Flies Inside The Sun off-shoot featuring Kim Pieters and Peter Stapleton, along with Nathan Thompson (Sandoz Lab Technicians and their various off-shoots) and Bollard (Sferic Experiment). Discography Enfolded In Luxury [2000? Metonymic Met006] Ghostwriting [2002? Metonymic Met011] Links BandCamp Page… Read More »Sleep
former christchurch (later melbourne based) pop-rock 3-piece outfit who would describe themselves as having complicated melodies and soaring vocals. while true, there’s an element of emo pretentiousness i just can’t get past. they had a student radio hit back here… Read More »Degrees K
Biography Members Ralph Bennett (Guitar/Vocals, 1984 – 1986) George Twhiti (Bass, 1984) Kevin Thomas (Drums, 1984 – 1986) Wayne Wilson (Guitar/Vocals, 1984 – 1986) Phil Davison (Saxophone , 1984) Gabriel Alvarez (Bass, 1986) Discography Sitting In Silence, Drowning In Screams… Read More »Ralph Bennett
Discography I Love You Tina Cd-R [Root Don Lonie For Cash Rdl095] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Discography The Ways Of God To Man Cd-R [2004 Root Don Lonie For Cash Rdl111] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr
Secret Safari intended to debut in ’97, but the covers for this took over 6 months to handpaint, so it surfaced in may ’98. Solo recordings with sparse guitar cutting through didgeridoo drone on the first track, then going it… Read More »Schawami
Discography picks in bold ‘sniffer’/’shuttlecock’ lathe-cut 7″ [celebrate psi phenomenon] cowcatcher cassette [celebrate psi phenomenon] split cassette [w/ airport celebrate psi phenomenon]
Biography Gavin Shaw’s (Sferic Experiment) first solo release – backed by Rebecca Cardon. Twisted fuzz guitar and four track bedroom head fuckery. Later known as the Polyamorous Love Cult. Shaw later played bass in Dunedin’s The Puddle and guitar in Snapper (circa… Read More »Children’s Television Workshop
Nigel Beckford, Tim Robinson, Andrew Downes, John Fletcher, Murray Costello, Steven Hinderwell, Janet Thompson And Nick Sceats. The Wyndham Range Concerto Was a cassette-only release that accompanied the novel the Weet-Bix Emperor written by Nigel Beckford. The album was only… Read More »Sven Olsens Brutal Canadian Love Saga
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
auckland based four-piece – liz (drums), helen (bass), riki (guitar) and duncan (keyboards). Discography picks in bold “13:13” split cd-r [2004 w/ the futurians specification 002]
Biography Sharon Boyd, Andrew Leggott, Brendan And Justin Ryniken. Short lived late 80’s band with just a sole self-titled EP to their name. Members Sharon Boyd Andrew Leggott Brendan Ryniken Justin Ryniken Discography Title Format [June 2011 self-released] Links BandCamp Page… Read More »The Wart
Biography East-Auckland garage-rock fanatics (and followers of the might Ig) The Osterbergs consisted of Paul E. Snake, Lance Strickland, Mark Jones and Shirley Charles by the time of the only release. According to the liner notes “With the successful implantation… Read More »The Osterbergs
samuel icke, daniel o’neill, benjamin crawford – a new plymouth skate-punk band, who became quite popular after settling in auckland. big touring group with tour slots on the warped and big day out events. the group released their 3rd lp… Read More »Kitsch
Kieran Monaghan Is One Of The Key Figures In The Wellingtons – If Not NZ’S – ‘Adventurous Music’ Scene. A Driving Force Behind NZ Punk During The 90s, He Currently Plays Cabaret ‘Chamber-Punk’ As Mr Sterile, Drums For Sunship And… Read More »Keiran Monaghan