Biography Much like Headshy, Secret Safari is essentially a lathe-cut only label, with connections to the unearthing underground resource and Paul Hirsts’ fine Teledu Records mail-order records website. Secret Safari was one of Hirst’s labels (along with the long-running Spotty… Read More »Secret Safari
Biography Greg Malcolms’ excellent kletzmer surf guitar 3-piece. Featuring Malcolmg on guitar, the odd vocal warble, floor guitar and a huge beavy of toys (he prides himself on being able to put on a show for under $5 from the… Read More »Surfing USSR
Biography singer-songwriter and part of the goldenhorse team who put out his debut self-titled release on siren a year following the goldenhorse debut. Discography picks in bold ben king [2002 siren] Members Ben King Links
Biography Lyttelton-based former bassist/vocalist for popular Christchurch act Mountains of Murray. Williams took a few years off from performing when the group disbanded in 2003 before surfacing with his debut solo album, a collection of indie-folk numbers entitled Kamikaze Fondue.… Read More »Harley Williams
Biography Lower Hutt death-metal / grind-core with a handful of self-produced recordings and some international support slots under their belt since forming in the late 1990’s (after a myriad of lineup changes). The group released the track ‘Bone Collector’ on… Read More »Backyard Burial
Biography versifier is the umbrella title of performance poet david eggleton’s new album of words and music. musical contributions are from jay clarkson, martin phillipps, joost langeveld, jordan reyne, michael morley, trevor coleman, david downes, matthew robertson and others. tracks… Read More »David Eggleton
Biography prolific singer-songwriter who’s played in a number of seminal kiwi dirge-rock outfits, along with his own one-man band projects. primarily playing electric piano and singing, jefferies was a founding member of 2 foot flame and the cake kitchen. Discography… Read More »Peter Jefferies
Biography before mikey havoc (and his eternal side-kick newsboy) became a local television celebrity pushing all sorts of depraved acts and general off-the-wall behavious to a young new zealand audience (brilliantly i might add.. though they tended to run jokes… Read More »Push Push
Biography The last evolution in the chain for the core of the Christchurch punk rock movement this band were made up of the members of Unauthorised, Desperate Measures, and Evasive Action. The band were moving well away from their punk… Read More »Southern Front
Biography Auckland band that made a few ripples in the late 90s with some low-key indie-pop songs. Consisting of Jules Barnett (Drums), Josh Hetherington (Guitar And Vocals), Aaron Carson, Chris Familton (Bass), Antony Mcdonald (Guitar) and Blair Miller (Drums). I… Read More »Thorazine Shuffle
Biography auckland 5-piece hardcore outfit formed in 2000 by dean parkin, duncan ‘pepe’ long (guitar – ex dsm), t-dubbs (bass), cashdog (vocals) and george (drums). self-released a brief album called underground hardcore in 2002, described as a mix of bad… Read More »Evil Priest
Biography Prolific underground muso Andrew Spittle’s (Dating Godot) latest project, incorporating guitar and Spittle’s lyrical touch. Members Andrew Spittle (All Red Cables) Discography Under Volcano Fields: All the Hits 2004 – 2010 (2012, Epic Sweep, ES019) Links Discogs Entry
Biography harry russell, chris williams, steve wester. Discography picks in bold ‘jumping at?’/’what kind of man?’ 2×7″ single [1981 r.e.m.] rn wonder book ep [1980 r.e.m. HP-001] Members Links
Biography initially a solo project for johnathon ogilvie (yfc) the material that appears on the south compilation was recorded by ogilvie on 4 track at rob mayes’ gilby street house. ex yfc drummer micheal daily also happened to be in… Read More »Lead Leg
Biography Demarnia Lloyd has been a particularly bright star in the Dunedin music scene in the mid 90s, forming her tenure performing alongside the likes of Alastair Galbraith, as well as forming the eclectic, dancy Mink, and their successor (whom… Read More »Demarnia Lloyd