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Badd Energy
Underwater Pyramids [ Flying Nun / CD - released 15/Mar/2013 ] Spanning fantasy and the unsettling, from "How Do You Sleep" to the anti-apathy attack of "Riot", 'Underwater Pyramids' hurtles listeners through a kaleidoscopic of noize and rage. |
Bird Nest Roys
Me Want Me Get Me Need Me Have Me Love [ Flying Nun / CD - released 5/Jul/2013 ] Born in the hills west of Auckland, New Zealand in the 1980s, the Bird Nest Roys spent a long time evolving into an intelligent life-form before being discovered by the public at large in 1985. A big band by NZ standards - with six members - their... |
The Brunettes
Structure and Cosmetics [ Lil' Chief Records / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] The third (and arguably best) long play from NZ band The Brunettes is an album that eschews much of the bright, candy coating that characterised their previous efforts in favour of a more subtle, sophisticated palate of colours. |
Carnivorous Plant Society
The New King [ CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] It was in a dystopian world (with a working title of Dismal Imaginary Place deemed too depressing) that Carnivorous Plant Society's sophomore album The New King was born, simultaneously aspirational and pragmatically nihilistic. With fables penned by... |
Chris Knox
Seizure [ Flying Nun / CD - released 13/Nov/2015 ] Chris Knox, godfather of alternative New Zealand music. A true renaissance bloke from down under. And while, Seizure, originally released in 1989, was certainly not the start of his story, it is often considered his first 'proper' solo album.... |
The Datsuns
Deep Sleep [ CD - released 3/Oct/2014 ] Seizing the opportunity of being in the same city, Deep Sleep was written and recorded in a blistering fast ten days at Roundhead Studios in Auckland last summer. The result is a sonic explosion that arrives, lights the place on fire, then leaves,... |
The Datsuns
Eye To Eye [ Hellsquad / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] The Datsuns - one of the first international success stories to come out of the New Zealand music scene in the early 21st century - announce their long-awaited and much anticipated seventh album Eye to Eye - their first release in a half dozen... |
The Datsuns
Eye To Eye (LP) [ Hellsquad / LP - released 28/May/2021 ] The Datsuns - one of the first international success stories to come out of the New Zealand music scene in the early 21st century - announce their long-awaited and much anticipated seventh album Eye to Eye - their first release in a half dozen... |
The Datsuns
Headstunts (LP) [ LP - released 15/May/2020 ] The Datsuns are thrilled to finally release Headstunts, their fourth album, on vinyl - a conspicuous gap in their fans' record collections. |
Dave Dobbyn
Harmony House [ CD - released 11/Mar/2016 ] Dave Dobbyn describes this album as a "record of hope". It comes in two halves. "I think there is something naively pop about the first half, songwise and in its melodies…apart from the opening track, which is a challenge." "The second half... |
Delaney Davidson
Swim Down Low [ Rough Diamond / CD - released 25/Apr/2014 ] After two successful albums on legendary Voodoo Rhythm, Delaney Davidson is back with his 5th solo album, 10 new amazing gems of gothic folk-noir, with a lo-fi rock sensibility. The title "Swim Down Low" fell out of the mouth of Matt Bordin... |
Delaney Davidson
Swim Down Low (LP) [ Rough Diamond / LP - released 25/Apr/2014 ] After two successful albums on legendary Voodoo Rhythm, Delaney Davidson is back with his 5th solo album, 10 new amazing gems of gothic folk-noir, with a lo-fi rock sensibility. The title "Swim Down Low" fell out of the mouth of Matt Bordin... |
Don McGlashan
Lucky Stars [ CD - released 17/Apr/2015 ] New Zealand's pre-eminent songwriter/singer Don McGlashan unveils a rich new collection of 10 highly personal songs exploring love, regret and mortality: Lucky Stars. With a strong solo career complementing his work with bands Blam Blam Blam,... |
Elan Vital
Shadow Self (LP) [ Fishrider / LP - released 24/Mar/2017 ] Élan Vital - comprising Renee Barrance (keyboards, vocals), Danny Brady (synths, drum machines, live mixing, vocals) and Nikolai Sim (bass) - formed in 2015 in Dunedin's None Gallery, an undefined artist- run creative community in a former... |
Fabulous Arabia
Unlimited Buffet [ Economy Music NZ / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Fabulous/Arabia is the creative coupling of Jame Milne (Lawrence Arabia / The Reduction Agents) and Mike Fabulous (The Black Seeds / Lord Echo). |
Flight of the Conchords
The Distant Future [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 24/Oct/2007 ] This Grammy Award winning EP includes the tracks "Business Time", "If You're Into It" and "Not Crying", as well as live versions of "The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room" and "Robots". Plus, there's live banter! |
Flight of the Conchords
I Told You I Was Freaky [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 19/Oct/2009 ] Unflinching in their lyrical stance, sophisticated with their arrangements, FotC return with their second full-length album, featuring 13 best-selling ringtones, humbly masquerading as songs... |
Fly My Pretties
The Homeland Recordings [ Loop Recordings / CD - released 29/Nov/2013 ] The Homeland Recordings is Fly My Pretties 5th album and was recorded live during their September 2013 Homeland Tour. Beginning at Aotearoa's tip in Kaitaia and ending in the southern-most city of Invercargill, the 23 date Homeland Tour saw the... |
Fly My Pretties
Live at Bats [ Loop Recordings / CD - released 26/Oct/2004 ] An incredible multimedia concept assembled by Black Seeds front man Barnaby Weir along with members of the Black Seeds, Fat Freddy's Drop, Phoenix Foundation and Paseload. |
Garageland
Scorpio Righting [ Flying Nun / CD - released 11/Oct/2001 ] They make sparkling sing-a-long pop... relentlessly melodic |
