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Sola Monday
Biography The alias of Ingrid Ekdahl, a New Zealand born woman of diverse ancestry (Swedish, Danish, English, Scottish and Maori lineage) who creates folky,…
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David Kilgour
Biography Biography As a strong song-writer behind the seminal flying nun 3-piece the clean, david kilgour developed his own style of country tinged psychedilic…
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The Undercurrents
Biography Excellent Christchurch guitar band that evolved from earlier group The Centre Will Hold. From that group Jamey Holloway (Guitar / vocals), and Nathan…
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Palace at 4AM
Biography Palace at 4am is an up and coming Dunedin four-piece fronted by singer/guitarist Emma Milburn, along with Arclife Records sound-man supremo Thomas Bell…
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The Renderers
Biography The Renderers are New Zealand’s prime example of southern-fried country, and are indeed one of our finest ever bands. Brian Crook formed the…
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Squirm
Brilliant 90's Christchurch sludge-rock outfit comprised of Brett Lupton, Daryl Kirk and Mike Brassell (Hiss Explosion). Took a thoroughly DIY, low-budget approach to release a series of warped, discordant guitar albums, based around excellent guitar-work and an inventive, lo-fi and somewhat sloppy (in a good way) approach to recording songs.
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Laughin’ Gas
Biography Jungly electronica from the hand of Baden French, out of Dunedin. A couple of albums on Arclife Records, along with prominent place on…
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Jay Clarkson
Biography Strong female vocalist and the front-woman of a number of dependable (if never successful) kiwi acts (They Were Expendable aka The Expendables, and…
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Brian Crook – Bible Black
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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David Kilgour – A Feather in the Engine
2001, Arclife Records, ARCLIFE016 The Clean seems to be drifting more towards lead guitarist David Kilgour’s now-prominent laid back sound. 2001’s reunion album ‘getaway’…
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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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Suka
Biography Previously known as Nimrod and then Nimrodiabolique, this Dunedin indie-rock group took the name Suka after their first official release in 1995 (switching…