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Hailing from Mount Maunganui, NZ, and formed in 2012, Ant Wars are a 5 piece band consisting of brothers Kaine & Jamie Harkins (Vocals & Bass), Simon Leigh Mackenzie (Drums), Simon Fritchley (Rhythm Guitar) and Aaron Cutforth (Lead Guitar).
The Bonsai Birds is a 3 piece band from Auckland, New Zealand. Influenced by Psychedelic, Hard Rock and Improvisational Jams, The Bonsai Birds bring sounds that are real and vivid, sometimes sharp and violent and at other times expansive and delightfully sultry.
Shepherds Of Cassini are a post-progressive rock-metal quartet from Auckland, New Zealand.
Sherpa is an Auckland based Psychedelic/Power-Pop band formed in 2006.
The River Jesters are New Zealand’s own psychedelic blues rock gypsies.
Left Or Right is a Bass Heavy Dub, Sonic Roots & Psychedelic Fuzz Band from Invercargill / Dunedin, New Zealand.
Royal Falcon are an Auckland-based band, making music akin to a deranged drifter at the window. Their raucous psychedelic country blues songwriting merges dark narrative and creeping dynamics with an explosive aural assault to create something quite intense.
Rum-Cove, a great Rogue (Dictionary of thieving slang, 1737). Born in the laboratory from the DNA of The Kinks, The Sonics, Dr Feelgood and The Buzzcocks, Thee Rum Coves come blasting into your lounge like a sputnik of joy. Come on and rock n soul.
Brendon Thomas and the Vibes are an upcoming psychedelic blues rock / alternative / soul band from Auckland.
X-Ray Fiends are a garage / punk / psych / surf band from Auckland.