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Moby Trip

Biography acid-rock outfit from hamilton scene veterans ray (bass / vox) and john stroud (guitar / vox) and anthony van der puttin (drums). released on the tiny cranium records label (craig williamsons’ datura being the other band of note), moby… Read More »Moby Trip

Pine – Longplayer

2002, Arch Hill Christchurch, New Zealand’s Pine have been crowd and college radio favorites over the past 3 years, crafting simple, elegant and often catchy pop hit after pop hit. After 2000’s Speeding EP, expectations nationwide have been high for… Read More »Pine – Longplayer

Miscreant

Biography Auckland based 6-piece rock band comprised of David Edtmaier (Guitar), Josh Guy (Guitar), Alan Treanor (Bass), Damian Hilt (Drums), and two vocalists – Chris Brebner and Daniel Ellery. The group spawned out of Heart Of Fifths in 2004, originally… Read More »Miscreant

Dodge

Biography dodge is johannes contag – the german born, but new zealand-based multi-instrumentalist solo artists and founding member of both mink and cloudboy. after discovering synths at an early age, contag was a major part of the slacker pop of… Read More »Dodge

Prime Movers

Biography short-lived west-auckland pop-rock outfit from the early 1980s that put out a 7″ on simon griggs’ furtive records, and started the recording career of future headless chicken front-man chris matthews. also featured guitarist nick crowther. Discography picks in bold… Read More »Prime Movers

Avotor

Biography Auckland based 2-piece electronic instrumental Band (i.e. they play live electronic instrumentation with no computers). The group formed in Grey Lynn in 1998, with Bev taking up drum machines and a sampler and Hamish using loops to compliment his… Read More »Avotor

Andy Cummins

Biography ..currently an additional vocalist for pop-experimentalists cloudboy. he recently finished three audio-visual pieces, one of which is a video for the song helloface (from hummel). future plans include soundscapes for a series of short film projects..” “..hummel consists of… Read More »Andy Cummins

Goldenhorse

Biography i don’t know what to say about goldenhorse. as a fan of geoff maddock’s previous bizarre tour-de-force bressa creeting cake i was disappointed to see him retreat to the relatively ‘safe’ goldenhorse – a band that draws lavish attention,… Read More »Goldenhorse

Hemi

Biography a shoot-off the the hugely popular head like a whole from nigel regan and tom watson (who has since gone on to front the now-melbourne based cassette. hemi put out a single album on wildside while hlah were at… Read More »Hemi

David Kilgour

Biography This week I got to interview one of my idols – New Zealand Music legend David Kilgour; who’s song-writing, singing and guitar-work has been a cornerstone of the New Zealand sound since the Clean first surfaced in 1979.Tell me… Read More »David Kilgour

Paul H. Locasta

Biography one of the many aliases of paul guilford “..a new zealand visual artist and musician who lived in houston from the late eighties until 1997..” [wholly-other.com]. guilford has been involved with high-profile u.s.-independent trio the charalambides, and released quite… Read More »Paul H. Locasta

The New Originals

Biography Excellently Named (Obviously This Is Spinal Tap Fans..) Co-Ed 5-Piece From Christchurch Who Have Emerged In The Mid 00s As A Diverse And Professional Pop-Rock Outfit – A Refershing Change From The Sea Of Rock-Sters. Led By Current Mayoral… Read More »The New Originals