Biography Auckland based outfit started their time at the end of the eighties with a post shoe-gazey british sound. The band featured Tosh Graham – vocals, Rob Young – bass, Deryck Hunt – drums, Gareth Price – guitar. The band… Read More »Semi Lemon Kola
Biography Formed by Nick ‘Harte’ Hodgson in mid-2003, The Shocking Pinks are one of the most exciting and memorable bands to spring out of Christchurch in the last 5 years. New Zealand’s exponent of the dance-punk revitalisation – The Shocking… Read More »Shocking Pinks
Biography Stephen Clover – who also released lathe cut albums under the names Logstore and the Longshoremen. Yet another of the post H-Corp NZ bands that have risen in the aftermath of the mid-90’s free noise frenzy. Seht is much… Read More »Seht
Biography The Stumps are the New Zealand superspawn of Antony Milton (Pseudoarcana, The Nether Dawn, Etc), Stephen Clover (Seht), and James Kirk (Sandoz Lab Technicians, Gate etc). With a laundry list of individual accomplishments preceding them, “Lost Weekends” brings high… Read More »The Stumps
Biography The very definition of ‘I like your old stuff better than your new stuff’, Salmonella Dub started out creating bass and horn-heavy dub ready to get down too, but slowly (well, more like immediately after former sound-man Tiki Tanae… Read More »Salmonella Dub
Biography Originally a three-piece from Featherston in the Wairarapa district – Strikemaster were a rock outfit with a grounding in the blues and were initially comprised of Paul Cullen (Lead Guitar/Vocals), Steve Elliott (Bass Guitar/Lead Vocals), John Prentice (Drums) and… Read More »Strikemaster
Biography Blair Parkes (All Fall Down, Creeley). Discography Orange Tape Cassette Ep [1989 Self-Released Swim001] Green Tape Cassette Ep [1989 Self-Released Swim002] Last Hexit 7″ Lathe-Cut [1995 Self-Released] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Robbie Ans Simon Kay, Kieren Cooney, Luke Casey and Miles Gillett. Discography Gib Ep [1991 Sting Sd2] ‘Pulling The Strings’/’It’S In My Mind’/’Intrusion’ Lathe-Cut 7″ [Self-Released] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Back in the early 00s, Scribe was a Christchurch lad, struggling to make his name on the local hip-hop scene. Tied to student radio station RDU and their various hip-hop shows and events along with buddy and Christchurch turntablism… Read More »Scribe
Biography Jason Hill, Richard Craven And Lyndon Gill. Discography Static Black [1996] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Jewl Of Bessamoocho and Goldifox‘s Penny Collins in an 80s flavoured solo guise. Casio-Tone punk from Kerikeri, South Auckland. Discography 8″ Lathe-Cut Ep[Pink Air Pink Air010] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Short-lived Wellington punk outfit (originally known as Johnny Mono And The Steroids) that featured on the Wellingtonzone compilation – a not quite as successfull follow-up to the acclaimed **** release from the previous year. Forming in April 1979, The… Read More »Steroids
Biography One of Bill Direen‘s more productive early 1980s outfits. Discography High Thirties Piano EP [1982 Self-Released] Dance Of Death EP [1982 Self-Released] Sound Cues [1987 South Indies] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Brilliant Auckland based extreme power electronics project using harsh Merzbow style noize and crass, and often disgusting sexually bizarre undertones in the tracks. Sick and twisted listening for the unstable of mind. Highly recommended – Club Bizarre Discography Rectal… Read More »Starlight Faggot Feast
Biography Ultra-mellow surf-instrumental act out of auckland. Very soundtrack-like atmospherics (described as Ennio Morricone meets Milton Nascimento) from this band, originally comprised of John Howell (Guitar), Billy Squire (Rhodes Keyboard), Matt Sandford (Drums), Hayden Sinclair (Bass) And Gianmarco Liguori (Guitar).… Read More »Salon Kingsadore