Best New Zealand Albums of 2002

dust, 15 December 2002 - 12:15pm

OK lets hear it: What do you reckon were the best New Zealand releases of 2002? List your Top 5 (or 10 if you can) as....

BandName - Album Title
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Person that gets closest to the final NZM list of 10 gets the Quad series shirt.

(lets keep this topic more 'list only', debates to a minmum on this one!)

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Pine - Longplayer Underated and ...

Pine - Longplayer
Underated and crimibally overlooked

Mestar - porcupine
that man's a genius

Dermania Llloyd -
spooky

Fang - Somewhere out there
huge yet small

Bats - luminous spheres
past and present - the smell of summers combined

startup, 15 December 2002 - 12:50pm

The Datsuns-The ...

The Datsuns-The Datsuns
Pacifier-Pacifier
Rerelease D4-6TWENTY
Betchadupa-alphabetchadupa

Tom_deborst, 15 December 2002 - 12:52pm

Betchadupa - the alphabetchadupa
Nesian Mystik - Polysaturated
Pacifier - Pacifier
Pine - Longplayer
The Brunettes - Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks
Blindspott - Blindspott (get over it and accept that Suffocate is the only psyche-up song you'll ever need)
P-Money - Big Things
50Hz - Carbon
The Datsuns - The Datsuns
Tim Finn - Say It Is So

Peace.

chunnsta, 15 December 2002 - 1:50pm

In no particular order The Datsuns - ...

In no particular order

The Datsuns - The Datsuns
Fang - Somewhere Out There
The Brunettes - Holding Hands Feeding Ducks
Dermania Lloyd - Set Upon a Curve
Ill Semantics - Theory of Meaning
Rhombus - Bass Player
Various - Rock'n roll is my salvation

Dissapointments
Pacifier
Bic Runga

Looking forward to...if they ever happen next year
Dimmer
Voom
Phoenix Foundation

I speeds, 15 December 2002 - 2:09pm

Wow - 2 random calls for a new Phoenix ...

Wow - 2 random calls for a new Phoenix Foundation album in the same minute!!! *sync*

NiceGuyEddie, 15 December 2002 - 2:11pm

NiceGuyEddie - looking at your ...

NiceGuyEddie - looking at your fantastic taste and timing I think we must be psychically connected
I've never seen the Phoenix live but hear them on the radio often and on a compilation CD I have- when are they coming to Auckland?

I speeds, 15 December 2002 - 2:19pm

I didn't include no shows, otherwise ...

I didn't include no shows, otherwise Phoenix Foundation and Dimmer would both feature.

myshkin, 15 December 2002 - 2:21pm

Had a little chat to the singer (name? ...

Had a little chat to the singer (name? name? I am terrible with names), pretty sure he said the album should be here early 2003 - maybe March? (OK... I am also crap with details of what I have been told - where is my mind?) And I heard what appeared to be new Phoenix Foundation material playing at Fidels. Sounding good.
Ask about a tour in the Phoenix Foundation forum... they're pretty good at replying.

NiceGuyEddie, 15 December 2002 - 2:23pm

I speeds - your list looks strangely ...

I speeds - your list looks strangely like mine -we were posting simultaneously, so I swear I didn't copy yours. Looking forward to getting the Rock & Roll is my only Salvation Cd soon - maybe hearing it would alter my list. I too was saddened by Bic's effort - I think individually, the songs were fine, but aggregated, listening was a chore. Phoenix Foundation live are great.

myshkin, 15 December 2002 - 2:24pm

Hey fellas! Alrighty - first ...

Hey fellas!

Alrighty - first question "when are we coming to Auckland" - The answer is on the 8th of Feb (with Fang - don't know where though - those guys are organising it) - choice!

Yeah no shows (re: the album) - we're still putting the final touches on it (blah blah) - February is looking more than likely (blah blah again) - out on Capitol Recordings....

Cheers for the compliments, you guys have all made your way onto my christmas card list!

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hemihystricl, 15 December 2002 - 7:21pm

The Datsuns - The Datsuns Mestar - ...

