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Elevenfiftyseven
elevenfiftyseven are a new start-up auckland-based independent label focused on hard-core and punk outfits. starting with popular underground hard-core outfit balance, elevenfiftyseven have carved…
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Cassels and Son’s The Brewery
Now a restaurant and bar and originally constructed as a craft brewery, the Brewery functioned as a live music venue at a time when there were few operating in Christchurch - immediately after the February 2011 earthquakes. A large, narrow venue with good food and a fair amount of outside seating, the Brewery has also been a popular spot for regular quiz nights and other events.
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Yellow Eye
Small Dunedin based label that put out the excellent 3-disc ‘But I can Write Songs Okay..’ anthology of Dunedin music, dating back to the…
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Intergalactic
the new zealand-based home (they have an l.a. based american subsidiary) of the hugely popular eight foot sativa, along with mama said and kosha,…
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Provincial Lounge
Biography The Provincial Lounge was a traditional Kiwi Tavern with a long history: The license for the hotel was granted to Robert Wagner on…
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Sugarlicks
Tiny Auckland based soul, funk and world music label, releasing a couple of compilations from a vast, eclectic assortment of New Zealand acts (both…
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Goodbye Blue Monday
Biography Ya-Ya was a popular, mellow place to hang-out. Though it only ran for a couple years in Poplar lanes, it managed to house…
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Ima Hitt
new plymouth d.i.y. tape label from the early-mid 1980s who put out some pretty obscure compilations and releases from the likes of otis mace,…
Studios
The Sitting Room
Relaxed and professional audio production and post-production studio. Websites TheSittingRoom.co.nz Facebook Contact Details 021 251 1976 [Ben Edwards – Label Contact] Postal Address The…
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Ministry Nightclub
NOTE: This post probably contains quite a few errors and an inaccurate timeline – there is very little info online about old Christchurch venues,…
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Pagan
long-standing corporate label, home of a bevy of mainstream artists in a wide swag of commercial genres, with a catelogue stretching back to 1985…
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Lumière Theatre
NOTE: This post probably contains quite a few errors and an inaccurate timeline – there is very little info online about old Christchurch venues,…
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Christchurch Venue Map
Note: This is a work in progress and will have additional content added both in the Map (i.e. venue images) or in the body…
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Peter King Lathe Cuts
Biography Though without any repute at all as a musician (his two releases are essential trial lathes, housed at the national library), Peter King…
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Lil Chief
at the forefront of new zealand independent pop in the 00s is lil chief records, a small, but firmly established label maintained by [the…