before mikey havoc (and his eternal side-kick newsboy) became a local television celebrity pushing all sorts of depraved acts and general off-the-wall behavious to a young new zealand audience (brilliantly i might add.. though they tended to run jokes into… Read More »Push Push
Biography The last evolution in the chain for the core of the Christchurch punk rock movement this band were made up of the members of Unauthorised, Desperate Measures, and Evasive Action. The band were moving well away from their punk… Read More »Southern Front
Rex Bourke, Joanne Kickoff, Maria, Liz Cohor, Rebecca Shanahan, Noel Ward, Tim Mahon and Tane Tokona. Discography ‘When Judy Gets Out’/’She Said Let’S Kiss’/’You Cure Me’ 7″ Single [1987 Flying Nun Records Fn089] Rn See Your Colours [1991 Flying Nun… Read More »Strangeloves
dystopia consists of liz maw (spoken word), nigel b (keyboards), shinya (sitar and programming) and shiggy (images). the album features profound storytelling of an unearthly delicacy of substance set to an ambient, industrial-romantic soundscape: post-millenial spoken word chill music to… Read More »Dystopia
Biography Probably Don McGlashan’s most famous song-writing vehicle, the Mutton Birds achieved considerable success in the 1990’s, with a number of successful singles, albums and even award recognition. Originally an Auckland-based trio comprised of McGlashan (pulling double-duty with the theatrical… Read More »The Mutton Birds
Another great Auckland rock act to emerge from the mid 00s. The Sneaks have a enough fucking around, get to the chorus mentally, throwing up ridiculously catch pop songs that seem to emerge from a writhing mass of noise and… Read More »The Sneaks
Auckland band that made a few ripples in the late 90s with some low-key indie-pop songs. Consisting of Jules Barnett (Drums), Josh Hetherington (Guitar And Vocals), Aaron Carson, Chris Familton (Bass), Antony Mcdonald (Guitar) and Blair Miller (Drums). I remember… Read More »Thorazine Shuffle
auckland 5-piece hardcore outfit formed in 2000 by dean parkin, duncan ‘pepe’ long (guitar – ex dsm), t-dubbs (bass), cashdog (vocals) and george (drums). self-released a brief album called underground hardcore in 2002, described as a mix of bad brains… Read More »Evil Priest
this release an intense and somewhat painful eleven track exploration into the world of dance music terrorism and industrial sound manufacture. punishing excessive amounts of machine gun static gain overloads twisted sound manipulations and frequencies sub-sonics and sample experimentation are… Read More »KSK
Biography Prolific underground muso Andrew Spittle’s (Dating Godot) latest project, incorporating guitar and Spittle’s lyrical touch. Members Andrew Spittle (2004 – 2010) Discography Under Volcano Fields: All the Hits 2004 – 2010 (2012, Epic Sweep, ES019) Links Discogs Entry
andrew and scott newth. Discography picks in bold the nth times [1993 airwigg AIR CD001]
kez and shaun jury. Discography picks in bold noise and fumes 7″ lathe-cut ep [dirtlove] ‘gravity bleeds’/’a waste’/’the secret in the sea’ 7″ lathe-cut [dirtlove] black eye staredown: ‘words are power’/’30 seconds remaining’ 7″ lathe-cut [dirtlove] sick monks in a… Read More »Drugs vs. Grandchildren
harry russell, chris williams, steve wester. Discography picks in bold ‘jumping at?’/’what kind of man?’ 2×7″ single [1981 r.e.m.] rn wonder book ep [1980 r.e.m. HP-001]
Biography Long-hair rock from the Christchurch all-age crowd, circa 2004-6, originally known as The Blow Charlie Trio. Popular at high school level, the group disbanded before making the jump to an R18 crowd – and had connections to the strong… Read More »The Blow Charlie
initially a solo project for johnathon ogilvie (yfc) the material that appears on the south compilation was recorded by ogilvie on 4 track at rob mayes’ gilby street house. ex yfc drummer micheal daily also happened to be in christchurch… Read More »Lead Leg