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Darcy Clay
Biography Inspired, chaotic, and unfortunately short-lived Auckland musician. please read my review of his seminal live document Songs for Beethoven for more detail on…
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Delaney Davidson
Biography Skin-hitter, accordionist, synthersizist, guitarist, bassist, trombonist, harmonica-player, musical saw-player, singer, songsmith, chef, painter & explorer…Delaney Davidson is not very well known in his…
Record Labels
Flying Nun Records
The independent label that put New Zealand Music on the map. From Roger Shephard's formation of the label in 1980 through to now, Flying Nun has been a mark of creative, quirky, inventive music with a distinct kiwi flavor.
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Masochrist
Biography black metal hardcore act from the pits of paeroa. noisey, gritty and very rawrn- club bizarre Discography picks in bold eternal antichrist cassette…
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Bloodbox
Biography Another fantastic release from Splash (ex Vext) delivering us another fine and deafening slab of hardcore attitude and brutal noise sculpting and angst ridden sickness.…
Interviews
The Bats [February 2006]
Over the last 20 years The Bats have garnished a label of dependability – and with good reason. Though now taking a little bit…
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Omit
Biography Blenheim-based underground experimental musician of notorious repute: Outdated synthesizers, delay pedals and tape loops to shape plastic signal patterns and oblique modulations to…
Album Reviews
Dimmer – I Believe You Are A Star
2001, Columbia, 5024222000 The Straitjacket Fits were an unusual, charismatic, and somewhat untrustworthy rock band. Over the course of ten years Shayne Carter proceeded to…
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Sarah Brown
Biography Marlborough born singer songwriter Sarah Brown released her self-titled debut album in 2006. Her first single “hands” marionette like music video received plenty…
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Marystaple
Biography popular up-and-coming wellington hard rock band. Discography picks in bold reset speed [2002 hey harry HHR02] Members Marystaple Links
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Sifty Chris And The Gladeyes
Biography Wonderfully named Dunedin indie-pop outfit. Formed in 2002, the band features the comically named members Sifty Chris, Angry Antwon, Slammin’ Stu, and Logan…
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Blair Parkes
Biography long-standing christchurch singer / song-writer, blair parkes has been a fixture in local indie-pop bands, from all fall down in the early 1980s,…
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Sneaky Feelings
Biography The Sneakies were a young and naive pop band discovering the world of music from a distinctly dunedin perspective. In original member Matthew…
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Eight
Biography forming in 1996 but taking (an appropriate) 8 years to get their debut out, eight none the less have been courting major-label interest…
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Offline
Biography …nz underground solo artist shay j klink, combining hard hitting well composed drum machine programming, some well structured dark experimental mood intensities and…