Dunedin Sound

The Dunedin Sound is a distinctive subgenre of indie pop and rock that emerged in the 1980s from the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Characterized by jangly guitars, lo-fi production, and melodic, often introspective, songwriting, it reflects a DIY ethos prevalent among the bands associated with the Flying Nun Records label. This sound has a stripped-back aesthetic, with a raw energy that harks back to the garage rock of the 1960s, yet infuses a unique sense of space and isolation that can be attributed to New Zealand's geographic remoteness. Bands like The Clean and The Chills are exemplary, with their music capturing the youthful, rebellious spirit of the time while embedding a sense of the dreamy, melancholic landscapes that surround them.

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Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs
Album - 20 Tracks - Released February 28, 2025

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3Ds
Able Tasmans
Alec Bathgate
Bike
Bilders
Bird Nest Roys
Blam Blam Blam
Bored Games
Bressa Creeting Cake
Chris Heazlewood
Chris Knox
Dadamah
David Kilgour
Don McGlashan
Double Happys
Garageland
Ghost Club
Goblin Mix
Hamish Kilgour
Headless Chickens
High Dependency Unit
Jps Experience
Kilgour
King Loser
Look Blue Go Purple
Loves Ugly Children
Peter Jefferies
Pop Art Toasters
Pumice
SJD
Scorched-Earth Policy
Shayne Carter
Shayne P. Carter
Slow Turismo
Snapper
Sneaky Feelings
Straitjacket Fits
Strawpeople
Superette
T54
Tall Dwarfs
The Bats
The Chills
The Clean
The Dead C
The Exploding Budgies
The Front Lawn
The Great Unwashed
The Jean Paul Sartre Experience
The Magick Heads
The Mutton Birds
The Phoenix Foundation
The Puddle
The Renderers
The Stones
The Subliminals
The Verlaines
Toy Love
Voom
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The Clean
The Chills
The Bats
The Mutton Birds
The Phoenix Foundation
David Kilgour
Headless Chickens
Tall Dwarfs
Don McGlashan
Voom
Chris Knox
3Ds
The Verlaines
Strawpeople
Straitjacket Fits
Look Blue Go Purple
Hamish Kilgour
Garageland
The Great Unwashed
SJD
Toy Love
Able Tasmans
The Front Lawn
Blam Blam Blam
Superette
Dadamah
The Jean Paul Sartre Experience
Sneaky Feelings
The Dead C
Loves Ugly Children
Peter Jefferies
The Stones
The Magick Heads
Double Happys
Kilgour
Bressa Creeting Cake
High Dependency Unit
The Subliminals
King Loser
Shayne Carter
Alec Bathgate
Bike
Bird Nest Roys
Slow Turismo
The Renderers
avoid!avoid
Snapper
T54
Pumice
Scorched-Earth Policy
The Puddle
Goblin Mix
The Exploding Budgies
Ghost Club
Jps Experience
Bored Games
Pop Art Toasters
Chris Heazlewood
Bilders
Shayne P. Carter