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Cosa Nostra

Biography daniel barnes and trevor reekie. Discography picks in bold this thing is ours [1995 antenna ANT001] Members Links

Harry Death

Biography Discography picks in bold beautiful 12″ lathe-cut [1989 ima hitt HIT ME 6 TIMES] live too [1994 burning records / sonicarts society] Members Links

Jordan Reyne

Biography Jordan Reyne is an acclaimed, yet still relatively low-profile musician with a long history in New Zealand pop and rock, specifically in a dark (and somewhat gothic) direction. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Reyne gigged as a… Read More »Jordan Reyne

Michael J. Hex

The solo recording alias of Michael Brassell, former member of Christchurch lo-fi legends Squirm, and future Hiss Explosion front-man. Brassell (who used the Hex pseudonym for many of his make-shift bands) formed the Noseflute label to release the classic 1995 debut Johnnie Horse – a scattered and thoroughly charming lo-fi oddity that shines well beyond the grit of his determined 4-track recordings.

Hoi Polloi

Biography jenny gullen, david ball, andrew horst and jozsef fityus. Discography picks in bold hoi polloi [1993 reunion REND-24409] Members Links

David Gideon

Biography as the iconoclastic front-man for christchurch rock outfit gideon, and in a solo capacity, david gideon has been a regular to the christchurch music scene as long as just about anyone in the garden city, but despite several high-profile… Read More »David Gideon

Wazzo Ghoti

Biography Rex Nairn, Chris Goodall, Mark Roxburgh, Bill Morris, Andrew Downes, Steve Cochrane. Wellington punks (pronounced Wazzo Fish) that are still going, at least in an occasional live capacity as of 2004. Members Rex Nairn (Wazzo Ghoti) Chris Goodall (Wazzo… Read More »Wazzo Ghoti

Blindspott

Biography Hugely popular both nationally and overseas; particularly in South-East Asia, Blindspott were a nu-metal 5-piece from West Auckland. Originally forming in 1997, the group spent 5 years developing their sound and a strong local following before completing their debut release.… Read More »Blindspott

Nimbus

Biography Hamilton-Based Guitar Outfit Comprised Of Cameron And Alasdair Hay, Nick Feisst And Tuhua Mutu. Their Self-Titled Debut Varies Between Vocal Pop-Rock Material (With Feisst Taking Up Vocal Roles) And Predominently Instrumental Wall-Of-Guitar Type Stuff. Discography Title Format [June 2011 self-released]… Read More »Nimbus

Smokeshop

Biography Darren Watson. Discography Chicago Smokeshop [1989 Pagan Pal1045] So Glad [1990 Pagan Pal1059] So Glad Ep [1991 Pagan 1063] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members

Trucker

Biography Waikato-based rock band caught somewhere between indie-rock (think Super-chunk) and early New York punk, based around singer-songwriter Jamie Stone. Trucker released the full-length debut Jude and had several bFM singles before calling it a day in 2001. Along with… Read More »Trucker

Matt Middleton

Biography Matt Middleton (otherwise known as Crude), is a founding member of The Aesthetics and later part of the live Space Dust ensemble. From the mid 1990s till the mid 00’s Middleton was an incredibly productive musician, with a distinct… Read More »Matt Middleton

Parmentier

Biography the abstract electronic recordings of former thela duo rosy parlane and dion workman. initially started as an outgrowth of thela (the duo had split from guitarist dean roberts) whereby parlane played drums and manipulated tape-loop and workman played guitar,… Read More »Parmentier

Curragh and Thompson

Biography the duo of nathan thompson and mark curragh, who also make up half of sandoz lab technicians and release material through their blunt instrumentals label. Discography picks in bold days and nights of rain lathe-cut 7″ ep [blunt instrumentals… Read More »Curragh and Thompson