Critical New Zealand Indie

By T. Cole Rachel

Many will always view New Zealand as the land that spawned a thousand hobbits, but fans of jangly indie rock know that New Zealand has long been the home of some of the world’s finest pop, much of it courtesy of the iconic Kiwi label Flying Nun Records.

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True Colours Split Enz
Kaleidoscope World The Chills
Crowded House Crowded House
Modern Rock The Clean
Daddy’s Highway The Bats
Bird Dog The Verlaines
Horsepower The Phoenix Foundation
Robot World Bailter Space
The Venus Trail The 3-D's
Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords

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Critical New Zealand Indie

True Colours

Kaleidoscope World

Crowded House

Modern Rock

Daddy’s Highway

Bird Dog

Horsepower

Robot World

The Venus Trail

Flight of the Conchords

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