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Originally Posted by pad_023

If you like the noisy more experimental side, The Dead C providing you are not aware of them are awesome. Eusa Kills which was released on FN is excellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MVxKyj0wfM

There is also The Gordons who would become Bailter space later on. They released some great noisy post-punk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDKGkWU0lWQ

Then the Axemen who were a lo-fi/noise rock group from Christchurch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-iM_1h5uA

In terms of songwriting you can't really beat the Clean or the Verlaines who just made great pop music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8C-ndyFXk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeuy8PD0bFM

I apologies for the link overload but there really is a huge amount of great stuff on the label.

all brilliant stuff. the latter two were some of the finest pop songwriters around, whereas the first three are just fucking ridiculously good, the dead c being easily one of the finest bands in history. I'd assume they were the impetus for SY's mid-90s creative revival.

also good:
straightjacket fits, wreck small speakers on expensive stereos, bailter space, headless chickens, bilders, the renderers, the skeptics....


this here is an absolute classic. for fans of neu!, spacemen 3, suicide etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epx2J_UZVf4
it's getting a limited vinyl reissue for record store day via captured tracks.