Biography Palmerston North 4-trackers with releases on Spotty Dog in the mid to late 1990s. Discography Hard Of Hearing No. 3 Cassette [1995 W/ Paranymph / Dog Tooth Violet Spotty Dog 09 Spots] Willy Willy And The Gobermouche Cassette [1995… Read More »Vortex Victims
Biography As punk-edged rock outfit Thela started spinning in different directions in the mid 90s, Dean Roberts started producing his own take on improvisational guitar recordings with solo recording alias White Winged Moth before eventually settling on his own name,… Read More »Dean Roberts
Biography david donaldson, neill duncan, david watson, stuart porter and anthony donaldson. Discography picks in bold five tread drop down [1984 braille BRAILLE1] future jaw-clap [1985 braille BRAILLE3] Members Links
Biography I know very little about this New Zealand group other than what I can gleam from their 1986 12″ single ‘Time will tell’. The record lists Dave Cammock, Si Jaxn, Steve Entwhistle and Astrid Muller as performers. Members… Read More »Worlds Apart
Biography Wellington dub outfit immediately recognised for their ‘Clav Dub’ single – which featured a distinctive video themed after the classic kiwi chase film Goodbye Pork Pie. Quite a pop outfit, they’ve been quite high profile through-out 2003 – which… Read More »Rhombus
Biography Brash Auckland rock outfit from the mid 90s featuring Glen Campbell, (former Jean-Paul Sartre Experience Member) Gary Sullivan, Matthew Heine, Colleen Brennan and Simon Cummings. Discography ‘Sugar Bag’/’Evil Cabaret’ 7″ Single [1994 Flying Nun Records Fn289] Swingin’ Hot Murder… Read More »Solid Gold Hell
Biography Ohm is a quartet that includes Campbell Kneale as well as Stefan Neville of Pumice. Their Live at the Crown, packaged within a hilarious upside-down variation on the Who’s Maximum R’n’B logo, is one of the most beautiful albums… Read More »Ohm
Biography Valve’s E Minor is a lovely slice of Dunedin pop from a fresh-faced band of scene-survivors. Comprised of Paul Winders (The Verlaines), Kiri Winders (My Deviant Daughter) and Jeff Harford (Bored Games, Doublehappys). Discography E Minor [2001 Arclife Records,… Read More »Valve
Biography Reading like a kind of second generation super-band, The Magick Heads were more of a Robert Scott (The Bats / The Clean) and Jane Sinnott vehicle than any such premise. Even with both 3Ds guitarists in Dave Saunders and Dave… Read More »The Magick Heads
Biography Glen, Pam, Tim, Grenville. Put out a couple of EPs on Jayrem, along with a track on the popular Barking Up The Right Tree compilation. Discography Unrestful Movements 12″ EP [1982 Jayrem JAY102] Q:Are You A Fireman? 12″ Mini-Album… Read More »Unrestful Movements
An interview I conducted with Michael Brassell, aka Mike Hex – at the time the creative force behind Hiss Explosion and a musical co-ordinator for Arc Life Cafe / records down in Dunedin. Sadly Mike passed away just a few months later.
Biography Discography picks in bold prince krauss cd-r [root don lonie for cash rdl078] Members Links
Biography Jason Dempsey, Joel Haines, Michael O’Niell, Wayne Bell and Glen Robson. Discography Paul [1992 Tall Poppy D30774] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography acclaimed and eclectic wellington pop outfit with huge flourishes of whimsical instrumentation and whatnot. their debut caused quite a bit of fuss, critics gushing at their use of melody and whatnot. conrad wedde, samuel flynn scott, luke buda, tim… Read More »Phoenix Foundation
Biography christchurch rock w/ simon crocket who started off as drummer for loves ugly children, went on to play in chch bands such as trawler, and ingrid who was also in m’juica. simon crocket, ingrid martini, darryl kirk (the ‘3’… Read More »Fuel3