Biography Auckland hardcore / punk outfit that reached peak popularity around 2004. Boasting a line up of musicians all of whom have had vast experience as part of the New Zealand punk / hardcore scene in such acts as DSM,… Read More »The Bleeders
Biography Jon Baker, Deby Turner, John Micham, Chris Koole, Allen Stephenson, Mike Howie, Mike Mcdonald. Fairly popular outfit who started out with a couple of EPs (including their signature release Satellite Surfing) and an album in the late 80s, before… Read More »The Warners
hawkes bay based mostly-instrumental (textural, in the mogwai style) rockers maurice beckett, jeff boyle and jason johnston. three low-run releases have seen them gather quite a bit of interest through-out new zealand, and their live shows are usual well-attended. though… Read More »Jakob
Discography Texas Rangers Ep [Live Recording 1986 Ode Sodep253] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
caroline easther, alan galloway, murray costello, ben stewart and helen cairney. Discography picks in bold favours [1990 pagan PAL1065] loving tongues [1993 pagan PACD1107]
one of dave mitchell’s earliest bands (while he was still based in auckland, no less), the exploding budgies sounded british, and ignored then evolving jangly sound and vocal approach that had become our trademark (taking on more of a smiths… Read More »Exploding Budgies
Biography Part of the 8 Dec Records label / Fever Hosptial collective, a group of low-key musicians / film-artists that have released several lathe-cuts (including an early Campbell Kneale release as Airport) to little or no attention. Members Douglas Bagnell… Read More »Douglas Bagnall
Biography Late 90’s sleaze rockers out of Christchurch and featuring Garden City rocker extraordinaire Matt Alien (aka Matt Johnson also of The Hi-Tone Destroyers). Made a habit of being even more extreme than The Hi-Tones, with Matt constantly baiting the… Read More »The Black Panthers
head shy was conceived as a kind of intermediary between spotty dog and secret safari. spotty dog has been putting out various rock-oriented type things by palmerston northerners since 1994, and secret safari made its entrance into the world of… Read More »Head Shy
as the lead song-writer for the highly acclaimed formyula, mason was at the fore-front of new zealand rock in the late 60s, pioneering original repetoires (which was positively unheard of in new zealand at the time). with ‘nature’, a simple… Read More »Wayne Mason
paul snake, shirley charles, mark jones, jules barnett and the ever-popular lance strickland. not the one-hit wonder u.k. band. Discography picks in bold sleazed 10″ ep [1991 wildside L20096]
minimalistic 3-piece pop from stephen mccarthy (vocals / snare), aaron (guitar / vocals) and hannah beehre (keys / vocals). producing sunny pop of the most intimate and well-formed, pine’s songs are short, chripy, and perfectly formed. with all three members… Read More »Pine
a caustic, chaotic, sprawling mess of a band. been around since the late 80s, putting out a pretty grotty (and not particularly good) self-titled album in the early 90s, back when they had more of a straight metal focus. since… Read More »Into The Void
Discography picks in bold a strategy for modifying planetary orbits cd-r [root don lonie for cash rdl056]
Andrew Cavanagh, Matthew Garrett, Andrew Penman and James Wilkinson. Discography Happy Anniversary Darling [1988 W/ Pihed Curious Mr12188] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr