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The Shocking and Stunning
Biography Started life as Christchurch-based teen instrumental duo The Shocking and Stunning Statement, eventually relocated to Wellington and dropped the ‘Statement‘. The majority of…
Live Music Reviews and Photos
Live Flashback: Dux Live Double-Header
Flashback to: June 2012, with a double-header weekend at Dux Live. Starting with the return of Goodshirt, ably supported by popular local group Sleepy Age and followed by the final of the 2012 RDU Round-Up band competition, taken out by excellent local post punk group Ipswich. #nzmusic #duxlive #goodshirt #sleepyage #ipswich #rdu #roundup
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Luge
Manic Christchurch outfit based around the extreme bass guitar talents of (apprentice Wizard) Ari Freeman, with drumming by Andrew Robins, piccolo bass by Andrew Moore and the junk percussion of Mike Fordham (original member Adrian Currie moved to Wellington in 2002). Released an EP before moving on to other groups. #nzmusic #luge #arifreeman
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Putty in Her Hands
Poppy post-punk from Charlotte Yates and Christine Jeffs (now a movie director). Released an EP, expanded to a 6-piece band featuring Jackie Clarke on additional vocals, then split in 1990 with Yates going on to record her own solo material. 3nzmusic #puttyinherhands #charlotteyates
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Solatudes
New-wave pop / post-punk group from early 1980's Christchurch, featuring future Wastrels front-man Anton Jenner. Recently got their sole 7" single reissued on Leather Jacket Records. #nzmusic #solatudes #thewastrels
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The Strange Girls
Fantastic folky lo-fi group from Dunedin from the super-prolific Clayton Noone and ex-Ho' Dogs guitarist Kaaterama Morehu - who sadly passed away in 2020. "At their best, The Strange Girls made ruminative, repetitive and atmospheric bummer folk" #nzmusic #thestrangegirls #undergorundmusic
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Warble
Warble was a High School aged post-rock group formed by (future stand-up comedian and author) Eamonn Marra and Jack Hooker, with the intent to enter Smoke-Free Rock Quest in 2008. Joined by drummer James Woods (who had previously appeared alongside Hooker in We Will Fight You), violinist Clare Fryer and (initially) Valentine Nixon - though the Purple Pilgrims vocalist left before Warble had started recording their sole EP, which they put out on BandCamp in 2009. #nzmusic #warble #purplepilgrims
Live Music Reviews and Photos
Live: Red Panda Presents Thought Creature
Flashback to September 19th, 2008 with a Red Panda (all-ages) show at the Otautahi Social Centre, headlined by Wellington's Thought Creature and supported by then-young Christchurch groups Warble, Shocking and Stunning Statement and Ruffians. I've added some context and reflective detail to the brief original review. #nzmusic #redpanda #thoughtcreature #warble
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Cloudboy
Excellent Dunedin dream-pop group Cloudboy are reuniting for a national tour after more than 20 years away. What better time than to revisit their band profile! Formed as a side-project by 3 members of the Dunedin art-pop collective Mink - Cloudboy put out an EP, a couple singles and a terrific album back int he late 1990's / early 2000s before vocalist Demarnia Lloyd started producing her own solo material. See UTR for tickets #nzmusic #cloudboy
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Ansi
Biography Haunting improvised soundscapes of dueling bass and guitar with brief smatterings of samples thrown in at just the right moments. Sumac Records Members…
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The Sweethearts
Adam McGrath's early 2000's attempt at a vocally-driven song-writing group after years of playing in punk and hard core groups - featured a teenage William Daymond; essentially a pre-cursor to the Eastern. Put out an album that went unnoticed. #nzmusic #thesweethearts #adammcgrath #theeastern
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Constant Pain
Constant Pain were a sadly under-recorded group featuring brilliant underground noisy guitar legends Cameron Bain and Roddy Pain, along with a revolving drummers seat of some of New Zealand's finest drummers. Walls of wailing feedback and rolling rhythm drive some immense tunes. Both guitarists passed away in the 2010's. #nzmusic #constantpain #undergroundmusic #crawlspacereocrds
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The International Telepaths
Lo-fi Garage rock'n'roll duo from Dunedin, circa the early to mid 2000's. Released an album on guitarist/vocalist Dianne Smith (aka 'Lucy Lurex') label and promised a 2nd before promptly disappearing in 2005. #nzmusic #theinternationaltelepaths
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The Wastrels
The Wastrels were an early 1980's Christchurch 4-piece pop-rock group who were touted as the 'Next Big Thing', but never kicked on to wider success, with just a single and an EP to their name. #nzmusic #thewastrels
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Crackhouse 5
Wellington 'self-aware white-boy scenester rap' crew. Primarily with 3 vocalists, but with occasional appearances from fellow Wellington-based rapper Tommy Ill and others. Taking queues from early Beastie Boys the crew are very much party focused. The group formed as a sideline to Holiday with Friends while the main trio were recording fellow Wellington rap act Tommy Ill's debut album. #nzmusic #crackhouse5 #holidaywithfriends #tommyill