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Alastair Galbraith
10,615 listeners
Alastair Galbraith is a musician and sound artist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two EPs on … read moreAlastair Galbraith is a musician and sound artist from Dunedin, New Zealand. Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two EPs on the Flying Nun label. Later he formed Plagal Grind, with Rob… read more -
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos
2,071 listeners
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos was a band from New Zealand consisting of Michael Morley and Richard Ram. During the early 1980s … read moreWreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos was a band from New Zealand consisting of Michael Morley and Richard Ram. During the early 1980s they released numerous cassettes through the Wrecked Music and Every Secret Thing labels. In 1986 … read moreWreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos was a band from New Zealand consisting of Michael Morley and Richard Ram. During the early 1980s they released numerous cassettes through the Wrecked Music and Every Secret Thing labels. In 1986 the Flying Nun label released their River Falling Love EP, w… read more -
The Great Unwashed
9,988 listeners
In the wake of the 1982 breakup of the legendary band The Clean, brothers David and Hamish Kilgour continued writing songs together; adopting the tongue-in-cheek name Great Unwashed, they released the 1983 LP Clean Out of Our Minds, a collection of primitive home recordings with a slightly experi… read more -
Able Tasmans
9,131 listeners
Able Tasmans was a New Zealand indie-rock group formed in 1984 in Whangarei (but then Auckland-based). They disbanded in 1996, with some ba… read moreAble Tasmans was a New Zealand indie-rock group formed in 1984 in Whangarei (but then Auckland-based). They disbanded in 1996, with some band-members going on to other bands. The band went through a number of line-up and mood changes sin… read moreAble Tasmans was a New Zealand indie-rock group formed in 1984 in Whangarei (but then Auckland-based). They disbanded in 1996, with some band-members going on to other bands. The band went through a number of line-up and mood changes since they first surfaced in 1984 as a trio whammying things up… read more -
Bird Nest Roys
5,089 listeners
A six-piece from Auckland. Popular live band in their home town with their stage show livened up by the entertaining and flamboyant Warwick… read moreA six-piece from Auckland. Popular live band in their home town with their stage show livened up by the entertaining and flamboyant Warwick. They didn't seem to be very intent on promoting themselves outside NZ (particularly Aucklan… read moreA six-piece from Auckland. Popular live band in their home town with their stage show livened up by the entertaining and flamboyant Warwick. They didn't seem to be very intent on promoting themselves outside NZ (particularly Auckland). Their style was very much within the ambit of the '… read more -
Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
4,453 listeners
Formed 1984 in Woolston, Christchurch. Originally called The Jean Paul Sartre Experience (no hyphen) but that was later shortened to JPS Ex… read moreFormed 1984 in Woolston, Christchurch. Originally called The Jean Paul Sartre Experience (no hyphen) but that was later shortened to JPS Experience or JPSE. Supposedly due to conflict with the Sartre estate. Members were Dave Yetton (bas… read moreFormed 1984 in Woolston, Christchurch. Originally called The Jean Paul Sartre Experience (no hyphen) but that was later shortened to JPS Experience or JPSE. Supposedly due to conflict with the Sartre estate. Members were Dave Yetton (bass), Gary Sullivan (Drums), David Mulcahy & Jim Laing add… read more -
Alec Bathgate
7,597 listeners
Alec Bathgate is a New Zealand musician who was a key member of The Enemy and Toy Love, as well as being one half of the Flying Nun Records act Tall Dwarfs, alongside Chris Knox. In addition to playing guitar in these bands, he also rele… read moreAlec Bathgate is a New Zealand musician who was a key member of The Enemy and Toy Love, as well as being one half of the Flying Nun Records act Tall Dwarfs, alongside Chris Knox. In addition to playing guitar in these bands, he also released two solo albums. Bathgate has a strong musical pedigree… read more -
Pumice
13,951 listeners
The work of Stefan Neville as Pumice, throughout its twenty year plus existence, remains as one of the most relevant and prolific in the Ne… read moreThe work of Stefan Neville as Pumice, throughout its twenty year plus existence, remains as one of the most relevant and prolific in the New Zealand experimental music scene, and undeniably significant in the psych/outsider/free folk (or… read moreThe work of Stefan Neville as Pumice, throughout its twenty year plus existence, remains as one of the most relevant and prolific in the New Zealand experimental music scene, and undeniably significant in the psych/outsider/free folk (or any other dull labeling) scenario. Although abiding extreme… read more -
The Garbage and the Flowers
3,030 listeners
Coming out of Sonic Youth-drenched Wellington, NZ in the early nineties, The Garbage & the Flowers were always going to be an anomaly. … read moreComing out of Sonic Youth-drenched Wellington, NZ in the early nineties, The Garbage & the Flowers were always going to be an anomaly. Denounced as the fifty-thousandth band to sound like the The Velvet Underground, and even as a Chr… read moreComing out of Sonic Youth-drenched Wellington, NZ in the early nineties, The Garbage & the Flowers were always going to be an anomaly. Denounced as the fifty-thousandth band to sound like the The Velvet Underground, and even as a Christian band in the local street press, the five-piece nevert… read more -
Peter Gutteridge
2,590 listeners
Peter Gutteridge (born in Dunedin on 19 May 1961; died 15 September 2014) was a New Zealand musician credited with pioneering the "Dun… read morePeter Gutteridge (born in Dunedin on 19 May 1961; died 15 September 2014) was a New Zealand musician credited with pioneering the "Dunedin sound" with The Clean in 1978 and The Chills in 1980. He subsequently helped form The Gr… read morePeter Gutteridge (born in Dunedin on 19 May 1961; died 15 September 2014) was a New Zealand musician credited with pioneering the "Dunedin sound" with The Clean in 1978 and The Chills in 1980. He subsequently helped form The Great Unwashed in 1983 and Snapper in 1986. His song "Gen… read more