The Autumn Splendour was a great New Zealander punk band. Jeff

from their last EP in 2013. The band split because the bassist moved to Melbourne just after they had finished recording of the EP. The clip is made by the graphic designer and photographer Natasha Cantwell, who was the frontwoman.

Captain Sergio Oliva of the A.P.E. Novo Police crash lands on a primitive M Class planet

on concept EP of the New Zealander Drab Doo-Riffs: Aquatic Ape Theory. Exceptionally there are two videos: Introduction + Tesla Girl. The style is surf noir.

The Gories were an influential garage rock trio between 1986 and 92 in Detroit. In the beginning the members hadn’t any musical experience except Mick Collins, and they had to teach themselves how to play a very primitive rhythm & blues and 60s proto-punk influenced garage rock. Later Collins (guitar) has founded The Dirtbombs, Dan Kroha (guitar) founded the Demolition Doll Rods. And now here is a song, recorded at a house party in 1988

The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/27/88 – LP by Third Man Records. There are some covers: John Lee Hooker, the Stooges etc.

The Gories are reunited since 2009, so they’re an influential garage rock band again.

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„We had our first band practice on a Saturday in 2009 and then played our first show on a Thursday near after. We’re a grunge band, must be.” OK, I don’t argue about it. They are from New Zealand

T54 – In Brush Park LP by Flying Nun

first class professional lo-fi minimal chamber punk: 10/10

Exile from Clowntown 7″ by ever/never     yes,  sure, from Australia

easy heavy pop music in flying nun mode

Sharpie Crows – 12 Omeros LP by Flying Nun

At first there was an unlucky name: Pangea. It has changed to a stupid one: together Pangea. Bay area garage hard rock’n’roll.

7” by Harvest Records

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The Bilders are groups of various musicians and friends. The New Zealander writer and musician, Bill Direen stands in the centre of the groups. The new album has released under the name of Bill Direen & the Hat. The performers are: Hamish Kilgoure (The Clean, NZ), David Watson (musician & experimental music scene organizer, NZ), Miggy Littleton (Blood On The Wall, US). The tracks range from garage pop to acoustic-electric assault. You can find among those 1-1 poems by W.B. Yeats and Ezra Pound.

from The Flavour Of The Meat LP by Grapefruit

Once upon a time „the Axemen began life as a seething mass of algae in a cess-pool located at the back of a disused factory somewhere in North Dunedin, New Zealand.The exact location of the cess-pool has unfortunately been lost to the ravages of time, but the factory still stands – a disused, vacant shell with little hope of being restored to its former majesty. Following a sudden meteor storm in 1983, the Axemen rapidly evolved, developed fully functional hands and ears (where before there had only been useless stumps) and metamorphosed rapidly into one of the most radical, chaotic and inspired rock bands of all time.” & so on.

They were one of the World most killingly funny bands but no one knew about it before the internet age. Beside many own released cassettes they has released three albums by the legendary Flying Nun Records. Prices of these items are extremely high nowadays. (For example the Peter Wang Pud used CD is 25-80 Euros, the vinyl are between 35-100 Euros.)

Suitable phrases for their music: radically independent do-it-yourself lo-fi garage art punk. But „I hung out with the Hare Krishnas in Christchurch for a little bit. They used to have free vegetarian dinners on Sunday nights. The music was pretty cool. There was sort of a Beatles connection with Hare Krishna. Stu was really into John Lennon. We were all Beatles fans.” Moreover their last cassette was a tribute album to Elton John in 1992. It’s so frightening, is not it? When I first met with them in 2011 I cried out „Oh my God! What is it?”

The first video is a rare and baffling TV performance in a Saturday morning kid show in 1991. The song (Hey Alice!) turns into a promo for their just released CD. I’m sure, many New Zealander children cried for Axemen CD after the show.

And the destiny has reached him too. They have become discovered. Their albums were re-released in the US by Siltbreeze. And now here is the new, yes the new Axemen album! Sac Tap Nut Jam. It’s less chaotic like the usual. A song from it.

New dark wave pop & hard italo-disco from the Canadian artist Sally Dige Jorgensen

7″ by Night-School

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They write about their music: agressive noise punk. Punk. Ok, if you say. Noise. Yes, there are some moments. Agressive. If this is reckoned agressive, then New-Zealand is a very peaceful place in the Universe. Fine post early Therapy? music by Hollywoodfun Downstairs

from their debut LP: The Mancunian Swing by Muzai. Release: Aug 23