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Naiina

Biography Singer Janina Nicoll And Cellist Francesca Mountfort As Well As Mestar’s John White And Janina’s Brother Stevie Starr. Who Plays The Theremin Or Air Synthesizer. Subjects Include Politics, Palestinian-Israeli Conflicts, God, Feminism, Sex, And An Endearing College Stalker By… Read More »Naiina

Ghostplane

Biography 4-piece wellington melodic pop-rock outfit that spawned out of dana eclair in 2003. created quite a bit of critical interest with their debut ep ‘panther valley country club’ on ben howe’s arch hill label. a very tight live unit… Read More »Ghostplane

Prick Decay

Biography Discography picks in bold bootleg cassette [root don lonie for cash rdl025] Members Links

Hiding From Stan

Biography mid 80s christchurch dark and weird pop with john chrisstoffels – guitar, noises and effects, pete mitchell – drums (flat city label, renderers, squirm), johnathon – bass, micheal bell – vocals and an unknown guitarist. hiding from stan did… Read More »Hiding From Stan

4 Man Bob

Biography 6-piece ska band from Christchurch formed in 2001. Nolan Hungerford (Guitar/Vox), Aaron Chandler (Trombone), Joshua Hughes (Trumpet), Brendon Grant (Guitar/Vox), Chris Head (Drums) and Malisa Palalagi (Bass – though i think she may have been replaced). Played a number… Read More »4 Man Bob

Mothertrucker

Biography Celia Mancini‘s post King Loser band, consisting of herself on vocals and guitar and various other contributors such as Clayton Noone, Cameron Bain (formerly of Constant Pain) and many others, as the band had trouble keeping line-ups. More heavy metal… Read More »Mothertrucker

NoTV

Biography The solo project of kRkRkRk Records contributor (and member of TMA-1) J-MZ (aka James) Robinson, putting together influences from early 80’s punk/new wave and electro-industrial music. Robinson’s live performance includes a mix of electronics, keyboards, tape manipulation and textured… Read More »NoTV

The Spaghettis

Biography Ross Nichols, Chris Maher, Gerald Anderson and John Dodd. Discography Scones EP [1986? Que Records Sp001] Links BandCamp Page Photo’s on Flickr Members

Montessouri

Nick Hodgson’s lo-fi free-noise recordings from 1996-7, with a line-up that included percussionist Kurt Dyer (Hodgson’s bandmate in the Soul-Funk group Solaa), brother Lynton and Kyle Denovan, Ryan Condon and long-time off-sider Tim Macdonald.

Released at least 5 cassette’s including ‘Ininityland’ on the influential US independent Shrimper.

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Trough

Biography Ex-Livids Andrew Carey and Regan O’Brien, producing lowkey underground releases, described as ‘Gorgeous, unusual melodic instrumentals from two Palmerston North cousins. Features guitar, drums, noise and piano’ by Crawlspace. Discography ‘Sturdy’/’Avondale Race Ten’/’Epiphyte Rain’ 7″ Lathe-Cut [1997 Spotty Dog… Read More »Trough

The Front Lawn

Biography somewhere between a band and a performance troup..well closer to the later, really – they released their albums as ‘songs from the front lawn..’ to indicate they were more soundtracks than albums, though both featured the odd sparkling quirky… Read More »The Front Lawn

Woll

Biography Obscure (and terribly named) group who put out an EP on the Ode label in 1986. Discography Barricades EP [1986 Ode Sodep259] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members

The Idles

Biography john fleury, ross mckenzie, james taylor, barry blackler and robin murphy. Discography picks in bold agroculture ep [1984 Members Links