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.