*NEW ZEALAND MUSIC
AND ALL-THINGS-KIWI*

On a tiny country in the South Pacific there exists a practical wealth of undiscovered (to us Americans, anyway) talented alternative artists. During a trip to New Zealand, I was fortunate enough to be introduced to "kiwirock" , and I found that Kiwis have pretty good taste in music! Granted, it took a while for NZ rock/pop to grow on me; at first I found it a bit grating and too jingly-jangly (as some of my friends will tell you - they having had to put up with my negative comments for months on end), but now I'm quite into it! Unfortunately, now I have to order (and pay import prices) for it from:

CDnow

This page is meant to be a relatively comprehensive listing of "all-things-kiwi", at least "all-things-kiwi" that interest me ;-) I am including some non-music-related links for you to browse on over to - you never know what you may find that might pique your interest and even turn YOU into a fan of kiwi-ana!

In the not-so-far future, I am hoping to put some audio samples on this page, as well as some kiwi artist/band bios, so please check back often! ENJOY :-)

Download RealPlayer from HERE now!

ARTIST/BAND SITES:
(check out these sites for information on some of new zealand's hottest
alternative artists)

Chris Knox
Darcy Clay (with RealAudio files!)
Shihad
Bic Runga
Hollow Grinders (local to Hamilton NZ)
Split Enz (surely you've heard of THESE guys!)
Fallen (with RealAudio file!)
Southern Tribe (*i will be including more info on this act in the future*)
Ghidra (sound file)
Garageland
Cloudboy
Crowded House (come on, you gotta know THEM!)
Grok (another Hamilton band)
Bailterspace
Mink
The Chills
Dave Dobbyn
Muttonbirds
The Feelers
Datura (yet another Hamilton band)
Bike
Eye TV (*SITE IS TEMPORARILY DOWN AS OF 11/2/98*)
The StereoBus
Schrodinger's Cat

NEW ZEALAND MUSIC ON THE AIR:
(including both radio and television)

Contact 89FM (Hamilton)
95b.FM (Auckland - RealAudio Live!)
b.net (NZ student radio stations & activities therein)
Channel Z (Wellington)
RadioActive (Wellington - RealAudio Live!)
The Edge (Hamilton - RealAudio Live!)
BFM Hauraki FM (Auckland)
New Zealand On Air
Ice TV

ORDER SOME FOR YOURSELF!:

CDnow

New Zealand On Disc (accepts U.S. orders)
iMusic
Marbecks (within NZ only)
Flipside (accepts int'l orders)
Bent Crayon (nice selection)
Cranium (Hamilton alternative music by mail-order)

NEW ZEALAND MUSIC MAGAZINES:

Real Groove
Frequency
Rukkus!! (hard rock/heavy metal)
Volume
Obscure (dance/techno)
Suite 101
Tearaway Online
Opprobrium E-Zine (alternative/jazz)
Polygram NZ Now Magazine
Muse

ALL-THINGS-KIWI:

NZ flag

Flying Nun Records (including a few RealAudio files)
NZ Unsigned Artists
KiwiRock (lots of artist bios)
re:Action (NZ arts & entertainment)
TVNZ (news/tv programs/sports)
Hamilton (where it's happening?!)
Xtra (general NZ info)
Aotearoa on The Web
New Zealand Rugby News (go All Blacks!!)
University of Waikato
DB Breweries
Base 2 (more general NZ info)
Waikato Museum (Hamilton - very informative!)
Access NZ (NZ search engine)
Search NZ (another good search engine)
Art News New Zealand
Jazz.co.nz

If you're a kiwi musician and you would like a link to your webpage to appear here, just drop me a quick email with your URL - I will add it the next time I update (which is every DAY, right now). If you're not a kiwi musician, but you know of a really nifty NZ site, email me also, I'm always looking for new links :-)

If you find any broken links on this page, or any of the pages I've linked to, please let me know ASAP and I will update accordingly.



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