Punk Rock Mothers Dearest No matter how fucked up and ugly things get, Mothers Dearest’s brilliance always shines through.
Drone Hum Sufferer: S/T Listening to Hum Sufferer's debut is like slowly sinking into a vast black ocean of sound.
Punk Rock Ear-drilling Fun #3 Here's more fantastic ear-drilling noise that's been ruining my hearing of late. Punk, metal, and industrial sounds from New Zealand and beyond.
Grindcore Backyard Burial: Repeat Offender Backyard Burial delivered musical salvos with contempt for unthinking acquiescence at the forefront of their sound. The band's 2002 album, Repeat Offender, exemplifies that assaultive approach.
Punk Rock Always Never Fun + Rogernomix Punk label Always Never Fun is actually always loads of fun. The brand new 7" from Rogernomix is proof of that. But there are plenty of other reasons too.
Punk Rock Corpse Rat/Feral Blood & Stress Ghetto/Sick Old Man. Here are two new split releases from four of New Zealand's sickest punk bands.
Punk Rock Full Noise: 2018 Here are a few rowdy live sets from Full Noise 2018. Featuring the scum de la scum of NZ punk.
Dry Insides Dry Insides: Deformity I love music that grows ever more corrosive with every passing second, and if you also like caustic tunes the red-raw primitivism of Dry Insides might tickle your receptors too.
Clawing Clawing & Hammr Two great full-length debuts from dark droners Clawing and one-man metalpunk band Hammr.
Drone Our Love Will Destroy the World: Harm More unpredictable magic from Our Love Will Destroy the World.
Punk Rock Ear-drilling Fun #2 Ear-drilling Fun #2. Here's some nasty punk that's been fuelling my engine.
Drone Campbell Kneale: Three Worlds New Zealand's Campbell Kneale creates entirely new worlds via drone and noise. Here are three of my favourite spheres.
Punk Rock Ear-drilling Fun #1 Welcome to Ear-drilling Fun. A new column where I share the nastiest punk that's been fuelling my engine.
Heavy Metal Zone Killer: The Killing Zone New Zealand grindcore trio Zone Killer deliver crushing gutter metal with relentless energy.
Punk Rock Stress Ghetto: Material Hardship Happy New Year! Here's some ear-splitting noise from Stress Ghetto to kick 2018 into gear.
EOY17 EOY17: NZ Alternative and Experimental Music EOY17: New Zealand alternative and experimental music.