Skallan­der — The Camels
Take the welly dub eth­ic, mix it up with some gui­tar and ambi­ent noise, and you end up with this bril­liant slab of aur­al inven­tive­ness. One of the many projects to come from the musi­cal mind of the very tal­ent­ed and mas­sive­ly under-rat­ed Bevan Smith.

Shi­had — Killjoy
Best NZ rock album. Ever. Nuff said.

The Bilge Fes­ti­val — Cape Goat
The good side of Welling­ton wacky rock. Two mad singer/songwriters and a super-tight rhythm sec­tion, cre­ate an opus of bizarre yet funky songs. Wilde­beest a go-go!!

Over the Atlantic — Juni­ca
Anoth­er Bevan Smith col­lab­o­ra­tion — this is like a Welling­ton­ian take on what the defin­i­tive New Order album might sound like. The noise wig-out on the last track ‘Fly to the States’ is the best bit of dis­tor­tion you’ll ever hear. (Video below is the track ’35 Black & White’)…

Debris — She’s the Bomb
Yeah, I played on it. And tech­ni­cal­ly we’re all from Christchurch. But we were liv­ing here at the time, it was record­ed at the infa­mous Church on Fred­er­ick St., and it’s f**kin’ awe­some.

’35 Black & White’, from the Over the Atlantic album Juni­ca.