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2002, Failsafe Records Two wonderfully hand-packaged releases from local 3-piece Substandard. Best described as an instrumental band with involving guitar textures (Danny Bare), driving…
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Biography Auckland 3-piece indie group who featured on Fast Food Records ‘Christmas On The Rocks’ compilation, as well as putting out an EP in…
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Biography recorded live to air on radio massey in june 1998, this was only just captured on tape by the astute bongo bunny. tapes,…
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Biography John Kennedy, Karen Rush, Steve Thomas, Dave White, Greg and Kirsten Finucane, Valerie Wycoff, Jim Lovell-Smith and Fiona Masters. Discography Thin Red Line…
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Biography highly political, yet brilliantly melodic and evocative all-maori band focused on pacific style guitar and percussion (and ever changing line-up included dilworth karaka,…
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Biography Completely unknown presumably-experimental recordings that involve Glory Fckn Sun member (and now UK resident) Ben Spiers in some capacity (Guitar? Violin?). Members Ben…
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Biography k-group is paul toohey, previously of noted nz geological drone ensemble surface of the earth, who also has a solo album under this…
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Biography a short-lived bill direen project. Discography picks in bold feast of frogs ep [1983 prototype publications PR2025] Members Links
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Biography Brash and noisy Flying Nun Records rock act from the early 1990s. Discography ‘Breakdown Town’/’Slo’Gin’ 12″ Single [1990 Flying Nun Records Fn132] Sour…
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Biography from krkrkrk‘s website: “the drawing room marked a significant departure from david khan’s earlier work with the leonard nimoy & vaccine projects. gone…
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2002, Arclife Records, ARCLIFE019 As half of the writing force behind seminal Christchurch/Dunedin fuzz-country rockers The Renderers (with his wife Mary-Rose), Brian Crook [aka…
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2002, Sugarlicks Recordings, SUGARCD001 Soul, funk and hip-hop with a pacific flavor seems to be emerging as the new catalyst of the New Zealand…
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2004, Lil Chief, LCR009 I’ve tried to start this review several times now. There is something about Alec Bathgate‘s music that is so compelling…
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Biography Fantastic youthful Christchurch pop-rock trio from the mid 2000’s. Forming at Cashmere High School, Darian Woods, Joseph Harper and Matt Scobie were a…
