Music The Datsuns by Tom O'Dea For those of you that haven’t yet heard of NZ Psych/Pub/IN YOUR FUCKING FACE rockers The Datsuns, its time you give these badass moonshine bandits a listen and have a…
Music X-Ray Fiends by Hannah Thompson Expect punchy riffs, lots of them. Expect banging drums. Expect spat out, gritty, distorted vocals. X-Ray Fiends is an amalgamation of these sounds; it is garage-punk. This music will make…
Music CHEATS by Happy Either New Zealand is really small, or I am really small-minded. I’ve been writing on NZ bands for only a few weeks, and have already stumbled upon several musical double…
Music Street Chant by Jemma Nott 90’s-style grunge rock is making a comeback of late and indie Kiwi kids Street Chant have been riding the trend wave. The three piece combine a booming bass with characteristically…
Music X-Ray Charles by Happy Another famous-person-name-pun band! X-Ray Charles are two guys from Christchurch who describe their music as “incompetently played, lo-tech, noisy guitar pop”. I’ve never seen them play, so I can’t vouch…
Music Trust Punks by Jemma Nott When you think of Socialist Punk you probably don’t think New Zealand, but it’s alive and kicking in the form of Auckland boys Trust Punks. The five piece are producing…