The Datsuns - The Datsuns
Mestar - Porcupine
Fang - Somewhere Out There
The Brunettes - Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks
John White - Balloon Adventures
Demarnia Lloyd - Set Upon A Curve
Pine - Longplayer
Rhombus - Bass Player
Carriage H - The Power Of Greyskull
TLBT - The Mechanic - note... haven't heard the entire EP, because they haven't given me one yet - but heard 2 tracks... and thats good enough for me...
And some people that SHOULD be appearing are The Phoenix Foundation... but we're still waiting on that one...

NiceGuyEddie, 15 December 2002 - 2:09pm

Top 10 for me, in no order: Rhombus - ...

Top 10 for me, in no order:
Rhombus - Bass Player
largely for the featured vocalists

Dubious Brothers - Trade Secrets
my personal fave hiphop album

Brunettes - Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks
been a fan since I first saw them a couple of years ago

Fang - Somewhere Out there
brilliant new CD

Loop 3 Compilation
best ever NZ compilation, I think

Gramsci - Object
Just because, really

The Datsuns - The Datsuns
lotsa energy - everyone knows this already, right

50 Hz - Carbon
Good featured vocalists plus interesting non-vocal tracks

Lucid3 - Running Down the Keys
love the voalisation on this one

Dr Kevorkian and the Suicide Machine - The Loneliest of Creatures
Not just because JR is a friend - made me cry, dammit

This is not easy - there are quite a few others which are very very good, like the Pine album, P-Money, Goldenhorse, Minuit that would be in a top 15, and others which might have made it, had I heard them. A very good year for NZ music - and I thought 2001 was good (but perhaps more electronica focus).

myshkin, 15 December 2002 - 2:19pm

Bic Runga - Beautiful ...

Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision
Pacifier - Pacifier
The Datsuns - The Datsuns
Marystaple - Reset Speed
TLBT - The Mechanic

Foaf, 15 December 2002 - 2:33pm

Pacifier - Pacifier The Datsuns - The ...

Pacifier - Pacifier
The Datsuns - The Datsuns
Looma - Continuum
Rhombus - Bass Player
P-Money - Big Things

Though there are many albums I have not heard, damnit

Stefan, 15 December 2002 - 3:00pm

blindspott - blindspott pacifier- ...

blindspott - blindspott
pacifier- pacifier
p-Money big things
the datsuns - the datsuns
bic runga- beautiful collision
rhombus - bass player
che fu - navigator
nesian mystik- polysaturated
goodshirt- good
tadpole - the medusa
the d4 6twenty
(thats 11 i know)

blindspott#1, 15 December 2002 - 3:12pm

and i almost forgot anika moa - ...

and i almost forgot
anika moa - thinking room

blindspott#1, 15 December 2002 - 3:20pm

I've just realised that I haven't ...

I've just realised that I haven't bought any New Zealand albums this year. But that has more to do with lack of cash than lack of desire.

But I did win "Elimination" by the Deceptikonz, and I, er, downloaded Blindspott's album, and I really liked both of those.

robyn, 15 December 2002 - 5:04pm

TrinityRoots Rhombus Pine Ill ...

TrinityRoots
Rhombus
Pine
Ill Semantics
PMoney
The Brunettes
The Datsuns
anticipating the new Letterbox Lambs one..
probably heaps more I can't think of right now

juju lips, 15 December 2002 - 6:10pm

pacifier - pacifier betchadupa - the ...

pacifier - pacifier
betchadupa - the alphabetchadupa
the d4 - 6twenty
p-Money - big things
nesian mystik - polysaturated
the datsuns - the datsuns
che fu - navigator
salmonella dub - outside the dubplates
natures best 1 + 2
concord dawn - disturbance

(all in no particular order)

Incubabe, 15 December 2002 - 11:46pm

pacifier letterbox lambs the ...

pacifier
letterbox lambs
the datsuns
TLBT (ive heard the stuff off the site i know it'll be good)
the brunettes
the d4
marystaple
dubious bros (i don't usually like hip hop but i like this ???)
orkid (or was that last year???)
ejector

that mite be 10, its the ones that come to mind, there are more which i'll think of later but these are the ones i can think of

Jon Jr., 17 December 2002 - 1:10am

Sorry Jon But the Mechanic Demos are ...

Sorry Jon
But the Mechanic Demos are just 'demos' just to give people the jist of our sound, they wont be released.
We have a 45 coming out in Jan thru 'Infidelity records' (released in the northen hemisphere and OZ) which will be ace, so hold on for then for some real sounds.
Cheers anyway
Tony Thrasher

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