along with ian morris (who later joined him in dd smash), bruce hambling, peter coleman, lez white and pat urlich, the dudes were dave dobbyn‘s late 70s / early 80s pop band (though slightly more rock-orientated than the later outfit)… Read More »Th’ Dudes
Attention grabbing flash-in-the-pan first-wave Auckland punkers, based around James Salter (Aka Jimmy Joy – Saxophone), Claire Elliot (Zero – Vocals), William Prendergast (Billy Planet – Bass), Trish Scott (Sissy Spunk – Guitar), Brian Nichols (Shaun Anfrayd – Guitar) and original… Read More »Suburban Reptiles
an electronically-laced dub outfit from peter mclennan, known for their singles and dance-event performances. dub asylum is the latest musical alias for peter mclennan, former member of 90s reggae-thrash-punk-ska mutants the hallelujah picassos. dub asylum is a musical mash-up of… Read More »Dub Asylum
kinda bland ‘alterna-rock’ band, featuring sean sturm, mike scott, mark pollard and luke casey – they were originally known as the nixons (before changing their name to avoid confusion with the lacklustre american band) but renamed themselves after iggy pop… Read More »Eye TV
Moana Maniapoto was the face of contemporary feminist Maori music in New Zealand throughout the 90s, along with fellow icon of Maori musical heritage Teremoana Rapley and Mina Ripia she formed the Moa Hunters and had hits with ‘Tahi’ and… Read More »Moana and the Moa Hunters
Auckland-based pop-rock 5-piece formed by a bunch of ex-Cantabrians: Jason Kerrison (vocals), Matt Treacy (guitar), Tim Skedden (guitar), Bobby Kennedy (drums) along with the english-born Ian Munro (bass). The band kinda came out of no-where in 2004 with a record… Read More »Op-Shop
Biography Pronounced Vusstanya, Bocctahne were a three piece on David Khan’s kRkRkRk label who existed between 1999 and late 2000, comprised of Khan, Megan Gallacher and Ed Wilson. Emphasizing group dynamics & spontaneity, the trio combined lush, abstract vocal harmonies… Read More »Bocctahne
christchurch five piece the little dead things formed out of the ashes of all fall down and genie and the wild children. all the members of the little dead things are also in other groups at the same time as… Read More »Little Dead Things
Biography Christchurch black metal outfit started in 2000 by Okoi Jones and Cam Sinclair, with Brad Kneale and Nik Coulter joining later to cement the current line-up, who recorded the debut release The Ethos Elite EP in 2003 (after an earlier… Read More »Aphelon
low-key dunedin 4-piece of richard baker (found of the trinder label), emma milburn (palace at 4am), mark sharma and tamatea bull. they released their debut stars of the sea through the small american indie little brother records in 1999 –… Read More »Palo/Ona
Harcore / rock’n’roll outfit comprised of Parry (Vocals), Matt (Guitar), Hogga (Guitar), Kano (Bass) and Borlen (Drums) who have several releases on the Hastings-based Hit Your Head. Discography Our World Today Ep [2000 Hit Your Head] Break With Reality Ep… Read More »Tempo 38
Discography picks in bold circumsession cassette [root don lonie for cash rdl008] live / evil cassette [w/ the pumice root don lonie for cash rdl049] 1977 ep cd-r [root don lonie for cash rdl082] ‘bmstrmstrmbngsplt’/’bullseye’ lathe-cut 7″ [1997 a stabbies… Read More »Thee Ideal Gus
after cassandra’s ears fizzled out, jan started recording solo with the mark and wayne bell, tony lumsden and mark peterson in support. having had moderate success as a relatively lively MOR singer in the fiona mcdonald mold (and using her… Read More »Jan Hellriegel
Mysterious band associated with Powertool Records. Discography Numbers And Mubles [2003 Pf00679] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Computer scrapes and angular computer drones sounds perpetrated by the formerly Dunedin-based Sandoz Lab Technicians member. Discography Bell CD-r [2005 Celebrate Psi Phenomenon] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr