Improv-heavy duo Stella Corkery (Sweetcakes, Queen Meanie Puss) and Alan Holt making a variety of different noises in all sorts of directions. Featuring Corkery’s drumming, plus guitar and electronics, many of the duo’s releases so far have been odes (so… Read More »White Saucer
a solid but unremarkeable christchurch power-pop-rock trio, who’s major claim to fame seems to be their luck with winning band competitions and the ill-fated results. comprised of the towering kris giles (bass), ed loughnan (vocals / guitar) and al evans… Read More »Hooster
joed-out folk, pop and ambient handiman ben barrett in a solo capacity, with contributions on his blind photos.. album from fellow joed-out members andrew maitai and matt backhouse. Discography picks in bold be fine ep [2000 powertool records PT000] blind… Read More »Feyodor
Brilliant 90’s Christchurch sludge-rock outfit comprised of Brett Lupton, Daryl Kirk and Mike Brassell (Hiss Explosion).
Took a thoroughly DIY, low-budget approach to release a series of warped, discordant guitar albums, based around excellent guitar-work and an inventive, lo-fi and somewhat sloppy (in a good way) approach to recording songs.
The first of a trio of labels (along with Secret Safari and the more recent Headshy) that have been releasing material by underground Palmertson North artists (usually of a rock nature) since 1994. Initially releasing a series of compilation tapes… Read More »Spotty Dog
edwards lazy, mic and fred feast, johnny snake, chumbo gnu and h w armstrong. Discography picks in bold tales of mr. conductor [1986 onset/offset PR2386]
a low hum 2006 tour part one – shot by blink kind of a sphagetti-western flavoured band, with elements of indie, country, texicana (thanks to trumpet player viv treweek) and other elements thrown into a strange mix of guitar pop.… Read More »Grand Prix
Discography picks in bold always 8″ lathe-cut ep [self-released] improv songs 8″ lathe-cut ep [self-released] some songs lathe-cut [1994 self-released] donald mcpherson [1994] decap lathe-cut 7″ ep [self-released] the trees lathe-cut 7″ ep [self-released] boulder state lathe-cut 10″ ep [self-released]… Read More »Donald McPherson
wellington outfit that featured torben tilly, paul ling, yuri frusin and helen johnstone (also both of dress). since disbanding in the early 1990s, all the members have relocated to australia, tilly forming minit with jasmine guffond and flabergé with the… Read More »Garbage and the Flowers
Biography Batrider were one of the brightest stars to come out of Wellington in the early 2000’s. A four-piece led by guitarist/vocalist Sarah Chadwick, the strength in the group lies in their gritty vocals and guitarist Julia Rouse’s excellent rhythmic… Read More »Batrider
unusual hybrid jazz unit featuring james wilkinson that enjoyed cross-over success locally and toured europe in the mid 90s. Discography picks in bold hampsterdam [1993 new edge NE001] syzygy [1995 new edge NE002]
brian crook’s post victor dimisich band outfit, put together with his partner maryrose, rob stowell and rebecca shanahan. the original flying nun is very very hard to come by and is sought by collectors. needless to say, the crooks’ went… Read More »The Max Block
The most prolific recording alias of Dark Tower member Jody Lloyd, who has been releasing material under the alias since the excellent Shadows on a Flat Land album in 1998. In 2003, Jody started performing his solo material (and even… Read More »Trillion
Biography Chris Heazlewood and Sean O’Rielly’s pre-King Loser outfit, featuring former Look Blue Go Purple drummer and Flying Nun Records alumni Lesley Paris. Members Chris Heazlewood (Guitar/Bass/Vocals, 1991 – 1992) Sean O’Rielly (Guitar/Vocals/Organ, 1991 – 1992) Lesley Paris (Drums, 1991… Read More »Olla
horrid 4-piece auckland pop-punk in the blink-182 mall-punk tradition. had a big splash with their 1st few singles. formed around dave gibson (vocals), justyn pilbrow (gat – also of the relaxomatic project), lani perkis (bass – also of all-girl group… Read More »Elemeno P