avoid!avoid, and Faults, who released their debut vinyl Parallelograms on Flying Nun Records in 2023 before following up with Armature For A Painting on Feral Child Records in 2024.
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Dick Move
Dick Move are a five-piece punk band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2019 out of connections made at Karangahape Road's Whammy Bar, known for their energetic live shows, socialist and feminist politics, and all three of their albums charting in New Zealand's top 40.
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F In Math
F In Math is the solo electronic project of New Zealand musician Michael Logie, releasing computer-generated music including the 2011 Couch EP on Flying Nun 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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Ghost Wave
Auckland psychedelic rock duo formed c.2009 by Matthew Paul and Eammon Logan. Known for blending Flying Nun jangle-pop with krautrock, drone, and 1960s psychedelia. Released two albums on Arch Hill Recordings and Flying Nun Records, with mastering by Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3.