Album Reviews
Shocking Pinks – Mathematical Warefare
2005, Flying Nun Records, FNCD494 Mathematical Warfare is an album with a heavy back-story and variety of disclaimers. Almost completely removed stylistically from the…
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Bottletops
Biography One of Campbell McLay’s original Onset/Offset groups, fronted by Sarah Richards. The Bottletops put out an EP in 1983, then took 2 years…
Album Reviews
Styles Upon Styles 2: Pacific Soul Warriors
2002, Sugarlicks Recordings, SUGARCD002 Following on from Sugarlicks first compilation ‘Urban Soul Pollution’, comes ‘Pacific Soul Warriors’ — without quite the high-profile line-up that…
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Kidameln
Biography pop-rock from phonoss‘s michael brennan, warren lawson, daniel gannaway and stan leboy. self-released their own debut after appearing on a powertool records kaleidoscope…
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LD3
Biography napier based indie-rock / garage outfit comprised of martian selman (drums) and deanne taumata (guitar , vocals). Discography picks in bold ld3 [2001…
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Book of Martyrs
Biography Members Jonathan Harverson Armstrong (drums / vocals, Book of Martyrs) Stan Jagger (guitar, Book of Martyrs) Justine Francis (violin, Book of Martyrs)…
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Universal Joint
Biography Formed out of the ashes of defunct noise-trio Meat Market, Universal Joint is the multi-instrumentalist duo of Sarah Bingle and Elise Bishop. A…
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Screaming Meemees
Biography Excellent, and highly popular post-punk / new-wave pop act out of auckland in the early 80s. Achieved unprecedented success with the release of…
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Leather Aprin
Biography one of dave mitchell’s england-based projects. Discography picks in bold Members Links
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Rhythm Cage
Biography Discography Break Our Backs ep [1988 Pagan PAGT1033] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
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Evermore
Biography fielding pop-rock outfit thats made a big splash in australia in 2003-4, touring with other mellow (and somewhat girly) pop-rock bands such as…
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Above Ground
Biography One of Bill Direen‘s many groups from the early 1980’s, with a young Maryrose Crook (of the Renderers) on Bass, Stu Page (The…
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The Drongos
Biography richard kennedy, jean and tony mcmaster and john mitchell. Discography picks in bold the drongos ep [1985 wea] small miracles [live recording 1985…
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TMA-1
Biography A highly influential christchurch outfit from 1991 to 1994 and comprised of Krkrkrk Founders Peter Wright, J-Mz Robinson and Richard Calder. The music…
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Raith Rovers
Biography one of robert scott‘s many one-off bands – this time with the axemen‘s bob brannigan, robs’ brother andrew scott and j underhill. they…