WED 20 AUG - PEOPLE'S PUNK/HC RECOMMENDATIONS
HUGE thanks to everyone who responded to my Instagram post! All these tracks (except for three) were recommendations - some super cool stuff I hadn't heard of before, and some other bands I knew but only ever seen live.
INTRO: Straitjacket Fits - She Speeds
(Life in One Chord - Shayne P Carter documentary recently premiered. Recommended for fans of OG Dunedin sound)
------punk/hc recommendations begin from this point------
DISPLEASURE (PŌNEKE) - COWARDS
- single (2025)
- https://unsanitarynapkin.bandcamp.com/track/cowards-2
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Nuclear Blunt (Hamilton) - Yerkville (Live)
- Live at Big Fan EP (2025)
- recommended by @amy.artanddesign
- https://music.apple.com/nz/album/live-at-big-fan-ep/1830413641
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Bin Day (Ōtautahi) - SSRISLY
- from Fly Tip (EP, 2025)
- recommended by Jordan
- https://binday.bandcamp.com/album/fly-tip
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Darcy Clay (Tāmaki Makaurau) - Jesus I Was Evil
- from Jesus I Was Evil (EP 1997, reissued 2002)
- recommended by Jordan
- https://music.apple.com/nz/album/jesus-i-was-evil/1774884802
- RIP
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Flesh D-vice - Color Me Gone (Pōneke)
- from Flaming Soul (1985, reissue/compilation? 2002)
- recommended by Niki
- https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/flesh-d-vice
- https://music.apple.com/nz/album/flaming-soul/1776302844
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Radium (Ōtautahi) - Seconds to Midnight
- from Witness for Yourself, the Healing Properties of Radium EP (2022)
- recommended by Liam
- https://radiumhc.bandcamp.com/album/witness-for-yourself-the-healing-properties-of-radium
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Shuriken (Pōneke) - Bite (ft. Josh Matheson of SAWNOFF)
- single (2025)
- goated
- https://shurikenhc.bandcamp.com/track/bite-ft-josh-matheson-2
- catch them at ŌHC in a few weeks: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/97074/HC-FEST---tautahi-Hardcore-Festival.utr
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Dole Bludger (Pōneke) - Feasting Eyes
- from Demonstration Tape (2023)
- recommended by Caleb
- https://razoredraw.bandcamp.com/album/demonstration-tape
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CHEMCHAIN (TĀMAKI MAKAURAU) - BIG DATA
- from CHEMCHAIN EP (2024)
- recommended by Caleb
- https://chemchain.bandcamp.com/album/chemchain-ep
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Arsehuffer - 1. 3 is 3, 2. Sharpen Pencil..... (Tāmaki Makaurau)
- this is a single 4 minute track on bandcamp but seems to be 9 tracks in one
- recommended by Phoebe
- https://arsehuffer.bandcamp.com/album/ep-2020
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Damaged (Pōneke) - Put Up Or Shut Up
- from Damaged (2005)
- https://music.apple.com/nz/album/damaged/1831531325
- info https://www.muzic.nz/artists/damaged/
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No Brainers (Tāmaki/Pōneke?) - 8-HR DUNGEON
- from BULLSHIT WORLD EP (2024)
- members now in CHEMCHAIN
- recommended by Mia
- https://nobrainers.bandcamp.com/album/bullshit-world-ep
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Skull Patrol (Tāmaki Makaurau) - Dead or Alive
- from This is Skull Patrol (EP, 2021)
- recommended by Mia
- https://skullpatrol.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-skull-patrol
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Unsanitary Napkin (Pōneke) - TERF War
- from All Billionaires Are Bastards - 2022
- goated
- recommended by Caleb
- https://unsanitarynapkin.bandcamp.com/album/all-billionaires-are-bastards
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Toy Love (Ōtepoti) - Squeeze
- from AK79 (compilation, 1979)
- recommended by Jordan
- https://flyingnun.bandcamp.com/album/ak-79
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
HUGE NZHC PLAYLIST - THANKS ALEX DRSLAMWITCH
made by NZHCPP (NZ Hardcore Past and Present)
MORE RECS BY ALEX:
DayOne (metallic hardcore from Tāmaki)
- Less Than Perfect (2000) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac6lgb3ORBc
- info: https://www.muzic.nz/artists/day-one/
- so dope. Vision of Disorder vibes
Heavy Step (Tāmaki Makaurau)
- recently opened for Drain (US)
- please put ur shit on bandcamp guys i dont wanna use spotify
- https://www.instagram.com/heavysteptmhc/?hl=en
Two Skinner (Tāmaki?)
- d beat/metallic hardcore type shit
- https://twoskinner.bandcamp.com/album/twoicidal-skindencies
Gorwn Downz (Tauranga punk)
- two piece consisting of siblings
- https://growndownz.bandcamp.com/album/dochdwy-road
Martial Law (Kirikiriroa)
- 2step hc/beatdown
- https://martiallawhc.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2k24
Balance (90s hardcore, Tāmaki Makaurau)
- "Balance were the only New Zealand act to perform on the main stage of the 1998 and 1999 Vans Warped Tours in this country" www.muzic.nz/artists/balance/
- Hardcore is My God - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LTjaTFPds
JORDAN RECS
- AK79 (Flying Nun Compilation)
- It's Bigger Than Both Of Us (NZ Singles 1979–82)
- Tuatara - A Flying Nun Compilation (1985)