Biography fruit-ball lo-fi solo artist and the head-loon behind the demi whores, edward gains has been making his own bedroom recordings since the mid 1990s – initially in dunedin, though he didn’t really produce anything until being holed up in… Read More »Ed Gains
Biography Little Pictures was originally the cutesy electro-folk solo project of Mark Turner (the henderson/mechano). The “band” was expanded to a three piece consisting of Johanna Freeman on vocals and glockenspiel and James Halborow on drums. The band members Members… Read More »Little Pictures
Biography Small Auckland-based independent label that sprung up out of Flying Nun Records Record’s corporate changes in the late 90’s and run by (former Superette bassist) Ben Howe to release material for his own band Fang, along with associated other… Read More »Arch Hill Recordings
Biography Sophie Moleta Born In Wellington, Grew Up Mainly In Perth, Returned To Wellington, Pursued Recording And Performing Career In France, Uk, Australia And Now New Zealand. Has Numbers Of Self Releases And Numbers Of Commercial Releases On Both Rnfull… Read More »Sophie Moleta
Biography Ex-Six Volts / Mutton Birds guitarist David Long, along with a bevvy of contributors – Peter Daube, Steve Roche, Janet Roddick, Neill Duncan, jazz supremo Chris O’Connor and Fur Patrol vocalist Julia Deans. Discography Come On In [2003 Braille… Read More »Slim Volume
Biography one of new zealands most successful singer/song-writers, dave dobbyn has been involved in a plethora of bands (the swingers, dd smash et all) and released a number of acclaimed albums of his own material over the last 30-odd years,… Read More »Dave Dobbyn
Biography Discography Tetnus [1995 Hark Hkc28] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography jeremy eades’ garageland (along with andrew gladstone, mark and debbie silvey – who was later replaced by andrew claridge, who eventually made way for dave goodison) were originally billed as new zealand’s answer to pavement, they went on to… Read More »Garageland
Biography Cute Melbourne-Based Pop-Rock Band featuring 3 ex-New Zealand lads – Paul Ward, Cass Kowalski and Greg Allom. After releasing their debut EP on Construction Set in 2005, the band have spent the best part of a year recording new… Read More »The Tranquilizers
Biography Andrew Thorne. Discography Thorn [1994 Lost D30979] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography from mike puke: played in nelson punk band, dead centre, 1988 – 1998. in 1997 i started recording my own songs, as well as sometimes playing live solo. first recordings recorded partly in my house truck using solar power,… Read More »The Pukes
[Originally published in A Low Hum October 2006] Will Edmonds is eager, passionate and luckily for Christchurch, one of the founders of Out of Kilter, an all ages orientated community that focuses on promoting bands and events. Out of Kilter… Read More »Will Edmonds / Out Of Kilter [October 2006]
Biography Tight instrumental (drums and guitar) outfit in the High Dependency Unit or Jakob vein based around Dunedin-born brothers Rob and Adam Falcolner. 2 years after the release of their debut EP ‘White Light’ in 2005 the group recorded a… Read More »Operation Rolling Thunder
Xpressway was formed by Bruce Russell in 1985 to release his then-fledgling Christchurch band the Dead C, live archival recordings from This Kind Of Punishment and the debut solo material from Alastair Galbraith. Over the course of the next 23… Read More »Xpressway
Biography brian crook has had a long and varied career in the new zealand underground scene. initially as a guitarist in seminal christchurch post-punk outfit scorched earth policy in the early to mid 1980s, then with the max block, and… Read More »Brian Crook