Biography What a bizarre little band this one was! Starting off as Breast Secreting Cake, the trio of Joel Milton (drums, tabla, percussion, vibraphone), Geoff Maddock (vocals, acoustic/electric/bass guitars, piano/keyboards, mandolin, vibraphone) and Edmund Cake (vocals, acoustic/electric/bass guitars, percussion) made… Read More »Bressa Creeting Cake
Biography hamilton-based indie-pop outfit with a good reputation but little publicity. dating back to 1997 (originally called mystery machine), the band has released a couple of songs to the b-net stations, and in 2004 they’re releasing their sophmore release. Discography… Read More »Dead Pan Rangers
Biography An early pop punk band featuring Eugene Butcher (later of Desperate Measures and Evasive Action), David Gent and Michael Harrallambi (both of Dance Exponents). Never saw this band but ‘You Were The One‘ (Failsafe Records‘ ‘Accident‘ compilation) is a… Read More »Channel Four
Biography Jungly electronica from the hand of Baden French, out of Dunedin. A couple of albums on Arclife Records, along with prominent place on their Arc Beats compilation. Members Discography Links
Biography The alter ego of the prolific Brent Hayward – released a couple albums under this moniker, and even managed a support slot for The Fall during their sole NZ appearance in the early 80s. Discography Toe-Tapping Songs Ep [1981… Read More »Smelly Feet
Biography Dunedin musician with 2 Peter King Lathe releases to his name. Members Kyle M. Adcock Discography Mouse-trapped: demos in disguise lathe-cut (1995, Self-Released) Girl in the green beret 7″ lathe-cut (1996, Self-Released) Links
Biography second generation auckland punk outfit featuring gerald dwyer, eugene pope, dwayne ray and brent jenkins. they still manage to tour and have put out quite a few releases over their 20 year career – though they’ve always been known… Read More »Flesh D-Vice
Biography forming in 1989, cynthia should were a dunedin-based accessible pop outfit who released material on the yellow-eye label at a relaxed pace, with the group finally releasing their debut full-length as a tribute to departed drummer gary ‘mutton’ munro… Read More »Cynthia Should
Biography young rock’n’rollers from the south-of-auckland mcca that is papakura. their live show is sharp, if a little warn, and the band really managed to establish themselves in 2004 by touring simultaneously with stars-in-the-making the coolies, whilst taking part in… Read More »Devils Gate Drive
Biography another band that could claim the title as new zealand’s most popular band at one point in the 90s, head like a hole were a scunge-rock outfit routed in metal and rock’n’roll with flourishes of country, a line-up of… Read More »Head Like A Hole
Biography a truely whimsical song-writer, with a douer, charasmatic voice and a penchant for creating lush, beautiful arrangements (thanks to heavy study’s in music composition and production. downes is one of new zealand’s truely great song-writer, though it took him… Read More »Graeme Downes
Biography daniel barnes and trevor reekie. Discography picks in bold this thing is ours [1995 antenna ANT001] Members Links
Biography Discography picks in bold beautiful 12″ lathe-cut [1989 ima hitt HIT ME 6 TIMES] live too [1994 burning records / sonicarts society] Members Links
Biography Jordan Reyne is an acclaimed, yet still relatively low-profile musician with a long history in New Zealand pop and rock, specifically in a dark (and somewhat gothic) direction. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, Reyne gigged as a… Read More »Jordan Reyne
The solo recording alias of Michael Brassell, former member of Christchurch lo-fi legends Squirm, and future Hiss Explosion front-man. Brassell (who used the Hex pseudonym for many of his make-shift bands) formed the Noseflute label to release the classic 1995 debut Johnnie Horse – a scattered and thoroughly charming lo-fi oddity that shines well beyond the grit of his determined 4-track recordings.