hilarious and clever electro-rapper from auckland with an unusual lo-fi indie beginning. with beats and production from former incisions guitarist alc5 and mint chicks bassist michael logie, coco busted out with collaborator erik ultimate on tracks like ‘jealous’ (included on… Read More »Coco Solid
christchurch-based 4-piece consisting of of petra hoggarth (vocals, bass), sarah james (guitar), sean bennetts (guitar) and toby ricketts (drums). a fairly accomplished and tight mix of snarling pop and hazy rock, after releasing an ep the group redubbed themselves head… Read More »Grope Suit
Biography Chirpy pop trio who started out in Dunedin and have since moved north to wellington. releasing albums through Arclife Records and Yellow-Eye, they’ve had a distinctly independent approach to recording and distribution, despite significant popularity on the b-net stations… Read More »Mestar
2002, V2, V2CP143 With all the hoopla and excitement over the new gee-golly-gosh retro-cool selection of rock’n’roll revivalists going on – it must be hard on the bands that have been swinging this stuff for years, right’ well, in The… Read More »The Datsuns – The Datsuns
mark brimblecombe, andy clannican, rudi garrow and larry leach. Discography picks in bold running free [1985
One Half Of Pop Experimental Weirdo’S Wendyhouse, Bryce ‘Mr. Pudding’ Galloway Released His Solo Debut In 2001 With The Wonderfully Lo-Fi Instant Pudding. By 2004 Mr. Pudding Had Taken To The Streets With A Live Band, Performing As Mr. Pudding… Read More »Mr. Pudding
Handle the Jandal is back: biggerer and bettererEver wanted to make your own video to your favourite song? Be a music video star? Call the shots in your own slice of cinematic history? Or announce your arrival to the world… Read More »Handle the Jandal
Biography Discography Laying It On The Table lathe cut [self-released] Links LastFM Photo’s on Flickr
Originally a three-piece from Featherston in the Wairarapa district – Strikemaster were a rock outfit with a grounding in the blues and were initially comprised of Paul Cullen (Lead Guitar/Vocals), Steve Elliott (Bass Guitar/Lead Vocals), John Prentice (Drums) and later… Read More »Strikemaster
Piers, Matt And John. An ep in 1995. The only record i can find of these guys seems to be their discography entry from Davey and Puschmann’s Kiwi Rock (1996). Discography Up To You Ep [1995] Links BandCamp Page LastFM… Read More »Wilberforce
Biography ‘A.M.’ is my most eclectic project. The seeding ground for all the others actually, which have generally grown out of a.m. When I find a particular sound that I want to pursue. A.M. is mainly ‘drone’ and ‘noise’ stuff,… Read More »A.M.
dickthephone are (usually) the bluesy punk duo of sean norling (guitar and vocals) and georgina may (drums), thoroughly scattered and bombastic dunedinites with a handful of brief 3′ cd-r’s under their belts. punky damaged rawk and scrawl from futurians cohorts… Read More »Dickthephone
2007, A Low Hum, HUM031 The Enright House have produced a luscious polished product in their debut album, A Maze and Amazement. To most, the band is probably best known from touring with A Low Hum, who happens to be… Read More »The Enright House – A Maze and Amazement
Biography The now defunct band Polaar brought together Scott Mannion and Li-Ming Hu (of Shortland Street fame), who originally formed as Plasticene Recording Projects. Their plan was to form a new project every year, putting out at least two albums… Read More »The Tokey Tones