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Vortex Victims
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/…
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Dean Roberts
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…
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Primitive Art Group
Biography david donaldson, neill duncan, david watson, stuart porter and anthony donaldson. Discography picks in bold five tread drop down [1984 braille BRAILLE1] future…
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Worlds Apart
Biography I know very little about this New Zealand group other than what I can gleam from their 1986 12″ single ‘Time will tell’.…
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Rhombus
Biography Wellington dub outfit immediately recognised for their ‘Clav Dub’ single – which featured a distinctive video themed after the classic kiwi chase film…
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Solid Gold Hell
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…
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Ohm
Biography Ohm is a quartet that includes Campbell Kneale as well as Stefan Neville of Pumice. Their Live at the Crown, packaged within a…
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Valve
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…
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The Magick Heads
Biography Reading like a kind of second generation super-band, The Magick Heads were more of a Robert Scott (The Bats / The Clean) and…
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Unrestful Movements
Biography Glen, Pam, Tim, Grenville. Put out a couple of EPs on Jayrem, along with a track on the popular Barking Up The Right…
Interviews
Mike Hex [January 2004]
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.
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Krauss
Biography Discography picks in bold prince krauss cd-r [root don lonie for cash rdl078] Members Krauss Links
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These Wilding Ways
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…
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Phoenix Foundation
Biography acclaimed and eclectic wellington pop outfit with huge flourishes of whimsical instrumentation and whatnot. their debut caused quite a bit of fuss, critics…
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Fuel3
Biography christchurch rock w/ simon crocket who started off as drummer for loves ugly children, went on to play in chch bands such as…