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The Terrorways
Short Haired Rock and Roll (Red Coloured LP) [ LP - released 24/May/2019 ] After gaining a reputation as 'Rooter' and becoming well known for their high-octane performances the band changed their name to 'The Terrorways', likely in an attempt to fly under the radar of irritated bar owners who'd already had trouble with the... |
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This Kind Of Punishment
A Beard Of Bees (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Among This Kind Of Punishment's myriad of recordings, A Beard Of Bees best outlines the collective vision of the Jefferies brothers. Their classic second album feels more meticulous than its predecessor, proffering a grey, near-Mancunian influence... |
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This Kind Of Punishment
In The Same Room (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 7/Jun/2019 ] With This Kind Of Punishment, Graeme Jefferies and Peter Jefferies produced some of most adept DIY sounds to emerge from New Zealand's 1980s post-punk scene. After their phenomenal self-titled debut and classic A Beard Of Bees, the brothers would... |
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This Kind of Punishment
Radio Silence (7") [ Superior Viaduct / 7in - released 9/Dec/2016 ] Recorded in Auckland in 1984, these archival tracks capture seminal New Zealand band This Kind Of Punishment's unique alchemy of poignant melody and four-track claustrophobia. The previously unreleased "Radio Silence" offers an astringent,... |
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This Kind Of Punishment
This Kind Of Punishment (LP) [ Superior Viaduct / LP - released 2/Feb/2018 ] On their self-titled debut, the Jefferies brothers and Chris Matthews eschew the punk-informed modes of their contemporaries for a sound that is decidedly more deliberate / intimate. Rooted in a marriage between simplistic, classically-influenced... |
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Tom Cunliffe
Secret Exhibition (LP) [ Independent / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Secret Exhibition is Tom Cunliffe's third album and a return to the warm acoustic sounds of his early songs. Built on nylon strings and creaky pianos, it has the feel of a candlelit room at 3am. This is for people who stay up talking, long after the... |
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Tom Thumb
1966-1970 Essential Recordings (LP) [ Break A Way LP / LP - released 11/Aug/2017 ] Tom Thumb from Wellington had a fierce reputation in the windy city's live scene. From 1966 to 1970 the group cut eight singles and one ground breaking Prog Rock EP. Collected here for the first time are: Tom Thumb Mark 1 … their garage snarl can... |
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Tooms
Fake Teeth (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 28/Feb/2022 ] 1:12 Records is proud to introduce the debut LP Fake Teeth from exciting Tāmaki Makaurau duo Tooms. 1:12 has been chasing Tooms for a full-length album ever since they tore up The Whammy Bar at their unforgettable 2019 Xmas Party (13 bands, 2... |
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Troy Kingi
Black Sea Golden Ladder (LP) [ Triple A Records / LP - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A collaboration with award winning Ōtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist... |
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Troy Kingi & The Upperclass
Pū Whenua Hau Tapu, Eka Mumura (Double LP) [ AAA Records / 2 LP - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Pū Whenua Hau Tapu, Eka Mumura, the Te Reo Māori version of the award-winning album Holy Colony Burning Acres - the third instalment of multi-award-winning artist Troy Kingi's aspirational 10|10|10 Series (ten albums in ten genres in ten years) - is... |
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
II (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 15/Feb/2013 ] Emerging from rampant hedonism and isolation is II, the new album from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The musical vision of Portlander-via-New Zealand Ruban Nielson started as an anonymous home-recording project that fused psychedelia, soul, choppy... |
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Sex & Food (Limited Edition Pink Vinyl LP & 12") [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 6/Apr/2018 ] A limited edition release on pink vinyl, shrink-wrapped with a 12" featuring the tracks SB-03 and SB-04 (both previously unavailable on vinyl). |
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
V (Limited Edition Golden Nugget Vinyl LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Created between Palm Springs, California and Hilo, Hawai'i, V is the first double album from the Hawaiian-New Zealand singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra band. Designed to play as one... |
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Various
AK79 (40th Anniversary Edition Double Gatefold LP) [ Flying Nun Records / 2 LP - released 17/Jan/2020 ] December 2019 marks the 40 year anniversary of an important record in NZ history; AK79. Within the grooves of this historical landmark compilation lies a connection to our musical whakapapa as New Zealanders and music lovers. A defining record,... |
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Various Artists
Sonic (LP) [ Frenzy / LP - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Wellington, Circa 1971-72. For just over a year Sonic label and studio owner Alan Dunnage and record producer Ed Morris aka O'Strange became a magnet for the Wellington and lower North Island Underground music scene. The label's output was small and... |
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Various Artists
Sunreturn (LP) [ Sunreturn / LP - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Sunreturn is an independent record label based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. Established in 2019, Sunreturn strives to amplify the work of artists who find freedom in imagining new and unique sounds. To celebrate the community that has formed... |
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Various Artists
True Colours, New Colours - The Songs Of Split Enz (Limited Edition LP) [ Warner Australia / LP - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Hot pink coloured vinyl! True Colours, the most commercially successful album of New Zealand group Split Enz's career, celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier in the year. To commemorate the milestone, the... |
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Various Artists (LP & CD)
Wolf Party [ Voodoo Rhythm / 2 LP/CD - released 14/Mar/2014 ] At the ass end of the planet lies the ancient and secretive Pacific Islands known collectively by Whiteys as NEW ZEALAND. All the way down here the cassette and film production company STINC MAGNETIC started in 1998 by a young Maori called Dylan... |
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The Veils
...And Out Of The Void Came Love (LP) [ Banished From The Universe / 2 LP - released 3/Mar/2023 ] It's been seven strange years since The Veils' last studio album. Since then Finn Andrews has toured the world twice over, appeared in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return, made an acclaimed solo album, broken his wrist on stage, and had a... |
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Verlaines
Way Out Where (RSD 2024 LP) [ School Kids Records / LP - released 14/Jun/2024 ] After a run of acclaimed albums released via New Zealand's Flying Nun label through the 1980's, The Verlaines signed a deal with Los Angeles based Slash Records. By mid 1992 the band were regrouping after touring in support of Ready To Fly, their... |