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The Primates

Biography 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] Members Links

Grand Prix

Biography 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… Read More »Grand Prix

Donald McPherson

Biography 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… Read More »Donald McPherson

Batrider

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

Hampster

Biography 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] Members Hampster Links

The Max Block

Biography 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’… Read More »The Max Block

Trillion

Biography 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… Read More »Trillion

Olla

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,  Psychic Maps,  Sferic Experiment,  Tabula Rasa, King Loser, Olla, Psychic Maps, Sferic Experiment,… Read More »Olla

Elemeno P

Biography 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… Read More »Elemeno P

Dead Flowers

Biography bryan bell (vox / gat), rob dollars (drums), riqi hadfield (gat / backing vox), darryn harkness (bass – replacing aaron carson, who had replaced david james in the mid 90s) and damon newton (lead guitar). big hair rock in… Read More »Dead Flowers

Hieronymus Bosch

Biography profile thanks to marq bizarre / hieronymus boschhieronymus bosch formed around 1985-86. a two piece utilizing many reel to reel tape recorders, loop effects, steel objects and an arsenal of classic analog synths and drum machines. very dark and… Read More »Hieronymus Bosch

The Labcoats

Biography wellington sextet with a long history in jazz and rock circles, ex-mutton bird david long, six volts steve roache and brotherly duo david and anthony donaldson, and the new wave of ricki gooch – trinity roots and toby laing… Read More »The Labcoats

Emperical

Biography marcel bears project exploring the sonic world embodied in his (amplified) handmade shimsaws (intricate constructions of steel and wire that are bowed and plucked)rn- taken from the pseudoarcana catalog some of bears work as emperical was included on Members… Read More »Emperical