kiwipedia: gems from nz: volume 1

kiwipedia: gems from nz: volume 1

If you love Pavement, Superchunk, or the Velvet Underground, check out these gems from Dunedin and Auckland’s underground music scene! Borrowing the urgency and DIY attitude from punk, the motorik and repetition from krautrock, the blue-collar storytelling from folk, and the art-damaged, brooding anxiety from post-punk, bands such as the Clean and Toy Love invented a sound that became highly influential on the lo-fi melodies of the 90s. This is a collection of my favorites; a second volume might be in the works.

For example

1. Toy Love - Don’t Catch Fire

2. The 3Ds - Hairs

3. The Chills - Pink Frost

4. Bored Games - Joe 90

5. The Bats - For the Ride

6. Tall Dwarfs - I’ve Left Memories Behind

7. The Clean - Point That Thing Somewhere Else

8. The Garbage and the Flowers - Catnip

9. Sneaky Feelings - Here’s to the Other Six

10. Headless Chickens - Do the Headless Chicken

11. The Max Block - Sonic Blur

12. Nocturnal Projections - Understanding

13. Goblin Mix - Venus Fleye Trap

14. Straitjacket Fits - She Speeds

15. Gordons - Sometimes

16.  Ballon D’essai - Artificial Romance

17. The Cake kitchen -  One + One = One

18. The Pin Group - Low Rider

19. The Great Unwashed - Boat With No Ocean

20. Trash - Good Times

kiwi fuzz!

-Andrew