Biography Slick 3-piece pop-rock outfit who formed at Hillmorton High School in Christchurch, before relocating to Wellington in the late 90’s (and eventually breaking up in mid-2002). Comprised of (future Autozamm front-man) Michael Carpinter, scene-stealing drummer Rcky Boyd and Wellington… Read More »Canvas
On Monday, September 15th I saw an innocuous Facebook post by Doo Ragnarok, aka Duane Zarakov, aka Pat Faigan – a fairly typical post by Pat, who spends a great chunk of the day posting excellent youtube clips of classic… Read More »RIP Peter Gutteridge
Biography Fuzz-guitar god Chris Heazlewood had been a visible part of the New Zealand underground for at least a couple years prior to meeting Celia Mancini in Dunedin back in 1991 (and thereby forming the legendary King Loser). In Sferic… Read More »Chris Heazlewood
Biography Auckland pseudo-metal band in the spinal tap tradition. Infamous as the backing band of terrible, short-lived ‘stunt’ show Back Of The Y Masterpiece Theatre. they actually have decent songs! I’ve caught them live a couple of times and seen… Read More »Deja Voodoo
Biography O’Lovely began as a duo (originally named The O’Lovelys) consisting of Laura Lee Watson (Synth/Vox – also of Pop Hits City) and Brooke Singer (Keys – formerly of the Ragamuffin Children and now French for Rabbits). In 2007 the pair… Read More »O’Lovely
hawkes bay based independent label: “founded in 1996 as the release machine for lousy rock group big blue blanket, hit your head music now hosts a wide range of musical talents”. check out their website for info on bands like… Read More »Hit Your Head Music
Biography Jamie Verheyde, Rick O’Grady, Mark Brooks And Nick Ruddell. Discography Carbine Ep [Live Recording 1986 Rational Rat303] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
2005, Tea Set Records Review by Achilles Heel Not bad for a first EP, in fact it’s almost pure perfection for a first time thing. This band of 3 girls and one guy have only been together since 2004. Albeit… Read More »Duchess – Duchess EP
Biography Rob Stewart, J.P. De Raad, Simon Gotlieb, Aaron Watson. Discography The Arguementative Bastards EP [1989 Ima Hitt Hitt Me10x] Links BandCamp Page LastFM Photo’s on Flickr Members
Biography mhfs is mark sadgrove, an auckland-based physicist currently working on a doctorate in experimental quantum dynamics. in his spare time he makes sound with open source software tools. ‘ti point wharf’ is in keeping with his previous “location themed”… Read More »MHFS
Biography Ground Breaking Christchurch Exponents Of Melodic Tinged Rock, Sort Of New Wave For The Time (1981-3). The Newtones Featured Tony Peak On Guitar And Vocals, Mark Brooks On Bass And Vocals And Graeme Van Der Colk On Drums, Replaced… Read More »Newtones
Biography jenny morris’ first claim to fame was as the lead vocalist in the crocodiles huge new wave pop smash ‘tears’. though the band was quite short lived, they went through a huge assortment of members, including both jenny and… Read More »Crocodiles
Biography from krkrkrk‘s website: “enduring from late 1997 to early 2000, this avant-garde trio (justine sharp, david khan & peter wright) produced some of krkrkrk’s most impressive industrial/ambient, electro-acoustic music. like many of the label’s later projects, dis de-emphasized rock… Read More »Dis
initially started as a method for releasing the recordings of joed out and feyodor (joed out’s ben barritt), and run by band-memberandrew maitai, the label took a step towards becoming a fully fledged independent in mid 2003 with the bands… Read More »Powertool Records
Biography ben stewart, david hooper, zero and karl dockery. Discography picks in bold age of voice ep [1986 kiwi / pacific EAL181] Members Links