Biography emerging out of hello sailor in the early 80s, graeme braziers legionnaires went through a number of line-up changes, taking in dave mcartney, allan badger, lyn buchanan, andrew langsfor, harry lyon, gary vernerne and paul woolwright. Discography picks in… Read More »The Legionnaires
Biography whaingaroa-based downbeat reggae / roots combo led by brian mcmillian (vocals / guitar / songwriting), with a rhythm section featuring naomi tuao (bass) and boyd turongo dixon (drums), plus lisa mcleod (keyboards), jabin ward (sax), michael taylor (trumpet), fary… Read More »Cornerstone Roots
Biography Wolf has been a member of the short-lived Stiff Herbert, Bizu and Madding Crowd, along with releasing several albums under his own (comical) moniker (which seem to have had more success overseas than locally). Discography Songs From The Basin… Read More »Stefan Wolf
long-standing corporate label, home of a bevy of mainstream artists in a wide swag of commercial genres, with a catelogue stretching back to 1985 and focused on jazz, roots, r’n’b and country (with some outlet into pop and rock). in… Read More »Pagan
Biography The Stumps are the New Zealand superspawn of Antony Milton (Pseudoarcana, The Nether Dawn, Etc), Stephen Clover (Seht), and James Kirk (Sandoz Lab Technicians, Gate etc). With a laundry list of individual accomplishments preceding them, “Lost Weekends” brings high… Read More »The Stumps
Biography la gloria original surfaced as the debut lp of empirical – aka marcel bear. this was a well-liked drone-piece contructed around bear’s unusual shimsaw – an amplified aluminium saw that creates a streaming, shimmering drone when played with a… Read More »La Gloria
Biography Discography ‘Don’t Deceive Me’/’The Witch’ 7″ Single [1982 Flying Nun Records FN009] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Discography Pictures Of Love EP [2005 Monsterr] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography Members Kerri Paton (bass / vocals, Casualty) Chris Fegan (vocals / guitar, Casualty) Mike Fegan (drums / vocals, Casualty) Jeff Betram (Casualty) Steve James (Casualty) Greg James (Casualty) Discography Challenge EP (1988, Do This Records, DTR001) Hope 7″ Single… Read More »Casualty
Biography The most recognized of Bill Direen’s many underground projects, The Builders recordings are as varied as they are numerous, and litter his discography (often with infuriating spelling variations – The Bilders, Bildirene, Die Bilder etc). Check Direen’s Main Entry for… Read More »The Builders
Biography Auckland 5-piece pop-rock group who exploded in 2006 thanks to the annoyingly catchy riff and video placement of their single ‘K’, which was omnipresent through-out the year. The group released their sole album Get in the Club in 2008… Read More »The Tutts
Biography aka craig williamson, hamilton psych-hippie front-man of former stoner-psych outfit datura, and now producing blissed out meditations as lamp of the universe Discography picks in bold lotus of a thousand petals lathe cut [love in sunshine] Members Links
Biography The very definition of ‘I like your old stuff better than your new stuff’, Salmonella Dub started out creating bass and horn-heavy dub ready to get down too, but slowly (well, more like immediately after former sound-man Tiki Tanae… Read More »Salmonella Dub
Biography the quintessential kiwi cock-rock band of the late 70s and early 80s (while dragon were spending most of their time causing trouble across the tasman). hello sailor were graham brazier and dave mcartney at the centre, with harry lyon,… Read More »Hello Sailor
Biography What makes this album great is the aforementioned brevity of the pieces. Duncan spans all shapes of the volume curve, sliding through landscapes of barren glacial shifts, torn loudspeaker edits and ye olde drone, and letting the feedback go… Read More »Duncan Bruce