Some Songs
Some Songs is a cult classic of New Zealand outsider folk: raw, intimate, and brimming with wit, where lo-fi experimentation meets heartfelt songwriting in a world both playful and deeply personal.
Sido Not Dead
On Sido Not Dead, CJA unleashes a torrent of lo-fi improvisation and fractured song forms, channeling the wild spirit of New Zealand’s underground into a raw, unpredictable listening experience.
Soibiast Anti-Culler
A cornerstone of New Zealand’s experimental underground, Soibiast Anti-Culler by Witcyst is a delirious journey through mangled tapes, surreal sound collage, and outsider electronics.
Spirits Dogroll
Spirits Dogroll by Teen-X-Ray is a frenetic outpouring of DIY punk, lo-fi noise, and playful absurdity, capturing the irrepressible energy of New Zealand’s underground.
Leisure & The Elderly
A cult favorite, Leisure & The Elderly by Armpit is a noisy, disorienting collage of tape loops, feedback, and surreal humor—a true artifact of outsider art.
The Way Out (1979)
The first-time vinyl reissue of the 1979 solo debut from the Homosexuals bassist Jim Welton (a.k.a. L. Voag) includes a bonus 7-inch of the rare Move EP. The Way Out is recommended for fans of Desperate Bicycles, This Heat and Mark Perry."The start of recording The Way Out crossed over with the last days of my involvement with the Homosexuals. Lovely as they were, the guys were demanding unswerving, vanilla rock 'n' roll fealty from me – something I just couldn't provide given my need to taste e…
Strait Gait
The Southern Records Latitudes juggernaut thunders into town once more, this time driven by Kranky's very own Boduf Songs, aka Mat Sweet, who for the purposes of this release teams up with a couple of collaborators and strays slightly from his established sonic parameters, venturing into the realms of dark, cinematic drone for first piece ' Please Extract My Teeth With Your Rustiest Pliers (For Redemptive)', whose title is not only massively 'eww' inducing, but commits a grammatical felony at th…
Unrein bis zum Abend / Reise ins Diesseits
A surreal meeting of German avant-garde, Unrein bis zum Abend / Reise ins Diesseits brings together Arnulf Meifert (ex-Faust) and the dadaist duo Kommissar Hjuler und Frau for a journey into absurdist sound poetry and experimental collage.