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Hiss Explosion

Excellent two-man band that evolved out of old-school Christchurch Lo-Fi pioneers Squirm featuring Mike Hex (aka Mike Brassell, the head honcho of the Arc Life record label at the time) on guitar, backed by Peter Mitchell. Hex moved the two-piece south to Dunedin in the early 00's, and continued to be a pioneer of the south island Lo-Fi scene, incorporating simple delay techniques, open chords and melodic singing to create a beautifully sparse sound.

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147 Swordfish

Biography One of the crop of great bands to surface for 1992’s Operation Music Storm competition 147 Swordfish made the finals coming second and…

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Space Dust

Biography A Christchurch institution of absent idols (only John Christoffels still resides in the garden city from the classic line-up), dating back to 1993…

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SF

Biography One-off 3-song 7″ on Flying Nun Records from King Losers’ Sean O’Reilly and the mysterious DD Mack (aka the artist Saskia Leek). Members…

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No Tag

Biography No Tag were a 4-piece Oi Punk band from Auckland who burned brightly for a couple years in the early 1980’s, though their…

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Sugar Jon

Biography Solo releases from Armpit‘s Sugar Jon. Discography The Pit Master [W/ Cja, Smokehouse Root Don Lonie For CashRdl017] 5 Hard Rock Solo Cassette…

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Lome

Biography 3-piece Christchurch rock outfit in a fairly Unwound-style vein with dramatic guitar tension and vocals that veer between hushed and dramatic. Lome is…

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The Situations

Biography Formerly known as Devil Gate Drive, The Situations are a young South Auckland rock’n’roll 4-piece comprised of Glen, Stu, Sam and Brad. They…

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Mainstreet Cafe and Bar

Also known as: Mainstreet Location: 840 Colombo Street, Central Christchurch Current Status: Demolished Active as a live music venue: 1990’s – 2006? Bar Manager:…

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Leonard

Biography unsigned but productive auckland rock outfit (named after the fridge!) comprised of james clark (vocals), mark stebben (bass / vocals), matt barnett (guitar…

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The Offbeats

Biography Wellington based 7-piece ska band with a fairly large following, after a number of tracks on a variety of ska compilations, along with…

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Paul Guilford

Biography new zealand-born visual artists and musician, also responsible for recordings under the name paul h. locasta and as artificial subterranne. currently residing back…

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Shoes This High

Biography Arty post-punk band (originally out of Wellington, then Auckland) formed around Brent Hayward With Kevin Hawkins, Jessica Walker and Chris Plummer. Kevin Hawkins…

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E.C.F.

Biography chris and shayne mason, ljinon mihell and brett frazer. put out an ep on new future (with the lovely title of ‘radio w.a.n.k.’)…

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Flip Grater

Biography Formerly Christchurch and now Auckland-based singer-songwriter with an Indie-Country feeling to her songs. Flip reached a greater level of exposure with the release…