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David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights
Bobbie's A Girl (LP) [ Merge / LP - released 20/Sep/2019 ] David Kilgour's 11th solo album, Bobbie's a girl is a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock. "I tended to shy away from too much guitar playing for a point of difference and to mix things up for myself a... |
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Dead C
Operation Of The Sonne (LP) [ Ba Da Bing! / LP - released 18/Aug/2023 ] Coming after the monster that was Harsh 70s Reality, and its evil twin, Clyma Est Mort, this album has always confounded even soi-disant Dead C fans. Side 1 documents the discovery of the analogue synthesiser coupled with field recordings from the... |
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Dead C
The White House (LP) [ Ba Da Bing! / 2 LP - released 18/Aug/2023 ] Recorded in the winter of 1994, sessions were accompanied by snow, an infrequent but always super-exciting event in downtown Dunedin. Mainly if not entirely recorded direct to REVOX B77, just like The Clean's Oddities. Our version of Led Zepp IV with... |
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The Dead C
Rare Ravers (LP) [ Ba Da Bing! / LP - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Disguised as the meandering outpourings of vacant thought and activity dialled simultaneously from zero and ten. Formed in the cauldron of a fevered mistake resolute. Surrounded by ignorance, dis-interest, and the attention of the carefully... |
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Dead Famous People
Harry (LP) [ Fire Records / LP - released 9/Oct/2020 ] Dons Savage is an unparalled talent, a savant of the perfect melody and lyrics which both touch and bite, a throwbook to the Carole King's and Gerry Goffin's of Brill Building pop, an instinctive penseuse besting the originators of the Riot Grrrl... |
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Death & The Maiden
Death & The Maiden [ Fishrider Records NZ / LP - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Named after an Edvard Munch painting (and not after that famous song by a famous Dunedin band that you shouldn't ask them about) Death and the Maiden are a Dunedin-based three piece who write slacker electronica: ethereal pop with a garage shtick. -... |
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Death And The Maiden
Wisteria (LP) [ Fishrider / LP - released 27/Apr/2018 ] The second album from Port Chalmers, Dunedin band Death and the Maiden creates a shadowy world within a world; populated by melancholy melodic synth waves, dreamy reverb washed guitars and vocals that celebrate the excruciating beauty and crushing... |
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Delaney Davidson
Out Of My Head (LP) [ Rough Diamond / Southbound / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Delaney Davidson's 10th solo studio album is co-produced by Mark Perkins (Merk) - Merk brings his own luscious synth atmospheres to Davidson songs, giving a cinematic and deluxe feel to the album. Guest appearances from Marlon Williams (Drive Me... |
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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... |
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Dianne Swann
The War On Peace Of Mind [ The Bads / LP - released 16/Jan/2021 ] The War On Peace of Mind is the first solo album from Dianne Swann - front woman for The Bads, The Julie Dolphin and Boom Boom Mancini. The album was mixed by UK producer Steve Power. |
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Dick Move
Chop! (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Energised by a strong community fighting for important social change and a need to turn late night political chat into action, Dick Move was formed in the depths of Karangahape Road's Whammy! Bar and has become an essential party punk voice for... |
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Die! Die! Die!
Promises Promises (Gatefold LP) [ LP - released 15/May/2020 ] The sophomore album from Die! Die! Die! is remastered and reissued on vinyl. Produced by Shayne Carter, Promises Promises features "Sideways Here We Come", "Whitehorses" and "Blue Skies". |
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Diggy Dupé / P. Smith (aka Troy Kingi) / choicevaughn
The Panthers (Original Soundtrack LP) [ Triple A Records / LP - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Aotearoa's finest Polynesian musicians lend their talents to the original soundtrack of The Panthers - a drama series about the rise of the activist group Polynesian Panthers in the 1970s. |
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Dog Power
Dog Power (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 23/Nov/2018 ] DOG Power is a New Zealand rock band, formed in 2017 by indie pop, singer-songwriter Sam Perry, the group's lead singer, and experimental musician Henry Nicol. 2018 saw Perry and Nicol move to Belgrade, Serbia, out of a desire for the freedom to make... |
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Don McGlashan
Bright November Morning (LP) [ Doncorp / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Bright November Morning is Don McGlashan's first album since the renowned Lucky Stars was released in 2015. Recorded in Auckland, Lyttelton and Vancouver with the formidably talented The Others: Shayne P Carter (Dimmer, Straitjacket Fits) on... |
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DoubleHappys
Nerves (2022 Black Reissue LP) [ Flying Nun Records / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] DoubleHappys' newly touched up Nerves on vinyl LP for the first time - 30 years after its initial release, and many more after the original tracks were originally conceived. The original tapes, sourced from the Alexander Turnbull Library were... |
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Dudley Benson
Deforestation (LP & CD) [ Golden Retriever Records / LP - released 3/Nov/2014 ] Deforestation - a new album of remixes of songs from my 2010 album Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne. Deforestation is not only about giving the Forest waiata a new dreamy life in the hands of contributors from Aotearoa, the US, Germany and Japan,... |
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Eb & Sparrow
Seeing Things (LP) [ Deadbeat Records / LP - released 23/Mar/2018 ] On the back of their previous release Sun/Son (2015, Country Music Award Finalists for album & song 2016) Eb & Sparrow have gained national recognition and have become renowned for their self-carved niche and unique musical style in the ever-... |
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Echo Ohs
Wild Weeds (12") [ 1:12 Records / 12in - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Echo Ohs are an Auckland three piece, recognised as key players in the thriving garage psych scene centred around legendary k'rd dive bar / venue 'Whammy Bar'. Formed in 2011 by Yolanda Fagan (bass / vocals) and Guy Forks (guitar), their sound is... |
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The Echo Ohs
Hot Pockets (LP) [ 1:12 Records / LP - released 8/Sep/2018 ] Spooky and thematic. The Echo Ohs are an Auckland [NZ] three piece playing dusty spaghetti-surf. Steeped in lurid garage and post punk influences, theirs is a lurching and writhing cauldron of cowboy psych and/or beach zombie. Hot Pockets is the... |